Corporate History category: 769 books
by Mike Cosden, Brent Newman, Chris Pendleton
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Prolific inventor Thomas Edison and automobile pioneer Henry Ford shaped the modern world like few others. The lives of these close friends intersected at their winter homes in southwest Florida. Edison first visited the tiny cattle-ranching community of Fort Myers in 1885, building a home and laboratory...
Women With Attitude
Lessons for Career Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
This book answers all the questions you’ve ever wanted to ask top-ranking women directors: How did they make it to the top? What do they think of their success? How does it affect their lives? It brings individual stories of accomplishment together with expert research into the emergence of women...
Boganaire
The Rise and Fall of Nathan Tinkler
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
From blue collar to billionaire …
Hunter Valley mine electrician Nathan Tinkler borrowed big in 2005, made a fortune from several speculative coal plays, and by 2011 was a self-made billionaire. He had gambled and won, but his volatility and reluctance to pay his debts were making him enemies....
Against All Odds
Leading Nokia from Near Catastrophe to Global Success
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
In this compelling memoir, Nokia's legendary CEO Jorma Ollila presents a riveting account of the inner workings of the company that created the global mobile revolution. CEO from 1992 to 2006, Ollila led Nokia from near catastrophe to become the world's leading mobile phone manufacturer. He built a company...
Appelez-moi Charles
Une histoire de famille, d’empire, de baseball et de philanthropie
Language: French
Release Date: May 25, 2017
Homme d’affaires, milliardaire, philanthrope, fondateur et longtemps propriétaire des Expos de Montréal, Charles Bronfman a connu une vie fascinante riche d’anecdotes et d’enseignements. S’il est né avec une cuillère d’argent dans la bouche, comme il se plaît lui-même à le dire, il...
by Michael L. Stark, Wendy Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
In 1906, the downtown area of Los Angeles was fundamentally a small town when Charles Von der Ahe opened his little Groceteria on the corner of Seventh and Figueroa Streets using $1,200 in savings. It was a neighborhood store that catered to the needs of local families, where Von der Ahe pioneered �cash...
The Quotable Billionaire
Advice and Reflections From and For the Real, Former, Almost, and Wanna-Be Super-Rich . . . and Others
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2011
What the super-rich and others have to say about money in these pages is sometimes enlightening, sometimes profound, often entertaining, and always revealing. Topics include wealth (If you can actually count your money, then you are not really a rich man.”-J. Paul Getty); investing (Only buy...
De la startup de garage au géant du web
Language: French
Release Date: November 23, 2017
Un guide pratique et accessible pour comprendre rapidement le succès de Google !
À sa création en 1998, le moteur de recherche Google a su s'imposer parmi ses concurrents grâce à son algorithme révolutionnaire. La perpétuelle recherche d'innovation et la compétition constante ont poussé...
by Michael B. Becraft
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Bill Gates has been instrumental in creating and developing the home computing era that has thoroughly transformed nearly every aspect of our lives, from work to commerce to communication. Stepping down as CEO of Microsoft in 2000 after 25 years at the helm, he remained as chairman, a position he...
by Aimmee L. Rodriguez, Richard A. Hanks, Robin S. Hanks
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2008
For almost 100 years, the slogan "Harris" Has It" set a standard for quality merchandise, selection, and personal service. Starting in 1905 with only 25 feet of frontage at its original San Bernardino store, this partnership of three immigrant brothers grew into a corporation of nine stores, with the...
by Anne Evers
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
The Emporium��California�s Largest, America�s Grandest Store��was a major shopping destination on San Francisco�s Market Street for a century, from 1896 to 1996. Shoppers flocked to the mid-price store with its beautiful dome and bandstand. Patrons could find anything at the Emporium, from...
by Lasker M. Meyer
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
The story of Foley�s began in Ireland in the late 1800s when William L. Foley set sail for America. Ambition led him to Houston, where he opened a store and hired his two nephews, Pat C. and James. The nephews quickly felt an entrepreneurial urge to run their own store, so their uncle gave them $2,000...
Vincent Bolloré, il nuovo re dei media europei
I piani del francese di Telecom Italia che si intrecciano con Renzi per la banda larga e con Berlusconi per Mediaset
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Vincent Bolloré è il socio più importante di Telecom Italia. Ma chi è il finanziere bretone che da anni investe in Italia e quali sono i suoi progetti? La domanda è d’obbligo nel momento in cui il governo Renzi sta sostenendo un ampio progetto per diffondere la banda larga nel Paese e le aziende...
by Ann Wendell
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2008
In 1890, D. E. Frederick arrived in Seattle and, joined soon after by Nels Nelson, started what would become one of the Northwest�s best-loved and well-regarded stores. For more than 100 years, Frederick & Nelson was much more than just a department store to the people of Seattle�it was an icon....