Corporate Finance category: 1651 books
Greed and Glory on Wall Street
The Fall of the House of Lehman
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
The inside account of a financial meltdown that reshaped Wall Street
In 1983, Lew Glucksman, then co-CEO of the heralded investment bank Lehman Brothers, demanded the resignation of chairman Pete Peterson, with whom he had long argued over how to manage the company. Shockingly, Peterson, who...
by David Halberstam
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
New York Times Bestseller: “A historical overview of the auto industry in the United States and Japan [and] the gradual decline of U.S. manufacturing” (Library Journal).
After generations of creating high-quality automotive products, American industrialists began losing ground to the...
The House of Rothschild
Volume 1: Money's Prophets: 1798-1848
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1999
**From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower
In his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Oxford scholar and bestselling author Niall Ferguson uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success. He reveals...
Brick by Brick
How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Sometimes radical yet always applicable, Brick by Brick abounds with real-world lessons for unleashing breakthrough innovation in your organization, using LEGO--which experienced one of the most remarkable business transformations in recent history--as a business model.
As LEGO failed to keep...
The Retail Revolution
How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New World of Business
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
The definitive account of how a small Ozarks company upended the world of business and what that change means
Wal-Mart, the world's largest company, roared out of the rural South to change the way business is done. Deploying computer-age technology, Reagan-era politics, and Protestant evangelism,...
The House of Harper
The Making of a Modern Publisher
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010
An updated edition of this definitive history of Harper—a fascinating look into the history of American letters from the unique perspective of one of the country’s most distinguished and enduring publishers—now with a new introduction that brings the book up to the present day. From Moby Dick...
The King of Vodka
The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
“A operatic tour-de-force.” —Tilar J. Mazzeo, author of The Widow Clicquot
“An impressive feat of research, told swiftly and enthusiastically.” —San Francisco Chronicle
From Vanderbilt and Rockefeller to Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, America’s captains of industry are paragons...
by Larry Donnithorne
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
West Point has bred more CEOs than any business school, and the leadership skills taught there are truly matters of life and death. Bolder than Sun Tzu, savvier than Gracian -- THE book on learning to lead.
Direct From Dell
Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
At nineteen, Michael Dell started his company as a freshman at the University of Texas with $1,000 and has since built an industry powerhouse. As Dell journeys through his childhood adventures, ups and downs, and mistakes made along the way, he reflects on invaluable lessons learned.
Michael...
Open Innovation Learning
Theory building on open sourcing while private sourcing
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Organizations embark on open innovation initiatives to sweep in external knowledge, practices and resources in cooperation with partners. This contrasts to the mainstream private innovation approach of in-house research and development sponsored solely by an incorporated funder, with intellectual...
by Joseph Michelli
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER!
“Like any business, a hospital must be true to its core values in order to succeed. ‘Trickle-down values’ start at the top with the best leadership, so that all the stakeholders understand and carry out the institution’s mission. That...
The End of Detroit
How the Big Three Lost Their Grip on the American Car Market
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2003
An in-depth, hard-hitting account of the mistakes, miscalculations and myopia that have doomed America’s automobile industry.
In the 1990s, Detroit’s Big Three automobile companies were riding high. The introduction of the minivan and the SUV had revitalized the industry, and it was widely...
Only the Paranoid Survive
How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2010
Andy Grove, founder and former CEO of Intel shares his strategy for success as he takes the reader deep inside the workings of a major company in Only the Paranoid Survive.
Under Andy Grove's leadership, Intel became the world's largest chip maker and one of the most admired companies in the...
Exploding the Phone
The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws who Hacked Ma Bell
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
“A rollicking history of the telephone system and the hackers who exploited its flaws.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Before smartphones, back even before the Internet and personal computers, a misfit group of technophiles, blind teenagers, hippies, and outlaws figured out how to hack the...