Corporate category: 1876 books
The Tanning of America
How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
The business marketing genius at the forefront of today's entertainment marketing revolution helps corporate America get hip to today's new consumer-the tan generation - by learning from hip-hop and youth culture.
"He is the conduit between corporate America and rap and the streets-he...
Gangs of America
The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
The corporation has become the core institution of the modern world. Designed to seek profit and power, it has pursued both with endless tenacity, steadily bending the framework of law and even challenging the sovereign status of the state. Where did the corporation come from? How did it get so much...
Boss Lady
How Three Women Entrepreneurs Built Successful Big Businesses in the Mid-Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017
Too often, depictions of women's rise in corporate America leave out the first generation of breakthrough women entrepreneurs. Here, Edith Sparks restores the careers of three pioneering businesswomen--Tillie Lewis (founder of Flotill Products), Olive Ann Beech (cofounder of Beech Aircraft), and Margaret...
Becoming Hewlett Packard
Why Strategic Leadership Matters
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard invented the model of the Silicon Valley start-up and set in motion a process of corporate becoming that made it possible for HP to transform itself six times over the 77 years since its founding in the face of sweeping technological changes that felled most of its competitors...
Always a Winner
Finding Your Competitive Advantage in an Up and Down Economy
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2009
"In much the same way that Good to Great uncovered hitherto hidden secrets of highly successful companies, Navarro’s Always a Winner uses extensive research to reveal the overriding importance of learning how to forecast and strategically manage the business cycle for competitive advantage....
by Robert L. Heilbroner
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2014
Said One Executive:
“Why should my conscience bother me?”
Here are dramatic true stories of executives whose desire for profit leads them into shameful decisions.
Naming actual executive of major American companies, the authors portray corporate irresponsibility in human term. One...
The Activist Director
Lessons from the Boardroom and the Future of the Corporation
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
Some of the worst corporate meltdowns over the past sixty years can be traced to passive directors who favored operational shortcuts over quality growth strategies. Thinking primarily about placating institutional investors, selective stockholders, proxy advisors, and corporate management, these inattentive...
The CEO Pay Machine
How it Trashes America and How to Stop it
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
**The former top CEO examines the scandalous and corrupt reasons behind obscene pay packages for corporate executives—and explains how this hurts all of us--and how we can stop it. **
Today, the pay gap between chief executive officers of major U.S. firms and their workers is higher than...
Two Centuries of Panic
A history of corporate collapses in Australia
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1998
Two Centuries of Panic is a book of breathtaking energy and scope. Rich in sensation and scandal, it is the first history ever published of corporate collapses in Australia from the first bank closure in the 1820s through the four great recessions of the 1840s, 1890s, 1920s and 1970s to the downfall...
The Hippie Guide to Climbing Corporate Ladder and Other Mountains
How JanSport Makes It Happen
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2009
From small-town Kansas boy to adventure-junkie extraordinaire to respected mountaineer, this funky and funny read traces Skip Yowell's (Co-Founder of JanSport) unorthodox journey to the top of the outdoor industry.
Full of offbeat details and photos from Skip's adventures around the...
by S. Jonathan Wiesen
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2003
In the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust, West German industrialists faced a major crisis in their public image. With mounting revelations about the use of forced and slave labor, the "Aryanization" of Jewish property, and corporate profiteering under National Socialism, industrialists emerged...
Corporate Cash Management: Second Edition
A Treasurer's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
Corporate Cash Management describes how to forecast cash, and also covers methods for collecting and disbursing cash, plus the characteristics of the major cash concentration systems. It also investigates ways to improve cash flow, and how to raise funds from debt and equity. There is extensive...
The International Corporate Governance System
Audit Roles and Board Oversight
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
This book provides a comprehensive approach to Corporate Governance, Audit Process and Risk Management. Furthermore, it provides an analytical and comprehensive approach of the issues facing governance directors, internal and external auditors, risk managers, and public officials conducting assessments based upon the Report on Standards and Codes.
The Rise of the Working-Class Shareholder
Labor’s Last Best Weapon
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
When Steven Burd, CEO of the supermarket chain Safeway, cut wages and benefits, starting a five-month strike by 59,000 unionized workers, he was confident he would win. But where traditional labor action failed, a novel approach was more successful. With the aid of the California Public Employees’...