Corporate Finance category: 1651 books
by Patricia Beard
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2009
Glamorous, cultured, and ambitious -- but fatally young and naive -- James Hazen Hyde was twenty-three when he inherited the majority shares in the billion-dollar Equitable Life Assurance Society in 1899. Five years later, at the pinnacle of social and financial success, he made a fatal miscalculation,...
Money for Nothing
How CEOs and Boards Enrich Themselves While Bankrupting America
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
**A Bank of America director questioned the CEO's $76 million pay package in a year when the bank was laying off 12,600 workers and found herself dropped from the board without notice a few months later.
According to their employment agreements -- approved by boards -- 96 percent of large company...
The Merchant of Power
Sam Insull, Thomas Edison, and the Creation of the Modern Metropolis
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
A timely rags-to-riches story, The Merchant of Power recounts how Sam Insull--right hand to Thomas Edison--went on to become one of the richest men in the world, pivotal in the birth of General Electric and instrumental in the creation of the modern metropolis with his invention of the power grid,...
by P. Christiaan Klieger
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2004
Fleischmann is a brand name that everyone recognizes, even if they have never baked bread from scratch, drunk a Fleischmann's gin and tonic, or used their vinegar and margarine. Charles Fleischmann, in fact, pretty much invented the brand name and this continued recognition is testimonial to his genius....
by Quentin R. Skrabec Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Throughout history, important commercial developments in the United States have made it possible for American companies to leverage tough economic conditions to survive—even thrive in a volatile marketplace. This reference book examines the top 100 groundbreaking events in the history of American...
The Loudest Voice in the Room
How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News--and Divided a Country
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
A revelatory journey inside the world of Fox News and Roger Ailes—the brash, sometimes combative network head who helped fuel the rise of Donald Trump
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A SHOWTIME LIMITED SERIES • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR
When Rupert Murdoch...
How They Blew It
The CEOs and Entrepreneurs Behind Some of the World's Most Catastrophic Business Failures
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2010
***How They Blew It***is a series of eye-popping tales of entrepreneurs and business leaders who went from corporate gurus to financial disaster zones in rapid and humiliating fashion. Full of surprising details and mind-blowing sums of money, it looks at the characteristics of these leaders and the...
by Joosr
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries...
Fumbling the Future
How Xerox Invented, Then Ignored, the First Personal Computer
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1999
Ask consumers and users what names they associate with the multibillion dollar personal computer market, and they will answer IBM, Apple, Tandy, or Lotus. The more knowledgable of them will add the likes of Microsoft, Ashton-Tate, Compaq, and Borland. But no one will say Xerox. Fifteen years after...
by Linda L. Meabon
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
The Zippo Manufacturing Company was founded in 1932 in Bradford by George G. Blaisdell, who designed the first Zippo lighter in 1933; since then, Zippo has produced nearly four hundred million lighters. The product line eventually expanded to include tape measures and pocket knives. Zippo entered the...
Nathan's Famous
An Unauthorized View of America's Favorite Frankfurter Company
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
“A heartwarming, poignant and even-handed account of the quintessential American immigrant/family business struggle to succeed against all odds” (Larry King).
Nathan’s Famous chronicles the history and business strategies of company founder Nathan Handwerker that led to the success of...
Make It New
A History of Silicon Valley Design
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
The role of design in the formation of the Silicon Valley ecosystem of innovation.
California's Silicon Valley is home to the greatest concentration of designers in the world: corporate design offices at flagship technology companies and volunteers at nonprofit NGOs; global design consultancies...
Heart & Soul
Five American Companies That Are Making the World a Better Place
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
Inspiring, in-depth profiles of profitable businesses that put people first.
In an era when it sometimes seems that corporate greed and bad business practices are all too common, this book tells the stories of five companies that haven’t forgotten that treating customers and employees right...
by Paul Thornton, Donald Fleming
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2011
Regulatory and market developments have transformed the way in which UK private sector pension schemes operate. This has increased demands on trustees and advisors and the trusteeship governance model must evolve in order to remain fit for purpose. This volume brings together leading practitioners...