Corporate category: 1876 books
The Idea Factory
Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
The definitive history of America’s greatest incubator of innovation and the birthplace of some of the 20th century’s most influential technologies
From its beginnings in the 1920s until its demise in the 1980s, Bell Labs-officially, the research and development wing of AT&T-was the biggest,...
Creating Magic
10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
“It’s not the magic that makes it work; it’s the way we work that makes it magic.”
The secret for creating “magic” in our careers, our organizations, and our lives is simple: outstanding leadership—the kind that inspires employees, delights customers, and achieves extraordinary...
Bull!
A History of the Boom and Bust, 1982-2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In 1982, the Dow hovered below 1000. Then, the market rose and rapidly gained speed until it peaked above 11,000. Noted journalist and financial reporter Maggie Mahar has written the first book on the remarkable bull market that began in 1982 and ended just in the early 2000s. For almost two decades,...
The Leadership Capital Index
Realizing the Market Value of Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
When it comes to evaluating a firm, leadership matters.
We know that financial outcomes can predict about 50 percent of a firm's market value. Intangibles like strategy, brand, talent, R&D, innovation, risk, and so on account for the rest. But leadership underlies them all. And despite...
by David Ehrenfeld, Hildegarde Hannum
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 1990
The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.
David Ehrenfeld examines the consequences of "the extraordinary proliferation of administration, of bureaucracy, of management, the increasing...
Ben & Jerry's: The Inside Scoop
How Two Real Guys Built a Business with a Social Conscience and a Sense of Humor
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2011
"Deftly and compassionately captures [Ben's] genius in all its entrepreneurial splendor...This tale will keep you entertained."--New York Times Book Review.
A former CEO of Ben & Jerry's tells how two '60s holdovers built a single ice cream store into one of America's hottest...
by Ferdinand Pecora
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Ferdinand Pecora investigated with ruthlessly abandon the nation’s most influential bankers and stockbrokers to determine what caused the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which in turn led to the Great Depression. Pecora, as Chief Counsel of Senate launched investigation, shined a vivid light on the shocking...
All the Presidents' Bankers
The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
A groundbreaking narrative of how an elite group of men transformed the American economy and government, dictated foreign and domestic policy, and shaped world history.
Culled from original presidential archival documents, All the Presidents' Bankers delivers an explosive account of the hundred-year...
The Golden Passport
Harvard Business School, the Limits of Capitalism, and the Moral Failure of the MBA Elite
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
With The Firm, financial journalist Duff McDonald pulled back the curtain on consulting giant McKinsey & Company. In The Golden Passport, he reveals the inner works of a singular nexus of power, ambition, and influence: Harvard Business School.
Harvard University still occupies a unique...
The Secret History of the American Empire
The Truth About Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and How to Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007
From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" comes an expos of international corruption. Perkins suggests how Americans can work to create a more peaceful and stable world for future generations.
Dear Chairman
Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
A sharp and illuminating history of one of capitalism’s longest running tensions—the conflicts of interest among public company directors, managers, and shareholders—told through entertaining case studies and original letters from some of our most legendary and controversial investors and activists.
Recent...
Big Deal
Mergers and Acquisitions in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2009
"Wasserstein is widely recognized as the father of modern-day mergers and acquisitions... [He] explains what drives mergers and how they get done." - USA Today
"Informative and entertaining." - Kirkus Reviews
Big Deal is a penetrating look at the world of mergers...
Confronting Capitalism
Real Solutions for a Troubled Economic System
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
With one side of the political aisle proposing increasingly more socialistic and anti-capitalistic ideas, the other side has been quick to defend our country’s great economic model, with good reason. Capitalism--spanning a spectrum from laissez faire to authoritarian--shapes the market economies...
Credit, Fashion, Sex
Economies of Regard in Old Regime France
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
In Old Regime France credit was both a central part of economic exchange and a crucial concept for explaining dynamics of influence and power in all spheres of life. Contemporaries used the term credit to describe reputation and the currency it provided in court politics, literary production, religion,...