Corporate category: 1876 books
Playing at the Next Level
A History of American Sega Games
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Today a multinational video game developer, Sega was the first to break Nintendo’s grip on the gaming industry, expanding from primarily an arcade game company to become the dominant game console manufacturer in North America. A major part of that success came from the hard work and innovation of...
by Jean-Louis Peaucelle
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Henri Fayol is one of the most important management theorists of the twentieth century. Guthrie and Peaucelle present a study of Fayol's management, comparing the theories set out in his book with his hands-on experience and practice. The first English translation of the third part of Industrial and General Management appears as an Appendix.
by John Fredrickson
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
In 1916, an airplane company was established in the previous Heath shipyard along the Duwamish River, situated a short distance south of Seattle's Elliott Bay. Work on the first two airplanes was already well underway as the articles of incorporation for Pacific Aero Products Company established three...
Rethinking America
A New Game Plan from the American Innovators: Schools, Business, People, Work
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Russians, The Power Game, and The New Russians shows how America has lost ground, and reveals how innovators are creating new strategies to win in the new global game.
Divining Desire
Focus Groups and the Culture of Consultation
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
An 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, became an increasingly vital part of the...
Nobody's Perfect
Two Men, One Call, and a Game for Baseball History
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
The Detroit Tigers, an umpire, a pitcher, and a mistake—one of the “classic, human, baseball stories” (Ken Burns, creator of the PBS mini-series Baseball).
The perfect game is one of the rarest accomplishments in sports. In nearly four hundred thousand contests in over 130 years, it has...
Vendere tutto
Jeff Bezos e l'era di Amazon
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 25, 2013
LA STORIA DEFINITIVA DI AMAZON E DEL SUO AMBIZIOSO, INTRAPRENDENTE, CONTROVERSO FONDATORE: JEFF BEZOS AMAZON.COM è nata inviando libri per posta e ha cavalcato la prima ondata dell’isteria dot-com. Ma il suo visionario fondatore Jeff Bezos non si accontentava di essere un libraio alla moda; voleva...
From Corner Café to JSE Giant
The Famous Brands Story
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Famous Brands Ltd, as it is known today, started as a single Steers restaurant in the early 1960s, and now comprises more than 2100 restaurants across a portfolio of 20 brands, as well as extremely lucrative logistics, manufacturing and retail components. George Halamandres's family came to South...
by AA. VV.
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Alla vigilia dell’attuazione della riforma del credito cooperativo ci si interroga su quali potranno e dovranno essere le modalità e gli strumenti nuovi con cui concretamente esercitare la mutualità. Il pensiero di Luigi Pettinati, banchiere bresciano che della mutualità sul territorio e in tutto...
Established
Lessons from the World's Oldest Companies
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
This is not a dry or boring history of companies, rather it is a digestible book of stories that anchor the histories – and inevitably secrets – of some of the world’s longest-standing businesses.
A general-interest business book for entrepreneurs and casual readers alike.
Features historical black-and-white images, integrated throughout.
by Anthony Young
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
The 1955 Chrysler 300 with its hemispherical-head V-8 engine was a marketing, sales and racing legend. The 426 Hemi V-8 of the 1960s and 1970s was feared in NASCAR, NHRA and AHRA drag racing, and powered some of the most famous musclecars of the era. With first-time interviews with many of the Chrysler...
Guide to Financial Management
Understand and Improve the Bottom Line
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
A practical and accessible overview of the fundamentals of business finance--now in its third edition.
Managers are constantly expected to make decisions that reflect a full understanding of the financial consequences. In the absence of formal training, few people are prepared for the responsibilities...
Guide to Cash Management
How to avoid a business credit crunch
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
The credit crunch highlighted to businesses the importance of cash management, as those firms which ran short of cash discovered when they found themselves in trouble or even went bust.This tightly-written guide clearly explains the six critical aspects of the effective management of cash and cash...
Treasurer's Guidebook
A Practitioner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015
The Treasurer's Guidebook reveals how the treasury department's performance can be organized and fine-tuned, focusing on bank relations, cash concentration systems, investment strategies, financing sources, credit management, insurance, and more. The Guidebook also addresses the...