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A New Brand of Business: Charles Coolidge Parlin, Curtis Publishing Company, and the Origins of Market Research
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Douglas Ward |
2009-11-30 |
$54.50 |
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AC/DC: The Savage Tale of the First Standards War
Long before there was VHS versus Betamax, Windows versus Macintosh, or Blu-Ray versus HD-DVD, the first and nastiest standards war was fought between alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC).
AC/DC tells the little-known story of how Thomas ...more |
Tom McNichol |
2008-03-20 |
$24.95 |
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Amazon.com
In Amazon.com Jeff Bezos built something the world had never seen. He created the most recognized brand name on the Internet, became for a time one of the richest men in the world, and was crowned "the king of cyber-commerce." Yet for all the media exposure, |
Robert Spector |
2010-02-16 |
$12.99 |
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American Still Life: The Jim Beam Story and the Making of the World's #1 Bourbon
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 top-selling ...more |
F. Paul Pacult |
2009-03-27 |
$24.95 |
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Corporate Culture and Performance
Going far beyond previous empirical work, John Kotter and James Heskett provide the first comprehensive critical analysis of how the "culture" of a corporation powerfully influences its economic performance, for better or for worse. Through painstaking ...more |
John P. Kotter |
2010-03-03 |
$32.00 |
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Costco's Dirty Little Secrets
This book is a "must" read for Costco's 47 million cardholding members who will learn that portions of Costco's ruthless business philosophy is without conscience or accountability. Over the years, Costco has enjoyed rave reviews, a large customer base ...more |
Peter F. Klein |
2010-01-26 |
$18.90 |
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Fallen Giant: The Amazing Story of Hank Greenberg and the History of AIG
A unique insider view into the recent AIG crisis and Hank Greenberg For nearly 40 years, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg was one of the most powerful CEOs in America. He built American International Group (AIG) from a second-rate insurer with a great Chinese |
Ronald Shelp |
2009-08-23 |
$16.95 |
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Final Accounting: Ambition, Greed and the Fall of Arthur Andersen
A withering expose of the unethical practices that triggered the indictment and collapse of the legendary accounting firm. Arthur Andersen's conviction on obstruction of justice charges related to the Enron debacle spelled the abrupt end of the 88-year-old |
Barbara Ley Toffler &
Jennifer Reingold |
2008-09-14 |
$14.95 |
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Good Guys and Bad Guys
A fascinating collection of profiles by one of America's leading business journalistsFor three decades, in major publications such as Texas Monthly, Esquire, Fortune, and now The New York Times, Joe Nocera has reported on the people who dominate the business ...more |
Joe Nocera |
2010-02-23 |
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Guanxi (the Art of Relationships): Microsoft, China, and Bill Gates's Plan to Win the Road Ahead
Half a world away from the calm beauty of Puget Sound, there's a lab where Bill Gates's software dreams come true. . . . So begins Guanxi, the compelling on-the-scenes tale of the allure of China today -- and of a unique partnership between the world's ...more |
Robert Buderi |
2010-02-17 |
$16.00 |
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House of Cards
WILLIAM D. COHAN, a former senior Wall Street investment banker, is the bestselling author of The Last Tycoons and the winner of the 2007 FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. He writes for The Financial Times, Fortune, the New York Times, |
William D. Cohan |
2009-03-28 |
$27.95 |
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J. Immelt&the New Ge Way Eb
When it was announced in late 2000 that Jeff Immelt would be taking the helm of GE, some skeptics were quick to voice their reservations about the future of the company after Jack Welch. Not only were Welch's shoes particularly large ones to fill, but |
David Magee |
2009-04-27 |
$25.95 |
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Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s offers unforgettable portraits of the four men whose personal and professional actions as heads of their respective central banks changed the course ...more |
Liaquat Ahamed |
2009-03-28 |
$32.95 |
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Nightly Business Report Presents Lasting Leadership: What You Can Learn from the Top 25 Business People of Our Times
What outstanding leaders do, and how they do it. Building corporate culture that can withstand anything. Reinventing your business: when it's time, how to do it. Key attributes of lasting leadership. The greatest business leaders of our generation. How ...more |
Mukul Pandya &
Robbie Shell &
Sandeep Junnarkar |
2009-11-30 |
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Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good
The captivating story of the mavericks who emerged from the dotcom rubble to found the multibillion-dollar companies taking the Web into the twenty-first century. Everyone has heard the story of the Internet Bubble. Beginning with Netscape's IPO in 1996, ...more |
Sarah Lacy |
2010-02-23 |
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Rupert Murdoch: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Media Wizard
Rupert Murdoch is the man everyone talks about but no one knows. He's everywhere, a larger-than-life media titan who has spent a lifetime building his company, News Corporation, from a small, struggling newspaper business in Australia into an international |
Neil Chenoweth |
2008-10-02 |
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Saving Big Blue: Leadership Lessons & Turnaround Tactics of IBM's Lou Gerstner
In this honest, inside look at one of the world's most inspiring corporate success stories, bestselling business author Robert Slater reveals how Gerstner stressed service, catapulted IBM into the Internet revolution, and restored IBM's mantle of leadership. ...more |
Robert Slater |
2008-08-30 |
$24.95 |
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The House of Harper
The epic story of a publishing giant In 1817 four young brothers opened a printing shop in downtown Manhattan. Two centuries later, their small enterprise has grown into one of the world's largest and most successful publishing houses. The Harper brothers ...more |
Eugene Exman |
2010-03-09 |
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The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty
Set in California's lush Napa Valley and spanning four generations of a talented and visionary family, The House of Mondavi is a tale of genius, sibling rivalry, and betrayal. From 1906, when Italian immigrant Cesare Mondavi passed through Ellis Island, ...more |
Julia Flynn Siler |
2009-03-27 |
$15.00 |
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The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs
The jury is still out on what the future of Goldman Sachs will look like, but no one can argue that the 139 year old firm has been (and, if Warren Buffett has his way, will be) the dominant investment banker and dealer on Wall Street. What does Buffett ...more |
Charles D. Ellis |
2009-05-15 |
$37.95 |
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