Corporate & Business History

At the time of its collapse in 2001, Enron was one of the largest companies in the world, boasting revenue of over $100 billion. During the 1990s economic boom, the Houston, Texas-based energy company had diversified into commodities and derivatives...

At the heart of Silicon Valley's meteoric rise is a story etched in the lives of those who shaped it and those who were forever transformed by it. Author Tom Mahon provides an insider's perspective on the birth of the semiconductor industry, which...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982113643Author Brian DumaineFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887501338Author Richard SandlerFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint ForbesbooksPublisher Forbesbooks

Centered on moral critiques of wealth and the unequal distribution of risks and rewards in the lengthy voyages required by the East Indies trade, this book examines the debates surrounding England’s earliest global trading ventures. Arguments over the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788483569153Author Alfonso BallesteroFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Lid PublishingPublisher Lid PublishingWeight(grams) 476g

This publication analyzes three individual corporate finance-related research topics on mergers and acquisitions in the global brewing industry. The first two studies investigate the short and long-term share price reactions of acquirer and rival...

Since the invention of the telephone in 1876, publicity has been central to the growth of the industry. In its earliest years the Bell company enjoyed a patent monopoly, but after Alexander Graham Bell’s patents expired, it had to fight competitors, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626562790Author DavisFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Berrett-KoehlerPublisher Berrett-KoehlerWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 94mm * 64mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566491457Author Remo JacuzziFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Welcome Rain Publishers,USPublisher Welcome Rain Publishers,USWeight(grams)...

The history of how a deceptively ordinary piece of office furniture transformed our relationship with information The ubiquity of the filing cabinet in the twentieth-century office space, along with its noticeable absence of style, has obscured its...

In little more than half a decade, Facebook has gone from a dorm-room novelty to a company with 500 million users. It is one of the fastest growing companies in history, an essential part of the social life not only of teenagers but hundreds of millions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780919618275Author Pierre FournierFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Black Rose BooksPublisher Black Rose Books

Regardless of the service or products it provides, a company's corporate brand is responsible for its image and reputation in the minds of its products' consumers. And yet companies rarely focus on what leads to a successful corporate brand,...

In 2008, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centers (UPMC) hoisted its logo atop the U.S. Steel Building in downtown Pittsburgh, symbolically declaring that the era of big steel had been replaced by the era of big medicine for this once industrial city...

From bank bailouts and corporate scandals to the financial panic of 2008 and its lingering effects, corporate governance in America has been wracked by crises. Amid a weakening system of checks and balances in which corporate executives have little...

As an increasing number of large corporations branch out into many fields of industry, public concern over the lateral extension of their power is aroused. Arguing that entry by large firms into concentrated industries may instead stimulate competition,...

As an increasing number of large corporations branch out into many fields of industry, public concern over the lateral extension of their power is aroused. Arguing that entry by large firms into concentrated industries may instead stimulate competition,...

Are you trying to build your profile as a leader? Are you using social media to your advantage? Is your communication jargon-free? When do you choose to produce a video or a podcast? Does your message come through loud and clear? What's the future of...

A lively history of one of America's oldest publishing houses, published in conjunction with Wiley's bicentennial Founded in New York City when Thomas Jefferson was president, Wiley has been a significant player in the publishing industry for two...

Few issues in high technology are as divisive as the current debate over competition, innovation, and antitrust. Analyzing famous examples of economic "lock-in" by dominant corporations of supposedly inferior products, this book makes the case that free...

Founded in 1987 by a former engineer in China's People's Liberation Army (Ren Zhengfei), Huawei Technologies is today the world's largest telecoms equipment manufacturer and second behind Apple in smartphones. Its emergence into a multinational with over...

Industrial relations have undergone significant and extensive change over the last fifteen years. The combined impact of government legislation, international competition, and organizational restructuring has affected union organization and membership;...

Essays in British Business HistoryBook InformationISBN 9780198770886Author Barry SuppleFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressDimensions(mm) 233mm * 152mm * 14mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788232100491Author Hans Otto FrolandFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Akademica PublishingPublisher Akademica PublishingWeight(grams) 534g

Fair value accounting is viewed as a major feature of IFRS and several standards either require assets to be measured at fair value or at least provide an option to fair value measurement instead of applying historical cost. While it is argued that fair...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781877372742Author S.R.H. JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 422Imprint Otago University PressPublisher Otago University PressWeight(grams) 652g

One hundred forty years ago, four men rose from their position as middle-class merchants in Sacramento, California, to become the force behind the transcontinental railroad. In the course of doing so, they became wealthy beyond any measure––and to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788483567890Author Eugenio TorresFormat PaperbackPage Count 804Imprint Lid EditorialPublisher Lid Editorial

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788184955460Author Tamal BandyopadhyayFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Jaico Publishing HousePublisher Jaico Publishing House

"Read it for no other reason than to learn Bob's Seven Immutable Laws of Business. . . . This is vintage Bob-contrarian, thoughtful, and he's really fun to read." -Forbes In this edition of Bob Lutz's bestselling account of the business philosophy with...

This edited volume offers a new and original approach to the study of technological change in retail finance. Documenting developments in the US alongside case studies from Mexico and Europe, Technological Innovation in Retail Finance addresses the...

Research on the international transfer of technology in economics and management literature has primarily focused on the role of countries and that of companies, in particular multinational enterprises (MNEs). Similarly, economic and business historians...

Corporate governance is an area of key importance for students of comparative management and international business. This is particularly relevant in analyses of the post-socialist economies of the East, where both governments and enterprises have...

This book is the first systematic scholarly study on the business history of Turkey from the nineteenth century until the present. It aims to place the distinctive characteristics of capitalism in Turkey within a global and comparative perspective,...

Gendered Capitalism: Sewing Machines and Multinational Business in Spain and Mexico, 1850-1940 is a history of the gendered corporation that examines how ideas and ideals about domesticity and the cultures of sewing and embroidery, being gender-specific,...

Hitherto, the organization of international business has been studied mostly from a managerial point of view or by examining the relationship between firms and the economy. Yet, the development of the modern, multinational firm - the most important type...

This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on how the specific field addressed has evolved. The book features contributions on the development of...

This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on how the specific field addressed has evolved. The book features contributions on the history of...

Toyota rose from the ashes of World War II to become, just fifty years later, one of the dominant automakers in the world. How did Toyota do it? How did it go from making cars that Westerners pointed to and laughed at to making cars, like the Lexus, that...