Corporate History category: 769 books
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense
The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
One of the biggest questions of the financial crisis has not been answered until now: What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, a former Lehman Brothers Vice President gives us the...
Blood Medicine
Blowing the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
“Blood Feud rivals A Civil Action for best non-fiction book of the past twenty years.” — John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of Damage
Procrit seemed like a biotech miracle, promising a golden age in medical care. Developed in the 1980s by Amgen and licensed to the pharmaceutical...
Small Giants
Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big, 10th-Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
How maverick companies have passed up the growth treadmill — and focused on greatness instead.
It’s an axiom of business that great companies grow their revenues and profits year after year. Yet quietly, under the radar, a small number of companies have rejected the pressure of endless...
The HP Way
How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
In the fall of 1930, David Packard left his hometown of Pueblo, Colorado, to enroll at Stanford University, where he befriended another freshman, Bill Hewlett. After graduation, Hewlett and Packard decided to throw their lots in together. They tossed a coin to decide whose name should go first on...
Everyone Else Must Fail
The Unvarnished Truth About Oracle and Larry Ellison
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2003
Karen Southwick’s unauthorized account provides the full story of Larry Ellison’s brilliant, controversial career. Ellison’s drive and fierce ambition created Oracle out of the dust and built it into one of America’s great technology companies, but his unpredictable management style keeps...
Grinding It Out
The Making of McDonald's
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
"He either enchants or antagonizes everyone he meets. But even his enemies agree there are three things Ray Kroc does damned well: sell hamburgers, make money, and tell stories." --from Grinding It Out
Few entrepreneurs can claim to have radically changed the way we live, and Ray...
Building Wealth in China
36 True Stories of Chinese Millionaires and How They Made Their Fortunes
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
See how thirty-six of China’s most successful and innovative entrepreneurs are creating the global economy of tomorrow. In these pages you’ll learn valuable lessons from remarkable business leaders, such as:
• Zhang Yin, chairwoman of Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited, who trans-...
by Gary Wolf
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2003
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test for our own age, the story of a dreamer who turned American media upside down—and suffered the consequences
Louis Rossetto had no money, no home, no job. Five years later he owned the hottest magazine in America and was poised to become an international tycoon,...
by Tom Gjelten
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 21, 2012
En 1862, Facundo Bacardí apostó por crear en Cuba una pequeña destilería de ron, una bebida que hasta entonces solo consumían marineros y obreros. Pronto el ron Bacardí se convertiría en la bebida favorita de la isla y quedaría ligado a la identidad cubana.
Recorriendo la historia de...
Brunello Cucinelli Spa
Il re del cashmere
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 11, 2014
La storia del più grande sucesso imprenditoriale italiano negli anni della crisi.
Un imprenditore che viene dalla terra, la "sua" terra, e che diviene parte del mondo.
Una grande attenzione alla artigianalità di ogni passaggio della sua grandissima produzione tessile fatta come fosse ancora...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
The 1997 Asian financial crisis hit the region and became a defining moment for Asia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). As ADB participated in coordinated crisis responses, Asian policy makers used this opportunity to reassess their economic policies in a fundamental way. This volume presents how...
Never Lost Again
The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
As enlightening as The Facebook Effect, Elon Musk, and Chaos Monkeys—the compelling, behind-the-scenes story of the creation of one of the most essential applications ever devised, and the rag-tag team that built it and changed how we navigate the world
Never Lost Again chronicles the evolution...
Remembering Hudson's
The Grand Dame of Detroit Retailing
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2010
The J. L. Hudson Company redefined the way Detroiters shopped and enjoyed leisure time. Many Detroiters share memories of times spent shopping and enjoying spectacular events sponsored by Hudson�s. A solid and lofty icon built by businesspeople who believed in their passion, Hudson�s defined Detroit�s...
Mein Leben und Werk (Neuausgabe mit Originalfotos)
Autobiografie eines modernen Unternehmers
Language: German
Release Date: February 19, 2014
"Ich schildere die Entwicklung der Ford-Automobil-Gesellschaft nicht etwa aus persönlichen Gründen. Ich predige keineswegs: Gehe hin und tue desgleichen. Ich versuche nur, nachdrücklich darauf hinzuweisen, dass die heute üblichen Methoden, Geld zu verdienen, nicht die besten sind. Und meine...