Corporate History category: 769 books
Conspiracy of Fools
A True Story
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2005
From an award-winning New York Times reporter comes the full, mind-boggling true story of the lies, crimes, and ineptitude behind the Enron scandal that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever.
It was the corporate collapse that appeared...
Wordcraft
The Art of Turning Little Words into Big Business
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2004
"Five little words: BlackBerry, Accenture, Viagra, Cayenne, e-business. Two of the words are appropriated (BlackBerry and Cayenne); two are completely made up (Viagra and Accenture); and one (e-business) is a composite word made of a word and a letter that already exist. . . .These five words...
Halliburton's Army
How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
Halliburton’s Army is the first book to show, in shocking detail, how Halliburton really does business, in Iraq, and around the world. From its vital role as the logistical backbone of the U.S. occupation in Iraq—without Halliburton there could be no war or occupation—to its role in covering...
Money-Driven Medicine
The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Why is medical care in the United States so expensive? For decades, Americans have taken it as a matter of faith that we spend more because we have the best health care system in the world. But as costs levitate, that argument becomes more difficult to make. Today, we spend twice as much as Japan...
The Making of Shareholder Welfare Society
A Study in Corporate Governance
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
The Making of Shareholder Welfare Society traces and accounts for the debates and discussions between law and economics scholars and mainstream legal scholars, management theorists, and economic sociologists. This is done in detail to demonstrate that the shareholder welfare society was built from...
The Black O
Racism and Redemption in an American Corporate Empire
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
In 1988 several white managers of the Shoney’s restaurant chain protested against the company’s discriminatory hiring practices, including an order to blacken the “O” in “Shoney’s” on minorities’ job applications so that the marked forms could be discarded. When the managers refused...
Global Perspectives on Frameworks for Integrated Reporting
Emerging Research and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Organizations rely on annual reports to communicate their value and create a sense of corporate community. Assessment of these communications is integral in determining the amount of relevant information disclosed. Global Perspectives on Frameworks for Integrated Reporting: Emerging Research and Opportunities...
by Kevin Duncan
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
If you work in business, the chances are you have fallen under the poisonous spell of business bullsh*t and jargon. Very few of us seem able to avoid 'reaching out', or 'walk the talk', or 'shifting paradigms' or 'think outside the box'. No longer solely the province of management consultants, investors...
Opening Strategy
Professional Strategists and Practice Change, 1960 to Today
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2019
Strategy is becoming more 'open' - more transparent and more inclusive. Opening Strategy tells the story of how corporate strategists and strategy consultants have worked since the middle of the last century to open up the strategy process. First strategic planning, then strategic management, and...
International Corporate Public Affairs Management
Politische Kommunikationsnetzwerke Multinationaler Unternehmen
Language: German
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Das Buch erstellt einen analytischen Bezugsrahmen für die Erfassung und Evaluation kommunikativer Einflussbeziehungen von Unternehmen. Bislang mangelte es an perspektivischer Vielfalt, theoretischen Fundierungsmöglichkeiten und geeigneten Instrumenten zur Rekonstruktion und Analyse des komplexen...
by Alen Bosankic
Language: German
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Language: German
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Können Privatunternehmen einen Beitrag zu Frieden und Sicherheit in Konfliktregionen leisten? Falls ja, gibt es bestimmte Voraussetzungen dafür? Besteht ein Zusammenhang zwischen diesen und dem privatwirtschaftlichen Beitrag? Ziel von Alen Bosankic ist es, Wege für unternehmerische Beiträge zu...
Du Pont Dynasty
Behind the Nylon Curtain
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Award-winning journalist Gerard Colby takes readers behind the scenes of one of America’s most powerful and enduring corporations; now with a new introduction by the author
Their name is everywhere. America’s wealthiest industrial family by far and a vast financial power, the Du Ponts,...
Ray & Joan
The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
The movie The Founder, starring Michael Keaton, focused the spotlight on Ray Kroc, the man who amassed a fortune as the chairman of McDonald’s. But what about his wife Joan, the woman who became famous for giving away his fortune? Lisa Napoli tells the fascinating story behind the historic couple.
Ray...
Masters of the Game
Inside the World's Most Powerful Law Firm
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
Veteran legal issues reporter Kim Eisler takes us behind the scenes into mega law firm Williams & Connolly, guiding us on a journey through the many storied cases that have served to shape current policies in public and private sector alike
For the past twenty years, author and journalist...