Corporate category: 1876 books
Sweat Equity
Inside the New Economy of Mind and Body
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Go inside the trend that spawned a multi-billion dollar industry for the top five percent
Sweat Equity goes inside the multibillion dollar trend toward endurance sports and fitness to discover who's driving it, who's paying for it, and who's profiting. Bloomberg's Jason Kelly, author of The...
The Wawa Way
How a Funny Name and Six Core Values Revolutionized Convenience
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Grahame Wood opened the first Wawa Food Market in 1964 as an outlet for Wawa dairy products. Since then, the convenience store has grown into a well-known company that competes against the biggest industry players in the world in three areas: fuel, convenience, and food, all while maintaining their...
Amazonia
Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot.com Juggernaut
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
A “funny, contemplative” memoir of working at Amazon in the early years, when it was a struggling online bookstore (San Francisco Chronicle).
In a book that Ian Frazier has called “a fascinating and sometimes hair-raising morality tale from deep inside the Internet boom,” James Marcus,...
by Robert Finkel, Robert Finkel, David Greising
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2009
Ten Leading private investors share their secrets to maximum profitability
In The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital, the pioneers of the industry share the investing and management wisdom they have gained by investing in and transforming their portfolio companies.
Based on...
by Hamish McDonald
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Ambani & Sons is the riveting story of one of the wealthiest families in the world. Dhirubhai Ambani was a rags-to-riches tycoon, whose company, Reliance, is now one of India's major corporations. His sons, Anil and Mukesh, took over after his death in 2002 and their respective arms of the company...
The Coffee Book
Anatomy of an Industry from Crop to the Last Drop
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
A history of coffee from the sixth century to Starbucks that’s “good to the last sentence” (Las Cruces Sun News).
One of Library Journal’s “Best Business Books”
This updated edition of The Coffee Book is jammed full of facts, figures, cartoons, and commentary covering coffee...
by Vladimir John
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
One of the greatest risks for small and medium businesses is certainly past due receivables. Preventing this risk or promptly responding to problems with receivables is the main focus of this lesson. You will get many useful tips on how to keep your receivables under control and not take chances with the survival of your business.
Selling under the Swastika
Advertising and Commercial Culture in Nazi Germany
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Selling under the Swastika is the first in-depth study of commercial advertising in the Third Reich. While scholars have focused extensively on the political propaganda that infused daily life in Nazi Germany, they have paid little attention to the role played by commercial ads and sales culture in...
Management Innovators
The People and Ideas that Have Shaped Modern Business
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 1998
Here is a who's who of business, thirty-one profiles of inventors, financiers, organizers, motivators, and gurus--a vivid, informative look at the history of management as seen through the lives of its most influential figures. We meet Eli Whitney, creator of the cotton gin and father of the machine...
How Disruption Brought Order
The Story of a Winning Strategy in the World of Advertising
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
In his previous bestselling books, global advertising icon Jean-Marie Dru explored the visionary, innovative techniques that have become a hallmark of TBWA Worldwide campaigns. Now he gives a first-hand account of how the bold methods of disruption launched TBWA to the forefront of international advertising....
Northwest Airlines
The First Eighty Years
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2005
Since flying its first mail flight on October 1, 1926, Northwest Airways, now known as Northwest Airlines, has grown to become one of the world�s leading airlines. Northwest�s legacy of leadership in the aviation industry began with its foundation in the Twin Cities and extended to its pioneering...
The Vanishing American Corporation
Navigating the Hazards of a New Economy
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
It may be hard to believe in an era of Walmart, Citizens United, and the Koch brothers, but corporations are on the decline. The number of American companies listed on the stock market dropped by half between 1996 and 2012. In recent years we've seen some of the most storied corporations go bankrupt...
獨角獸與牠的產地：矽谷新創公司歷險記
Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
Language: Chinese
Release Date: July 14, 2017
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by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
When the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was established in 1966, the Asia and Pacific region was undergoing a process of deep change. Several countries gained independence and a sense of regional identity was emerging. A more organized drive toward modernization started in several countries but the...