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Concentrated Corporate Ownership (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report) Best Price: $48.43 Standard economic models assume that many small investors own firms. This is so in most large...	Understanding the Social Economy, Social Capital and the Third Sector Best Price: $39.67 Simon Bridge brings together all of the debates surrounding the social economy, the third sector...	The Future of Pricing: How Airline Ticket Pricing Has Inspired a Revolution Best Price: $44.84 Sometimes the most obvious business practices are the most complicated - and the most...	How Disruption Brought Order: The Story of a Winning Strategy in the World of Advertising In his previous bestselling books, global advertising icon Jean-Marie Dru explored the...	True and Fair: Price Waterhouse Best Price: $109.44 Price Waterhouse is one of the oldest established accountancy practices in the world. It is also...



Where Did Our Love Go?: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound (Music in American Life) Best Price: $17.13 For the time that it was written, I found this book to be my Motown bible. I still enjoy reading...	Beer, Sociability, and Masculinity in South Africa (African Systems of Thought) Best Price: $16.00 Beer connects commercial, social, and political history in this sobering look at the culture of...	From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog: A History of the Software Industry (History of Computing) Best Price: $14.04 This book is scholarly, but accessible to the ordinary public, albeit people who are keenly...	The Stakeholder Corporation Best Price: $24.50 I would recommend this book for anyone who wants to know about socially responsible business,...	Hecla: A Century of Western Mining Best Price: $118.84



To the Desert and Back: The Story of One of the Most Dramatic Business Transformation on Record	Confession And Bookkeeping: The Religious, Moral, And Rhetorical Roots Of Modern Accounting Best Price: $40.00	Strategies That Win Sales: Best Practices of the World's Leading Organizations Best Price: $13.25 This book leaves the Sales Training and Selling Tips to sales training companies like...	To the Digital Age: Research Labs, Start-up Companies, and the Rise of MOS Technology (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) Best Price: $20.00 This a truly great book documenting history of MOS technology. Even though it focuses on MOS, it...	Midnight Ride, Industrial Dawn: Paul Revere and the Growth of American Enterprise (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) Best Price: $16.06 Paul Revere's ride to warn the colonial militia of the British march on Lexington and...

Relentless Change: A Casebook for the Study of Canadian Business History Best Price: $23.55 I find that most of the books I read are about Leadership and Business, although occasionally I...	Wild Ride: The Rise and Tragic Fall of Calumet Farm Inc., America's Premier Racing Dynasty Best Price: $4.23 Actually, I am still in the process of reading the book, but nearing the end. It is really sad....	Creating the Modern South: Millhands and Managers in Dalton, Georgia, 1884-1984 (Fred W Morrison Series in Southern Studies) Best Price: $16.79 This book tells the story of Dalton, Georgia, and how the textile mill led to its development. ...	A History of Small Business in America Best Price: $6.90 There are so many good books and articles on the rise of big business in American history, but...	Blue Magic: The People, Power and Politics Behind the IBM Personal Computer Best Price: $12.00 A consistently engrossing account of how IBM overcame the inertia of its own corporate culture...

To the Desert and Back: The Story of One of the Most Dramatic Business Transformation on Record	Confession And Bookkeeping: The Religious, Moral, And Rhetorical Roots Of Modern Accounting Best Price: $40.00	Strategies That Win Sales: Best Practices of the World's Leading Organizations Best Price: $13.25 This book leaves the Sales Training and Selling Tips to sales training companies like...	To the Digital Age: Research Labs, Start-up Companies, and the Rise of MOS Technology (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) Best Price: $20.00 This a truly great book documenting history of MOS technology. Even though it focuses on MOS, it...	Midnight Ride, Industrial Dawn: Paul Revere and the Growth of American Enterprise (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) Best Price: $16.06 Paul Revere's ride to warn the colonial militia of the British march on Lexington and...

Relentless Change: A Casebook for the Study of Canadian Business History Best Price: $23.55 I find that most of the books I read are about Leadership and Business, although occasionally I...	Wild Ride: The Rise and Tragic Fall of Calumet Farm Inc., America's Premier Racing Dynasty Best Price: $4.23 Actually, I am still in the process of reading the book, but nearing the end. It is really sad....	Creating the Modern South: Millhands and Managers in Dalton, Georgia, 1884-1984 (Fred W Morrison Series in Southern Studies) Best Price: $16.79 This book tells the story of Dalton, Georgia, and how the textile mill led to its development. ...	A History of Small Business in America Best Price: $6.90 There are so many good books and articles on the rise of big business in American history, but...	Blue Magic: The People, Power and Politics Behind the IBM Personal Computer Best Price: $12.00 A consistently engrossing account of how IBM overcame the inertia of its own corporate culture...

