Corporate & Business History

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985597405Author Marty GoldbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 800Imprint Syzygy PressPublisher Syzygy PressWeight(grams) 1252gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm *...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316491976Author Tracy KidderFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)...

For almost a hundred years from the 1860s, the City of London's overseas banks financed the global trade that lay at the core of the British Empire. Foremost among them from the beginning were two start-up ventures: the Standard Bank of South Africa,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553347593Author John F. LoveFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 550gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812982190Author Michael MossFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

A handy guidebook to all the Morris cars produced between 1948 and 1984. Morris was a prominent marque in Britain and around the world from the outset of production in 1913. In the postwar era Morris cars were exported throughout the world and many...

With 75 World Championships (riders and manufacturers), 270 Grand Prix victories, and more than 3000 International race wins, MV Agusta's competition record is unequalled amongst Italian motorcycle manufacturers. MV's list of World Champions includes...

CEO Louis V. Gerstner Jr.'s memoir about the extraordinary turnaround of IBM and his transformation of the company into the industry leader of the computer age - the great American business story of our time. When Louis V. Gerstner became CEO...

Corporate Governance and Accountability presents students with a complete and current survey of the latest developments involving how a company is directed and controlled. Providing a broad research-based perspective, this comprehensive textbook examines...

When President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his famous warning about the dangers of the military-industrial complex, he never would have dreamed that a single company could accumulate the kind of power and influence that is now wielded by Lockheed Martin...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400078721Author John NewhouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 200mm *...

The untold story of the world's premier bourbon and the family that made it #1 American Still Life tells the intertwined true stories of America's favorite whiskey and the family dynasty that produces it to this very day. Jim Beam is the world's...

"Entertainingly indiscreet . . . Knee's talent for wicked pen portraits is put to good use."--Financial Times Investment bankers used to be known as respectful of their clients, loyal to their firms, and chary of the financial system that allowed them...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262547826Author James W. CortadaFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 852gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451499363Author Adam NagourneyFormat HardbackPage Count 592Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 902gDimensions(mm) 242mm...

A unique history of Britain's most influential invention - from the East India Company to EnronThe present day might be called a corporate age but the power of the company is nothing new: From Renaissance Italy to the British East India Company, it is...

Learn about one of the most impactful distilleries in American history in this comprehensive tale Buffalo, Barrels, & Bourbon tells the fascinating tale of the Buffalo Trace Distillery, from the time of the earliest explorations of Kentucky to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.Book InformationISBN 9780143109600Author Bo BurlinghamFormat PaperbackPage Count...

How chartered company-states spearheaded European expansion and helped create the world's first genuinely global orderFrom Spanish conquistadors to British colonialists, the prevailing story of European empire-building has focused on the rival ambitions...

The history of Guinness, one of the world's most famous brands, reveals the noble heights and generosity of a great family and an innovative business.The history began in Ireland during the late 1700s when the water in Ireland as well as throughout...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617230103Author Douglas RushkoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint CurrentPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 248g

Finalist in the General Business Book of the Year category of the 2023 Australian Business Book AwardsMacquarie is everywhere. As an investment bank, a commodities player and an international leader in infrastructure fund management, Macquarie has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591846222Author Bob LutzFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 222g

Re-release of the first book ever published in America about the legendary Motown Record Company, with a new foreword by legendary music journalist Greil Marcus!In January 1959 Berry Gordy borrowed $800 from his family and founded the Detroit-based...

In the early 1990s, Motorola, the legendary American radio and telecom company, made a huge gamble on a revolutionary satellite telephone system called Iridium. Light-years ahead of anything previously put into space, built on technology for Ronald...

Jim Paul's meteoric rise took him from a small town in Northern Kentucky to governor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, yet he lost it all-his fortune, his reputation, and his job-in one fatal attack of excessive economic hubris. In this honest, frank...

From the acclaimed authors of Capitalism without Capital, radical ideas for restoring prosperity in today's intangible economyThe past two decades have witnessed sluggish economic growth, mounting inequality, dysfunctional competition, and a host of...

A history of how, in the mid-twentieth century, we came to believe in the concept of creativity. Named a best book of 2023 by the New Yorker and a notable book of 2023 by Behavioral Scientist. Creativity is one of American society's signature values,...

The Beatles. The Beach Boys. Blur, Bowie, Kylie Minogue, Kate Bush and Coldplay. EMI was one of the big four record companies, with some of the biggest names in the history of recorded music on its roster. Dominating the music industry for over 100...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for PROSE Award - Business, Finance & Management 2023.Book InformationISBN 9780262047227Author Vili LehdonvirtaFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint MIT...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062301239Author Ashlee VanceFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

THE FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR This absorbing collective biography of the genius Nobel family reveals how the Nobels' business and personal lives were fundamentally intertwined with the histories of Sweden and Russia, as well as the...

'A close analysis of five gritty leaders whose extraordinary passion and perseverance changed history . . . a gripping read on a timeless and timely topic!'Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of GritTen years in the writing, Forged in Crisis, by...

Travel to virtually any African country and you are likely to find a Coca-Cola, often a cold one at that. 'Bottled' asks how this carbonated drink became ubiquitous across the continent, and what this reveals about the realities of globalisation,...

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...

Today's economy is fueled by knowledge. Every leader knows this to be true, yet few have systematic methods for converting organizational knowledge into economic value. This book argues that communities of practice--groups of individuals formed around...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576601501Author Paul DolanFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Bloomberg PressPublisher Bloomberg PressWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 155mm *...

In the 1970s, while their contemporaries were protesting the computer as a tool of dehumanization and oppression, a motley collection of college dropouts, hippies, and electronics fanatics were engaged in something much more subversive. Obsessed with the...

MG was a home-grown concept that became an international success, bringing the small market town of Abingdon onto the global map. MG - Made in Abingdon recounts the inside story of the famous factory, recognising that the most important aspect of MG's...