Corporate Finance category: 1651 books
Tin and Global Capitalism, 1850-2000
A History of "the Devil's Metal"
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
For most of the twentieth century tin was fundamental for both warfare and welfare. The importance of tin is most powerfully represented by the tin can - an invention which created a revolution in food preservation and helped feed both the armies of the great powers and the masses of the new urban...
A City Lost and Found
Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
“Old landmarks fall in nearly every block ... and the face of the city is changing so rapidly that the time is not too far distant when a search for a building 50 years old will be in vain.” —Herald, 1925.
The demolition firm of Whelan the Wrecker was a Melbourne institution for a hundred...
Business History
Complexities and Comparisons
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
This major new textbook on business history brings together the expertise of two internationally renowned authors to provide a thorough overview of the developments in business – from just before the industrial revolution right up to the present day.
Business History is global in scope and...
The Five Faces of Genius
Creative Thinking Styles to Succeed at Work
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2002
What do Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Leonardo da Vinci, and Ray Kroc, the man who created the McDonald's franchise enterprise, have in common? They have all mastered the skills of creative genius-essential tools in today's business climate.
Having researched the lives and techniques of past and...
Women Lead
Career Perspectives from Workplace Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
Women are taking the lead in today’s workforce. They hold half of America’s jobs, 51% of supervisory and managerial positions, and nearly 60% of all college degrees. A woman starts a business in the U.S. every 60 seconds. Without women, the U.S. economy would be 25% smaller than it is today.
Women...
Piracy the trends, the causes. the spiral effects and the practicable solutions
TOWARDS BAILING THE NATIONS OUT OF ECONOMIC RECESSION
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2017
Piracy is the bane of all sales in the macro economy and the major cause of all terminal diseases and avoidable deaths. Through the consumption of faked and substandard drugs and foods in tins, consumers have fallen prey to renal failure among other deadly diseases. The infections from the use of...
Dangerous Hoops
A Forensic Marketing Action Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Part crime novel, part textbook, Dangerous Hoops combines the principles of marketing and forensic accounting into a lively narrative to educate and entertain.
Set in the world of professional sports, Dangerous Hoops introduces FBI agent Bill Douglass as he pursues a deadly extortionist in order to...
Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom
Race and Class in Modern Society
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
The arrival of the first steamboat, The New Orleans, in early 1812 touched off an economic revolution in the South. In states west of the Appalachian Mountains, the operation of steamboats quickly grew into a booming business that would lead to new cultural practices and a stronger sectional identity.
In...
Firm Commitment
Why the corporation is failing us and how to restore trust in it
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
The corporation is one of the most important and remarkable institutions in the world. It affects all our lives continuously. It feeds, entertains, houses and, employs us. It generates vast amounts of revenue for those who own it and it invests a substantial proportion of the wealth that we possess....
American Still Life
The Jim Beam Story and the Making of the World's #1 Bourbon
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2011
The untold story of the world's premier bourbon and the family that made it #1
American Still Life tells the intertwined true stories of America's favorite whiskey and the family dynasty that produces it to this very day. Jim Beam is the world's top-selling bourbon whiskey, with sales of over...
by Tony Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
Today -twenty years after the son of a shipping tycoon took on British Airways with two rented planes -Stelios's airline is a multi-billion pound company and a household name. This is the inside story of the spectacular rise of easyJet. Did the airline really buy its uniforms from a Benetton store?...
Snacks
A Canadian Food History
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
"Snacks" is a history of Canadian snack foods, of the independent producers and workers who make them, and of the consumers who can’t put them down. Janis Thiessen profiles several iconic Canadian snack food companies, including Old Dutch Potato Chips, Hawkins Cheezies, and chocolate maker...
True to Our Roots
Fermenting a Business Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2010
True to Our Roots sets forth the simple but powerful management principles that enabled Fetzer Vineyards under Paul Dolan to become one of America’s biggest and best-known wineries even as it was turning into a model for sustainable businesses everywhere. Today, Dolan and Fetzer are leading the...
Verizon Untethered
An Insider's Story of Innovation and Disruption
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
The Verizon leadership team stands apart from most leadership teams today in their willingness repeatedly to put the enterprise before the individual. At first blush, this might look like a hopelessly old-fashioned notion in the age of the selfie. Yet, I would argue this is a trait that future leaders...