Corporate & Business History

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674181915Author Professor Emeritus of History Morton KellerFormat HardbackPage Count 362Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780380806256Author Jonathan GatlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Avon BooksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 204g

This reference book details the top 100 groundbreaking events in the history of American business, featuring case studies of successful companies who challenged traditional operating paradigms, historical perspectives on labor laws, management practices,...

This book offers the first full-length biography of the man often described as one of the most influential and innovative people in the gaming industry over the past 50 years. King of the Slots: William "Si" Redd relates the fascinating,...

Two guys named Steve, working in a garage, created a prototype computer designed to be different in a way no one thought possible: It would be easy to use. Those two Steves, one now a billionaire and still at the head of Apple, not only succeeded with...

This history of Burrell & Son of Glasgow describes the way in which ship ownership and operation developed during the final years of the age of sail and the beginning of the era of steamships. Not only does the work contain background material on...

This comprehensive overview of the history of computing and its industry, and of commercial applications of the computer also outlines the history of how computing operations were managed within American companies. Based on extensive research in the...

This book examines the U.S. pulp and paper industry between 1900 and 1940, the period when pulp and paper production relocated from the North to the South and the West. This relocation was one of the most influential shifts in industrial production in...

The history of the computer, and of the industry it spawned, is the latest entrant into the field of historical studies. Scholars beginning to turn their attention to the subject of computing need James Cortada's Archives of Data Procesing History as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313227356Author Elenor AmigoFormat HardbackPage Count 219Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

An introductory survey of the industry's history precedes the dictionary proper--articles arranged in alphabetical order which describe virtually every facet of the industry. Institutions, personalities, legislation, terminology, histories of breweries...

This book brings together the work of leading international thinkers working in the overlapping areas of economics, organization studies, business history, corporate strategy, and innovation. There is a growing awareness that the perspectives of a single...

This engrossing history of an extraordinary company, Corning Incorporated, chronicles how one of the oldest business enterprises in the world maintained its place as a global leader in technology for over 150 years. In the nineteenth century, Corning...

For 150 years, Corning Incorporated has repeatedly succeeded in their quest to create new products for an ever-changing marketplace. Corning and the Craft of Innovation is the story of the extraordinary research and development strategy that propelled...

In this dynamic book, based on the most effective strategies of IBM and other market leaders, managers will learn to successfully transform their organizations into a business prepared to compete in a networked age. Mainframes, client servers, PCs,...

The world in which firms compete is now global, increasingly dominated by technology, and rapidly changing. Old organization structures are too inflexible and static to permit firms to remain competitive. In this new book, experts from a major business...

In this compelling, readable narrative, Joe Sherman explores virtually every aspect of the Saturn project, America's biggest and most publicized industrial success of the last decade. Here is the whole story - Saturn's mysterious beginnings inside...

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"If we didn't write this book, we would be dying to see it published. Whenever one reads about ABB in the management literature, there is a 'no questions asked' quality of 'if ABB has done it, why can't you, it must be the right thing to do. This is...

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The Challenge of Remaining Innovative explores innovation as a complex phenomenon that may be organizational as well as technological, that operates both within firms and across the broader economy, and that involves matters not only of research and...

Founded by Swiss baker Frederick Belmont in 1919 with the opening of Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms in Harrogate, the Bettys name is now world-famous and synonymous with delicious Swiss treats and Yorkshire warmth and hospitality. After purchasing family-run tea...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439102114Author David KirkpatrickPage Count 320Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster

After Google had one of the most successful IPOs in history, in August, 2004, raising a staggering amount of cash, the company set forth on an incredibly audacious new strategy for its future, a vision so bold, large-scale and in many ways so troubling...

The Red Taylorist is a ground-breaking assessment of the life and work of Walter Nicholas Polakov, charting his influence on the development of scientific management globally.Diana Kelly presents an unparalleled depth of knowledge of Polakov's varied...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798885310277Author Dean C RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Booklocker.comPublisher Booklocker.comWeight(grams) 249g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596874756Author Scott SkyrmFormat HardbackImprint Brick Tower PressPublisher Brick Tower PressWeight(grams) 503g

In the domains of business and management, organizations across the world imbue insiders and outsiders with multiple 'strategies of success' that can be learnt from them. Corporate Success Stories In The UAE is a rich collection of these evidence-based...

The Australian workplace continues to become more ethnically diverse as multiculturalism becomes a lived reality on a substantial scale. This change makes it vital to understand exclusionary or discriminatory practices and a detailed investigation of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540220264Author Joe BoeckholtFormat HardbackPage Count 146Imprint History Press Library EditionsPublisher History Press Library EditionsWeight(grams) 367g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943267743Author Rudy H GarciaFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Red Engine PressPublisher Red Engine PressWeight(grams) 381g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416573258Author David BankFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 455gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781929219056Author Ellen Marie BlendFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Image Ink PublicationsPublisher Image Ink PublicationsWeight(grams) 172g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734082203Author Chrysta CastanedaFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Stoney Creek Publishing GroupPublisher Stoney Creek Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798885310284Author Dean C RobertsFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint Booklocker.comPublisher Booklocker.comWeight(grams) 413g

On April 5, 2010, an explosion ripped through Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine and killed twenty-nine miners. This tragedy was the deadliest mine disaster in the U.S. in forty years - a disaster that never should've happened. With more safety...

This work examines the roles that American businesses and photojournalists played in the early overseas marketing of the Japanese-built Nikon camera and its Nikkor optics between 1946 and 1951. Particular attention is paid to the San Francisco-based...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorPeter A. Galuszka is a veteran journalist who has covered worldwide energy issues, especially coal, for several decades. A former West Virginia resident, he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538745120Author Robert GreifeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 227g