Corporate Finance category: 1651 books
Carl von Siemens
1829-1906
Language: German
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Drei Brüder waren es, die zusammen mit ihrem Partner Johann Georg Halske ab Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts aus der kleinen Berliner «Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske» eine Weltfirma machten: Werner, Wilhelm und Carl von Siemens. Martin Lutz legt die erste Biographie des jüngsten der...
Apple and the Digital Revolution
The firm at the cutting edge of technology
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2017
Find out how Apple dominates the tech sector in just 50 minutes!
Apple is one of the world’s most recognisable and desirable brands, with an immense and devoted fan base. It has stood at the forefront of the digital revolution since it was founded in the 1970s, and has produced iconic products...
The Puritan Gift
Reclaiming the American Dream Amidst Global Financial Chaos
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2009
The collapse of Lehman Brothers and other Wall Street institutions sent shock waves around the world. But this was just the beginning. Whole nations have been dragged to the brink of bankruptcy. Banks on both sides of the Atlantic have been nationalised. The stock market is out of control and the...
Gelding Goliath
An Insider's Account of the Destruction of AT&T
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Geding Goliath tells the story of the last days of the original AT&T before its purchase for scrap value by a competitor in 2005. Stark was a high ranking attorney for the company and was involved over the prior two decades in the various efforts to save the company. He goes through, naming names as he does, the four "Colossal Failures" that doomed the company.
E-commerce B2B
Le opportunità, gli strumenti e i casi di successo nell’e-commerce B2B e B2Retail
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 29, 2016
Questo volume vuole fornire un quadro per comprendere la varietà e le dimensioni delle opportunità e dei modelli di business, nonché una guida per aiutare le imprese nella definizione e nella gestione delle proprie iniziative digitali. Il testo offre anche una ricca presentazione di casi aziendali...
Ringtone
Exploring the Rise and Fall of Nokia in Mobile Phones
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
In less than three decades, Nokia emerged from Finland to lead the mobile phone revolution. It grew to have one of the most recognizable and valuable brands in the world and then fell into decline, leading to the sale of its mobile phone business to Microsoft. This book explores and analyzes that...
by John A. McKenty
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2011
Built upon hours of extensive research and personal interviews, Canada Cycle & Motor: The CCM Story traces the fascinating history of this uniquely Canadian company from its founding in 1899 until its eventual demise in 1983.
The story draws together a diverse cast of some of Canada’s...
by Jay Elliot, William L. Simon
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 22, 2012
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 22, 2012
“Un mago. Un leader, temuto e ammirato. Un inventore. Un artista della tecnologia. Un uomo poco diplomatico. Figlio adottivo, studente curioso ma inadatto a ¬ finire l’università, pioniere dell’elettronica, seguace dello zen, imprenditore di successo cacciato dall’azienda che ha fondato,...
Steve Jobs
L'uomo che ha inventato il futuro
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 16, 2012
Dalle riunioni con gli sviluppatori ai laboratori di design, dalle prove di forza con il consiglio di amministrazione al mondo fuori dalla Silicon Valley: questo è il VERO Steve Jobs, la storia autentica di un ragazzo prodigio che ha trasformato la tecnologia e il mondo in cui viviamo, il nostro...
by Pat Sheehy
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Never A Dull Moment takes us on a fascinating journey that starts in pre-war colonial Burma and ends in the boardrooms of Britain’s top companies. Along the way, we visit wartime Australia, and the author's time serving in the Irish Guards. Then onto West Africa on the cusp of independence and a...
Jewel of Knightsbridge
The Origins of the Harrods Empire
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
In 1836, Charles Harrod found himself in a prison hulk awaiting transportation to Tasmania for seven years' hard labor. He had been convicted of receiving stolen goods, and this should have been the beginning of the end for his fledgling business. And yet, in miraculously escaping his fate and vowing...
by Jack Beatty
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2007
Age of Betrayal is a brilliant reconsideration of America's first Gilded Age, when war-born dreams of freedom and democracy died of their impossibility. Focusing on the alliance between government and railroads forged by bribes and campaign contributions, Jack Beatty details the corruption of American...
First in Thirst
How Gatorade Turned the Science of Sweat Into a Cultural Phenomenon
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2005
Selected as one of Soundview Executive Book Summaries's the "30 Best Business Books" of the year. Remember the Cola Wars, with Coke and Pepsi battling it out year after year for supremacy in the soft drink market? Or what about the Burger Wars, the legendary slugfests between McDonald’s...
Monopoly on Wheels
Henry Ford and the Selden Automobile Patent
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Examines the eight-year legal fight to overturn the Selden automobile patent in the early days of the American auto industry.