Corporate Finance category: 1651 books
by Michael B. Becraft
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Bill Gates has been instrumental in creating and developing the home computing era that has thoroughly transformed nearly every aspect of our lives, from work to commerce to communication. Stepping down as CEO of Microsoft in 2000 after 25 years at the helm, he remained as chairman, a position he...
by Aimmee L. Rodriguez, Richard A. Hanks, Robin S. Hanks
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2008
For almost 100 years, the slogan "Harris" Has It" set a standard for quality merchandise, selection, and personal service. Starting in 1905 with only 25 feet of frontage at its original San Bernardino store, this partnership of three immigrant brothers grew into a corporation of nine stores, with the...
by Anne Evers
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
The Emporium��California�s Largest, America�s Grandest Store��was a major shopping destination on San Francisco�s Market Street for a century, from 1896 to 1996. Shoppers flocked to the mid-price store with its beautiful dome and bandstand. Patrons could find anything at the Emporium, from...
Mr. Selfridge in Chicago
Marshall Field's, the Windy City & the Making of a Merchant Prince
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
In early 1909, a new retail emporium readied for business on the "wrong end of Oxford Street" in London. The man behind it was an odd little American with a waxed mustache and frenetic nature. Harry Gordon Selfridge had spent the previous twenty-five years in Chicago honing his skills at the venerable...
Wikipedia, The Free Collaborative Encyclopaedia
The unexpected rise of one of the world’s most popular sites
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2017
Find out how Wikipedia became an internet giant in just 50 minutes!
With over 40 million articles in almost 300 languages and dialects, Wikipedia is the largest and most influential encyclopaedia in the world. This success is all the more astonishing considering that the site relies on volunteers...
by Lasker M. Meyer
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
The story of Foley�s began in Ireland in the late 1800s when William L. Foley set sail for America. Ambition led him to Houston, where he opened a store and hired his two nephews, Pat C. and James. The nephews quickly felt an entrepreneurial urge to run their own store, so their uncle gave them $2,000...
Vincent Bolloré, il nuovo re dei media europei
I piani del francese di Telecom Italia che si intrecciano con Renzi per la banda larga e con Berlusconi per Mediaset
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Vincent Bolloré è il socio più importante di Telecom Italia. Ma chi è il finanziere bretone che da anni investe in Italia e quali sono i suoi progetti? La domanda è d’obbligo nel momento in cui il governo Renzi sta sostenendo un ampio progetto per diffondere la banda larga nel Paese e le aziende...
by Ann Wendell
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2008
In 1890, D. E. Frederick arrived in Seattle and, joined soon after by Nels Nelson, started what would become one of the Northwest�s best-loved and well-regarded stores. For more than 100 years, Frederick & Nelson was much more than just a department store to the people of Seattle�it was an icon....
Famous-Barr
St. Louis Shopping at Its Finest
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
For ninety-five years, St. Louis residents counted on Famous-Barr to buy the things they used every day and to celebrate the moments that happened only once a year. Customers might bump into Sophia Loren while shoe shopping or confide in Santa Claus during a visit to Toyland. May Company purchased the...
by Trista Raezer, John Hallberg
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Herbst Department Store held sway on Fargo's Broadway for nearly 90 years. In 1887, a young merchant named Isaac Herbst came to Fargo to seek his fortune. He proved to be a dynamic salesman, and by 1892 he had founded Herbst Department Store. The business was destroyed a year later in the Great Fire...
La Wikipedia
Una revolucionaria enciclopedia libre y colaborativa
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 3, 2017
Un modelo de enciclopedia libre que transforma el mundo de la información
Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para descubrirlo todo sobre la Wikipedia, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:
•...
by francis elzingre
Language: French
Release Date: February 3, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: February 3, 2013
Vittel Délices, l'histoire et les objets publicitaires de cette marque de soda français des années 60.
Apple
La empresa a la vanguardia de la tecnología
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 16, 2017
Apple, el gigante del sector informático
Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para descubrir las claves sobre Apple, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:
• Entender el contexto en el que nace...
Life's Bulldozer Moments
How Adversity Leads to Success in Life and Business
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
Donato Tramuto felt bulldozed by life as a child when he lost most of his hearing to an ear infection that left him isolated and treated as a failure. A succession of tragedies rocked his world, including a last minute decision to change his plans to fly out of Logan Airport on 9/11 on the same LA-bound...