A Portrait Cast in Steel: Buckeye International and Columbus, Ohio, 1881-1980 (Contributions in Economics and Economic History)	Information Technology as Business History: Issues in the History and Management of Computers (Contributions in Economics and Economic History) Best Price: $7.35 This comprehensive overview of the history of computing and its industry, and of commercial...	The Last Empire: De Beers, Diamonds, and the World Best Price: $18.95 Of the books I've recently read on the subject of diamonds, "The Last Empire" is...	Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire Best Price: $11.28 Although this book is lacking on investment/trading ideas, I feel that by reading it, invaluable...	The Best Business Stories of the Year: 2002 Edition Best Price: $2.40 What a simple, yet compelling, concept. Scour all of the business magazines (mostly major ones,...

Say it and Live it Best Price: $8.95 Say It and Live It was published in 1995, and still leads the pack on creating organizational...	The Billionaire Shell Game: How Cable Baron John Malone and Assorted Corporate Titans Invented a Future Nobody Wanted Best Price: $7.00 Reading that AT&T had just paid a reported $70 billion to buy TCI, I wanted this book to...	Guts!: Companies that Blow the Doors Off Business-As-Usual Best Price: $1.52 Kevin and Jackie Freiberg have the initiative, credibility, and keen insight to truly capture...	Closing: The Life and Death of an American Factory Best Price: $5.91 This book does an excellent job of demonstrating the effects of a factory closing in a small...	Born to Steal: When the Mafia Hit Wall Street Best Price: $44.70 A really fascinating, jarring look at a corner of Wall Street that I did not know existed. Takes...

The Empire of Credit: The Financial Revolution in the British Atlantic World, 1688-1815 Best Price: $50.22 The Empire of Credit explores crucial questions arising from the initial creation of public...	The Complete Book of Personal Training Best Price: $53.44 I have not read this entire book as I have not had it long enough. But, I bought it as a...	False Prophets: The Gurus Who Created Modern Management And Why Their Ideas Are Bad For Business Today Best Price: $6.54 Edmund Burke wrote that 'coarse distinctions' are the foe of good judgement. James...	Levi Strauss & Co. (CA) (Images of America) Best Price: $14.30 Bavarian immigrant Levi Strauss opened his wholesale dry goods warehouse on the San Francisco...	Carvel Ice Cream, GA (IMG) (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) Best Price: $12.00 When an unassuming, wide-eyed, young Greek immigrant arrived in America in 1910, the world did...

The Imaging of an Organization Best Price: $3.55 If you are interested in small gas engines from the 1950's on up, AND/OR reading how this...	The Invisible Powers: The Language of Business Best Price: $5.99 Let me walk you into this book, just to whet your appetite: Clancy discusses the "web of...	Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal Best Price: $19.90 With obesity rapidly becoming the number two cause of death in North America (cancer being...	Corporate Espionage: What It Is, Why It's Happening in Your Company, What You Must Do About It Best Price: $80.96 It's sad that nobody wrote a review. This book was made in 94 I think, and the problems...	The Arrogance Cycle: Think You Can't Lose, Think Again Best Price: $11.88 What is the arrogance cycle? We've just lived through it. As market bubbles build, our...

The Merck Druggernaut: The Inside Story of a Pharmaceutical Giant Best Price: $13.58 Merck is one of the most honest drug companies in the world. Given their recent troubles with...	The John Deere Way: Performance that Endures Best Price: $11.99 In this book David does a great job of showing just how the corporate culture at Deere &...	FedEx Delivers: How the World's Leading Shipping Company Keeps Innovating and Outperforming the Competition Best Price: $13.17 My disclaimer: As with any opinion, it is only my opinion! And everyone's will vary...	Managing Outside Pressure: Strategies for Preventing Corporate Disasters Best Price: $30.94 I'm reading this book for an article I'm writing on crisis management. So far, this is...	Encountering Chinese Networks: Western, Japanese, and Chinese Corporations in China, 1880-1937 Best Price: $42.00 Big businesses have faced a persistent dilemma in China since the nineteenth century: how to...

Inside IG Farben: Hoechst During the Third Reich Best Price: $29.39 In 1925, the three leading chemical firms in Germany - BASF, Bayer, and Hoechst - merged,...	Power Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron Best Price: $71.60 Excellent audio and engaging story. My first time with an audio book. Wonderful way to pass...	The Takeover Dialogues: A Discussion of Hostile Takeovers Best Price: $16.55 A longtime critic of hostile cash takeovers of large corporations, Edmund Kelly believed that if...	Undue Influence: The Epic Battle for the Johnson & Johnson Fortune Best Price: $102.98 This book will wholly satisfy lawyers (& everyone else) interested in a well-informed,...	The End of Insularity: Essays in Comparative Business History Best Price: $95.00 The Cossacks who wore German uniforms saw their service not as treason to the motherland, but as...

Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace Best Price: $6.29 Maverick, written by Ricardo Semler, is one of the most powerful and inspiring books I've...	M&A Titans: The Pioneers Who Shaped Wall Street's Mergers and Acquisitions Industry Best Price: $14.00 The only useful information in this book is contained in the Introduction. There readers will...	BlackBerry Planet: The Story of Research in Motion and the Little Device that Took the World by Storm (Wiley) Best Price: $5.34 the book details the interesting story of RIM and how it started. I needed the book to find out...	The Making of a Market Guru: Forbes Presents 25 Years of Ken Fisher Best Price: $0.85 Interesting from the historical perspective and demonstrates Ken Fisher's knowledge and...	None of Us is As Good As All of Us: How McDonald's Prospers by Embracing Inclusion and Diversity Best Price: $4.80 While it's trendy and easy to be for diversity, staying in it for the long haul in a...

Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel Best Price: $8.93 Well, I was always a big fan of Mattel toys - mainly because of the creativity behind them. I...	The Nordstrom Way: The Inside Story of America's #1 Customer Service Company Best Price: $4.83 A Seattle-based chain of department stores, Nordstrom is acknowledged as `best practice' in...	Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace Best Price: $0.99 This is one of the best written books out there on Bill Gates and the reason seems to be the...	Saving Big Blue: Leadership Lessons & Turnaround Tactics of IBM's Lou Gerstner Best Price: $24.90 This is a very good book that clearly explains what happened at IBM and Lou G's key role. ...	Readings in the Strategy Process Best Price: $22.00 This anthology integrates the human relations aspects of Strategic Management (Organizational...

The Corporation of the 1990s: Information Technology and Organizational Transformation Best Price: $2.50 This book nicley discussed like what will be the management focus, tactics and techniques of...	Redesigning the Firm Best Price: $0.66 this was a remarkable book filled with insights. the chapters were written by wharton faculty...	Building the Flexible Firm: How to Remain Competitive Best Price: $61.00 How do firms cope with changing environments? Is flexibility really the solution? Based on an ...	The Formation of Inter-Organizational Networks Best Price: $47.51 In recent years, both managers and management scholars have regarded the networked firm as a...	Constructing Corporate America: History, Politics, Culture Best Price: $52.86 Why and how has the Business Corporation come to exert such a powerful influence on American...

Creating Corporate Culture: From Discord to Harmony (International Management) Best Price: $5.50	Upsizing the Individual in the Downsized Organization: Managing in the Wake of Reenineering, Globalization, and Overwhelming Technological Change Best Price: $2.45 Here is the human-centered strategy that has helped some of the world's largest corporations...	Wilson's Coca-Cola Price Guide Best Price: $26.87 This book has updated values and includes the old as well as recent items. The sections on...	Power Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron Best Price: $10.00 This book is a great account of what happened. When Enron collapsed, I was in my young teens so...	The Franklin Automobile Company: The History of the Innovative Firm, Its Founders, the Vehicles It Produced (1902-1934), and the People Who Built Them (Historic Motor Car Company Series) Best Price: $657.38 Great fun to read about an industrial manufacturer located 'way off' the main path of...

Northern enterprise	Global Showdown Best Price: $3.00	Don't Die Broke: How to Turn Your Retirement Savings into Lasting Income, Set Best Price: $24.98 on't Die Broke takes a careful, practical, step-by-step approach to ensure that you know how...	Lustron Homes: The History of a Postwar Prefabricated Housing Experiment An exceptionally well-researched and informative study of these historically-significant...	The Lustron Home: The History of a Postwar Prefabricated Housing Experiment Best Price: $37.75 Hopefully this book will do more to bring awareness to Lustron. So many are being demolished....

Ford in the Service of America: Mass Production for the Military During the World Wars Best Price: $35.00 Great information for a 'Fordafile' or general history buff. An easy read with new...	Governing Boards: Their Nature and Nurture (Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Sector Series) Best Price: $27.02 Governing Boards: A Publication of the National Center for Nonprofit Boards By Cyril O. Houle...	On Target: How the World's Hottest Retailer Hit a Bullseye Best Price: $11.96 As a 24-plus year team member with Target Stores I was skeptical in reading a book about a...	A Very Public Offering: A Rebel's Story of Business Excess, Success, and Reckoning Best Price: $6.95 I just finished reading this book and I just wanted to say that I think this story is very...	Kindred Spirits: Harvard Business School's Extraordinary Class of 1949 and How They Transformed American Business Best Price: $6.79 As I read this book I became aware of just how much times have changed since 1949. Nowadays no...

Inside Business Incubators and Corporate Ventures Sally Richards has tapped into a wide range of Silicon Valley experts-experts through their...	Guts: 8 Laws of Business from One of the Most Innovative Business Leaders of Our Time Best Price: $19.99 This book is a refreshing collection of straightforward thoughts and observations about business...	Wheels of Fortune: The History of Speculation from Scandal to Respectability	The Halliburton Agenda: The Politics of Oil and Money Best Price: $4.65 "The Halliburton Agenda" is much more than a book about an enormously powerful...	The Bombardier Story: Planes, Trains, and Snowmobiles Best Price: $21.49 Strengths of The Bombardier Story: * Comprehensive, but non-controversial, chronology of company...

Disconnected: Deceit and Betrayal at WorldCom Best Price: $19.97 Very descriptive, good insight, a must read for any masters level student MBA,HR,Edu, etc...	On Target: How the World's Hottest Retailer Hit a Bull's-Eye Best Price: $10.95 My two rating is graded on the curve. Could have been a one. I found myself skimming most of...

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