Corporate & Business History

As enlightening as The Facebook Effect, Elon Musk, and Chaos Monkeys-the compelling, behind-the-scenes story of the creation of one of the most essential applications ever devised, and the rag-tag team that built it and changed how we navigate the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143120032Author Michael PerinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

The first book to tell the story of one of the world's most influential media businesses, The Family Business draws on more than 70 interviews with company insiders as well as book-industry luminaries to present the Ingram story and how a little-known...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476775395Author Christopher LeonardFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 211mm...

Taking a career break is a conflicted and risky decision for high-achieving professional women. Yet many do so, usually planning, even as they quit, to return to work eventually. But can they? And if so, how? In Opting Back In, Pamela Stone and Meg...

This Handbook provides a state-of-the-art survey of research in business history. Business historians study the historical evolution of business systems, entrepreneurs and firms, as well as their interaction with their political, economic, and social...

The current economic crisis reveals just how central finance has become to American life. Problems with obscure securities created on Wall Street radiated outward to threaten the retirement security of pensioners in Florida and Arizona, the homes and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316435406Author Christine Lagorio-ChafkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328745545Author Leigh GallagherFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Harper BusinessPublisher Harper BusinessWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743285230Author MR Steven LevyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684832234Author Diana B. HenriquesFormat PaperbackPage Count 444Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 648gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

WHEN GIANTS LEARN TO DANCE is the first comprehensive business strategy book to address the pressing challenges facing companies and careers today - an award-winning work that has become a business classic. Rosabeth Moss Kanter has already helped inject...

Brought completely up to date for this new edition, Business The Bill Gates Way not only reveals the secrets of Gates' remarkable success but also draws out the universal lessons and identifies strategies that can be applied to any business or career...

Scribners tells the inside story of five generations--over 150 years--at the legendary publishing house of Charles Scribner's Sons, beginning with its founding in an unused chapel in downtown New York through its golden era on Fifth Avenue above the...

After the Berlin Wall tells the inside story of an international financial institution, the European Bank for Development and Reconstruction (EBRD), created in the aftermath of communism to help the countries of central and eastern Europe transition...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262543309Author Emily WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Founders of the phenomenally successful publishing company Lonely Planet, Tony and Maureen Wheeler have produced travel guides to just about every corner of the globe.Lonely Planet Publications was born in 1973 when the Wheelers self-published a quirky...

This is the story of the slow evolution of Goldman Sachs--addressing why and how the firm changed from an ethical standard to a legal one as it grew to be a leading global corporation. In What Happened to Goldman Sachs, Steven G. Mandis uncovers the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593237984Author Random HouseFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

An engaging, accessible history of the focus group, Featherstone's survey shows how the primary purpose of the focus group has shifted from determining what we want, to selling us things we don't. The focus group, over the course of the last century,...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578417530Author Sarah HartleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Sarah HartleyPublisher Sarah HartleyWeight(grams) 526g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592404278Author Sarah LacyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Gotham BooksWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 135mm * 21mm

The alarming, untold story of Citigroup-one of the largest financial institutions in the world-from its founding in 1812 to its role in the 2008 financial crisis, and the many near-death experiences in between. During the 2008 financial crisis, we were...

Gentlemen Bankers investigates the social and economic circles of one of America's most renowned and influential financiers to uncover how the Morgan family's power and prestige stemmed from its unique position within a network of local and international...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060014063Author Richard S TedlowFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 222mm...

The deflation of the subprime mortgage bubble in 2006-7 is widely agreed to have been the immediate cause of the collapse of the financial sector in 2008. Consequently, one might think that uncovering the origins of subprime lending would make the root...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525537601Author Leander KahneyFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 505gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 159mm *...

A corporate history of the innovative Benetton Holding Company, Edizione follows the early days of the family-owned brand, through governance and structure changes, mass distribution, infrastructure and network growth, to wider views for the future. ...

The enormous and sustained success of Silicon Valley has excited interest around the globe. Startup companies the world over are attempting to emulate its high tech businesses, and many governments are changing their institutions in order to foster...

Joined together in an "economic development marriage," Walt Disney World and Orlando, Florida, have become the world's most popular tourist destination. This intriguing book traces the evolution of the relationship between the Disney Co. and the...

Straightforward strategies for achieving sustainable practices and business success in the modern organization In Clean: Lessons from Ecolab's Century of Positive Impact, a team of veteran sustainability experts delivers a practical toolkit for creating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473442255Author Bob WeirFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint RJ Weir LtdPublisher RJ Weir Ltd

This is the history of the East India Company and its enduring legacy as a corporation, dealing in exploitation and violence. The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing...

One of the wildest, most spectacular decades in American history, the 1920s were a period of unprecedented growth and mass consumerism. In the New Era, people drank in speakeasies, danced to jazz, idolized gangsters, and bet their life savings on stocks...

Tells how to learn from job assignments, fellow workers, and hardships, shares the lessons of successful executives, and shows how to evaluate the developmental value of a job.Book InformationISBN 9780669180954Author Morgan W. McCallFormat HardbackPage...

IBM was the world's leading provider of information technologies for much of the twentieth century. What made it so successful for such a long time, and what lessons can this iconic corporation teach present-day enterprises?James W. Cortada-a business...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061655548Author Bryan BurroughFormat HardbackPage Count 592Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

This book aims to present a picture of one of the world’s leading credit rating agencies. Credited as being the first credit rating agency, Moody’s stands as the epitome of the rating sector and all that it effects. However, outside of internal and...

In 1962, Masahiro Shima founded Shima Seiki, with the aim of developing a fully automated seamless glove-knitting machine. Following this success, the company expanded into flat knitting machines. However, the age of the computer brought a whole new era...