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Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and Wework by Reeves Wiedeman
RRP: $23.21$16.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316461337Author Reeves WiedemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 140mm... -
The Power of Your Life: The Sanlam Century of Insurance Empowerment, 1918-2018 by Grietjie Verhoef 9780198817758
$129.57This book explores a century of business development of The South African Life Assurance Company, from a specific local focus to a national conglomerate expanding into global insurance markets. Established as a strategic vehicle to address Afrikaner... -
Technology, Organization, and Competitiveness: Perspectives on Industrial and Corporate Change by Giovanni Dosi 9780198290988
$131.95This 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... -
Progressive Business: An Intellectual History of the Role of Business in American Society by Christian Christiansen 9780198701033
$145.73Today, 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... -
Divining Desire: Focus Groups and the Culture of Consultation by Liza Featherstone 9781944869489
RRP: $24.50$22.23An 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,... -
The Handover: How Bigwigs and Bureaucrats Transferred Canada's Best Publisher and the Best Part of Our Literary Heritage to a Foreign Multinational by Elaine Dewar 9781771961110
RRP: $21.92$19.97Until 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... -
Powering a City: How Energy and Big Dreams Transformed San Antonio by Catherine Nixon Cooke 9781595348432
RRP: $19.34$18.99At 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... -
Revolutions from Grub Street: A History of Magazine Publishing in Britain by Howard Cox 9780199601639
$84.03Revolutions from Grub Street charts the evolution of Britain's popular magazine industry from its seventeenth century origins through to the modern digital age. Following the reforms engendered by the Glorious Revolution of 1688 the Grub Street area of... -
The Rise of Mutual Funds: An Insider's View by Matthew P. Fink 9780195336450
RRP: $55.46$48.80In 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... -
Beyond Fair Trade: How One Small Coffee Company Helped Transform a Hillside Village in Thailand by Mark Pendergrast 9781771640473
RRP: $16.76$16.63"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:... -
Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando by Richard E. Foglesong 9780300098280
$32.73Joined 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 Lead: Career Perspectives from Workplace Leaders by Tracey Wilen-Daugenti 9781433121159
RRP: $32.38$28.21Women 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 Lead: Career Perspectives from Workplace Leaders by Tracey Wilen-Daugenti 9781433121166
RRP: $120.49$104.61Women 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... -
The Golden Passport: Harvard Business School, the Limits of Capitalism, and the Moral Failure of the MBA Elite by Duff McDonald
RRP: $20.63$20.56A 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... -
For Profit: A History of Corporations by William Magnuson 9781541601567
RRP: $41.28$30.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541601567Author William MagnusonFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 152g -
Abandoned Eastern Pennsylvania: Remnants of History by Cindy Vasko
RRP: $30.95$19.04Apologies 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 -
The Mosaic Tile Company: History and Products, 1894-1967 by Larisa Harper
RRP: $46.43$39.16Founded in 1894, the Mosaic Tile Company was the dream of two ceramic pioneers who intended to manufacture innovative ceramic mosaic murals while also dominating the utilitarian market in the early 1900s. One of the largest ceramics companies in the... -
Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It by Brian Dumaine
RRP: $36.12$21.35Apologies 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 1816-2016 by Einar Lie
RRP: $119.97$109.21Norges 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,... -
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers by Lawrence G McDonald
RRP: $28.38$19.84Apologies 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: Communications, Capitalist Development, and the Innovative Enterprises of G. F. Swift and Dell Computer by Gary Fields
RRP: $38.69$34.19Territories 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... -
The Performance of European Business in the Twentieth Century by Youssef Cassis
RRP: $145.13$131.63This book originated from the idea that performance is what really matters in business and thus in business history. Yet, surprisingly, the analysis of performances has been neglected by economic and business historians. This book is a first attempt to... -
House of Plenty: The Rise, Fall, and Revival of Luby's Cafeterias by Carol Dawson
RRP: $32.24$30.12Winner, Violet Crown Award, Writers League of Texas, 2007 Citation, San Antonio Conservation Society, 2009 Scarred by the deaths of his mother and sisters and the failure of his father's business, a young man dreamed of making enough money to retire... -
Living Heritage: Centuries in Business by Sabina Korfmann
RRP: $129.00$107.32Living Heritage features companies and institutions which have been active for at least two hundred years. The variety of companies presented is broad and their organisational forms are diverse: some are still family-owned while others have different... -
