Corporate & Business History

This book offers a thoroughly researched and accessibly written account of the John Lewis Partnership. It describes what the JLP is, how it works, and what other businesses can learn from it. The US/UK model of the firm, with its emphasis on shareholder...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345360441Author Laton McCartneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812987133Author Michael MossFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

In 1951, a new type of publication appeared on newsstands-the physique magazine produced by and for gay men. For many men growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, these magazines and their images and illustrations of nearly naked men, as well as articles,...

The complete story of the changing fortunes of the man who altered the face of the world's media forever. Rupert Murdoch, ruthless visionary, empire builder, and business genius, created a global media network which made him one of the most powerful and...

Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Gerald Posner traces the heroes and villains of the trillion-dollar-a-year pharmaceutical industry and uncovers how those once entrusted with improving life have often betrayed that ideal to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385342735Author David A ViseFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...

The Business of Emotions in Modern History shows how businesses, from individual entrepreneurs to family firms and massive corporations, have relied on, leveraged, generated and been shaped by emotions for centuries. With a broad temporal and global...

Learn how pioneering business leaders are resetting their companies' relationship to nature, society, and our common future In The New Nature of Business: The Path to Prosperity and Sustainability, businessman Andre Hoffmann and journalist Peter Vanham...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596295292Author Earle DunfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596297333Author Joe BoeckholtFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 249g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609494094Author Minie SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 187Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738537474Author Alan R. EarlsFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781565846593Author Jefferson CowieFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint The New PressPublisher The New PressWeight(grams) 340g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738510583Author Martha Esposito SheaFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 318g

"For years I have been convinced that there is not an honest bone in your body. Now I know that you are a god-damned thief," Henry Clay Frick reportedly told Andrew Carnegie at their last meeting in 1900, just before J. P. Morgan bought the Carnegie...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143116127Author Charles D. EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 760gDimensions(mm) 209mm *...

Eastern Ohio is a region founded by industrialization that, at its height, would grow to be one of the most important parts of the country. This region would become the manufacturing focal point during both World Wars. Factories throughout Eastern Ohio...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642932669Author Ivan SeidenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Post Hill PressPublisher Post Hill PressWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

'A parable for our times' FINANCIAL TIMES Best Books of 2023'In a gripping - and sometimes creepy - book, Hill explores the repercussions of [facial recognition] technology and finds out who is behind it' THE TIMES Best Technology Books of...

Recent research in business strategy suggests that corporate reputations are a valuable strategic asset for every company. Good reputations have been shown to help firms attain and sustain superior financial performance in their industry. This book...

This is a lavishly illustrated history of the Oregon-American Lumber Company, during its heyday one of the most important lumber firms in the Pacific Northwest. Operating from 1922 until its closure in 1957, the company provides an illuminating example...

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...

Today, an increasing number of researchers, citizens, politicians, civil organizations, activists, and corporations are concerned with questions such as: Can the financial rationality of firms be constrained by social concerns? Can the market be reformed...

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,...

Until recently, McClelland and Stewart had been known as "The Canadian Publisher," the country's longest-lived and best independent press. Its dynamic leader Jack McClelland worked with successive provincial and federal governments to help...

At the center of San Antonio’s growth from a small pioneering town to a major western metropolis sits CPS Energy, the largest municipally owned energy utility in the United States and an innovator in harnessing, conserving, and capitalizing on natural...

In 1940 few Americans had heard of mutual funds. Today U.S. mutual funds are the largest financial industry in the world, with over 88 million shareholders and over $11 trillion in assets. Cottage Industry to Financial Giant describes the developments...

"What does compassionate capitalism look like? Mark Pendergrast shows us in this enlightening story of tribal life, opium, missionaries, market trends, a Thai antiques dealer, a mining entrepreneur and coffee." Abigail Carroll, author of Three Squares:...

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...

Women are taking the lead in today's workforce. They hold half of America's jobs, 51% of supervisory and managerial positions, and nearly 60% of all college degrees. A woman starts a business in the U.S. every 60 seconds. Without women, the U.S. economy...

Women are taking the lead in today's workforce. They hold half of America's jobs, 51% of supervisory and managerial positions, and nearly 60% of all college degrees. A woman starts a business in the U.S. every 60 seconds. Without women, the U.S. economy...

A riveting and timely intellectual history of one of our most important capitalist institutions, Harvard Business School, from the bestselling author of The Firm.With The Firm, financial journalist Duff McDonald pulled back the curtain on consulting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541601567Author William MagnusonFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 237mm * 161mm * 31mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634993623Author Cindy VaskoFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint America Through TimePublisher America Through TimeWeight(grams) 304g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982113636Author Brian DumaineFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book Company

Norges Bank has been an integrated part of Norwegian economic development from the complicated birth of the new nation-state after the Napoleonic wars to the present nouveau-richness of the Norwegian oil economy. This book traces its 200-year history,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767928267Author William D CohanFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 658g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307588340Author Lawrence G. McDonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm)...

Territories of Profit compares Dell Computer, the dominant computer manufacturer of the late twentieth century, and G. F. Swift, the leading meatpacking firm of the late nineteenth century, to reveal how communications revolutions in different periods...