Corporate Finance category: 1651 books
Confronting Capitalism
Real Solutions for a Troubled Economic System
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
With one side of the political aisle proposing increasingly more socialistic and anti-capitalistic ideas, the other side has been quick to defend our country’s great economic model, with good reason. Capitalism--spanning a spectrum from laissez faire to authoritarian--shapes the market economies...
Credit, Fashion, Sex
Economies of Regard in Old Regime France
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
In Old Regime France credit was both a central part of economic exchange and a crucial concept for explaining dynamics of influence and power in all spheres of life. Contemporaries used the term credit to describe reputation and the currency it provided in court politics, literary production, religion,...
Haier purpose
The real story of China's first global super company
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
In September 2015 Haier and Zhang Ruimin won the prestigious Thinkers50 Ideas into Practice award for their mixture of relentless change, teamworking and destruction of middle management layers, combined with long-term dynamic leadership. Established in 1984, Haier is the world's #1 major appliance...
by Lou Hebert
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2019
Toledo's history as a frontier town turned manufacturing powerhouse is well known. However, few know that it was once home to a champion racehorse that galloped into the record books. Many are unaware that East Toledo's verdant urban woodlands sprang from the work of just one man or that a local girl's...
by Peter W. Bernstein, Annalyn Swan
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
From Wall Street to the West Coast, from blue-collar billionaires to blue-blood fortunes, from the Google guys to hedge-fund honchos, All the Money in the World gives us the lowdown on today richest Americans. Veteran journalists Peter W. Bernstein and Annalyn Swan delve into who made and lost the...
Hijacking the Runway
How Celebrities Are Stealing the Spotlight from Fashion Designers
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
A fascinating chronicle of how celebrity has inundated the world of fashion, realigning the forces that drive both the styles we covet and the bottom lines of the biggest names in luxury apparel.
From Coco Chanel’s iconic tweed suits to the miniskirt’s surprising comeback in the late 1980s,...
Roots of Steel
Boom and Bust in an American Mill Town
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
When Deborah Rudacille was a child growing up in the working-class town of Dundalk, Maryland, a worker at the local Sparrows Point steel mill made more than enough to comfortably support a family. But in the decades since, the decline of American manufacturing has put tens of thousands out of work...
How Walmart Is Destroying America (And the World)
And What You Can Do about It
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
After carving up the once lovingly cared-for downtowns of Small Town America, Wal-Mart launched a frontal assault on mom-and-pop businesses all over the globe. With 1.5 million employees operating more than 3,500 stores, Wal-Mart is now the world's largest private employer. In this third edition of...
Sustainable Excellence
The Future of Business in a Fast-Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
How the world's most influential companies are building business strategies that tackle the biggest global challenges.
Today's business landscape is changing in fundamental ways: Natural resources are growing ever more scarce and expensive. Technology and changing consumer expectations are...
Start Your Own Medical Practice
A Guide to All the Things They Don't Teach You in Medical School about Starting Your Own Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
After years of school and maybe even after some years of practice, you are ready to do it on your own.
Running a profitable business takes more than just being a great doctor. Start Your Own Medical Practice provides you with the knowledge to be both a great doctor and a successful business...
Temp
How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
**Named a "Triumph" of 2018 by New York Times Book Critics
Shortlisted for the 800-CEO-READ Business Book Award
The untold history of the surprising origins of the "gig economy" --how deliberate decisions made by consultants and CEOs in the 50s and 60s upended the stability...
by Orly Lobel
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
“A hair-raising account of a Barbie Dreamhouse-size Jarndyce and Jarndyce.”—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker
This provocative work spotlights the legal battles between behemoth Mattel and audacious MGA over incredibly successful toys and the ownership of an idea. Law professor Orly Lobel deeply...
Purple Cow, New Edition
Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
The cult classic that revolutionized marketing by teaching businesses that you’re either remarkable or invisible.
Few authors have had the kind of lasting impact and global reach that Seth Godin has had. In a series of now-classic books that have been translated into 36 languages and reached...
by Mark Warda Warda
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Filled with essential forms and advice, The LLC and Corporation Start-Up Guide will help you avoid problems and save you immeasurable amounts of time, effort and money. The LLC and Corporation Start-Up Guide is a must-have resource for the aspiring business owner who needs to know about organizing...