The Rise of the Anti-Corporate Movement: Corporations and the People who Hate Them by Evan Osborne
RRP: $36.11$31.14Against the backdrop of Enron and other high-profile cases of corporate malfeasance, it is easy to paint today's executives as villains--to blame big business, and corporations generally, for a wide array of social ills. Is the criticism warranted? Not... -
Zenith Radio, Glory Years, 1936-1945: History and Products by Harold Cones
RRP: $41.27$27.09These two volumes, Zenith Radio, The Glory Years, 1936-1945, tell the story and highlight the products of the Zenith Radio Corporation between the early years (1919-1935) and the end of World War II. History and Product begins with an exploration of the... -
Building Co-operation: A Business History of The Co-operative Group, 1863-2013 by John F. Wilson 9780199655113 [USED COPY]
RRP: $87.72$4.53Building Co-operation traces the development of The Co-operative Group and its predecessor, the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS), over the course of 150 years. Born from the efforts of the Rochdale Pioneers and others who established successful... -
Building Co-operation: A Business History of The Co-operative Group, 1863-2013 by John F. Wilson 9780199655113
$91.77Building Co-operation traces the development of The Co-operative Group and its predecessor, the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS), over the course of 150 years. Born from the efforts of the Rochdale Pioneers and others who established successful... -
Kicks by Nicholas Smith
RRP: $18.05$12.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451498120Author Nicholas SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA Inc -
From Grenades to Griddles and Everything In Between: A History of Chamberlin and Hill by Natasha Wilson 9781911383857
$19.14From Grenades to Griddles tells the true story of Chamberlin and Hill Ltd, now Chamberlin Plc, a Group of companies in the West Midlands. Starting a year before their first foundry opened, the author follows the development of the business right from the... -
Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin 9781591843177
RRP: $34.83$21.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591843177Author Seth GodinFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 185mm * 131mm * 21mm -
Firm Commitment: Why the corporation is failing us and how to restore trust in it by Colin Mayer 9780199669936 [USED COPY]
RRP: $25.79$3.42The corporation is one of the most important and remarkable institutions in the world. It affects all our lives continuously. It feeds, entertains, houses and, employs us. It generates vast amounts of revenue for those who own it and it invests a... -
Firm Commitment: Why the corporation is failing us and how to restore trust in it by Colin Mayer 9780199669936
RRP: $25.79$19.38The corporation is one of the most important and remarkable institutions in the world. It affects all our lives continuously. It feeds, entertains, houses and, employs us. It generates vast amounts of revenue for those who own it and it invests a... -
Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power by Zachary Karabell
RRP: $21.92$14.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143110842Author Zachary KarabellFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future by Bartow J. Elmore
RRP: $30.95$23.31This is the definitive history of Monsanto, a St. Louis chemical firm that became the world's largest genetically engineered seed enterprise. Monsanto merged with German pharma-biotech giant Bayer in 2018 but its Roundup Ready seeds, introduced... -
Business the Rupert Murdoch Way: 10 Secrets of the World's Greatest Deal Maker by Stuart Crainer 9781841121505
RRP: $12.89$8.77Now brought completely up--to--date for this new edition, Business The Rupert Murdoch Way not only reveals the secrets of Murdocha s remarkable success but also draws out the universal lessons and identifies strategies that can be applied to any business... -
Ringtone: Exploring the Rise and Fall of Nokia in Mobile Phones by Yves L. Doz 9780198777199
RRP: $59.33$50.58In less than three decades, Nokia emerged from Finland to lead the mobile phone revolution. It grew to have one of the most recognizable and valuable brands in the world and then fell into decline, leading to the sale of its mobile phone business to... -
Bloodspot: When Ruthless Dealmakers, Shrewd Ideologues, and Brawling Lawyers Toppled the Corporate Establishment by Robert Teitelman
$38.04The epic battle of the fascinating, flawed figures behind America's deal culture and their fight over who controls and who benefits from the immense wealth of American corporations. Bloodsport is the story of how the mania for corporate deals and... -
Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry by Geoffrey Jones 9780199556496
RRP: $127.71$126.77The global beauty business permeates our lives, influencing how we perceive ourselves and what it is to be beautiful. The brands and firms which have shaped this industry, such as Avon, Coty, Estee Lauder, L'Oreal, and Shiseido, have imagined beauty for... -
The Oxford Handbook of Business History by Geoffrey Jones
RRP: $60.62$54.32This 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...