Fast Food Nation by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $14.99
A groundbreaking history of America's lucrative industrialized food industry that has become a classic of investigative reporting and a cornerstone of the cultural lexicon Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled the juggernaut of American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of...
The New Players in Life Sciences Innovation: Best Practices in R&D from Around the World, The (FT Press Operations Management) by FT Press $59.99
The global center of gravity in life sciences innovation is rapidly shifting to emerging economies. In The New Players in Life Science Innovation, Tomasz Mroczkowski explains how China and other new economic powers are rapidly gaining leadership positions, and thoroughly assesses the implications. Mroczkowski discusses the sophisticated innovation strategies and reforms these nations have...
Democratizing Innovation by The MIT Press $18.95
Innovation is rapidly becoming democratized. Users, aided by improvements in computer and communications technology, increasingly can develop their own new products and services. These innovating users -- both individuals and firms -- often freely share their innovations with others, creating user-innovation communities and a...
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power by Simon & Schuster $27.50
Written by the author of "Shattered Peace" and "Energy Future", this book brings to life the tycoons, wildcatters, monopolists, regulators, presidents, generals and sheiks whose struggle for oil has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, transformed the destiny of Britain and the world and profoundly changed all our lives. Beginning with the first oil well of the 1850s and...
Built to Last by Random House Business $38.51
Built to Last examines 18 exceptional and long-lasting companies, including General Electric, Boeing, Disney, Hewlett-Packard and Proctor & Gamble, and compared each with one of its closest but less successful competitors, in order to discover exactly what has given it the edge over its rivals.Companies need two basic things to beat the competition: a guiding philosophy and a challenging mission....
The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer by America Media International $28.00
This is the first book that explains the business philosophy behind Toyota's success.
War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier by Adam Parfrey $9.95
General Smedley Butler’s frank book shows how American war efforts were animated by big-business interests. This extraordinary argument against war by an unexpected proponent is relevant now more than ever.
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco by HarperBusiness $17.99
The fight to control RJR Nabisco during October and November of 1988 was more than just the largest takeover in Wall Street history. Marked by brazen displays of ego not seen in American business for decades, it became the high point of a new gilded age, and its repercussions are still being felt. The ultimate story of greed and glory, Barbarians at the Gate is the gripping account of these two...
Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors by Free Press $40.00
Now nearing its 60th printing in English and translated into nineteen languages, Michael E. Porter's Competitive Strategy has transformed the theory, practice, and teaching of business strategy throughout the world. Electrifying in its simplicity -- like all great breakthroughs -- Porter's analysis of industries captures the complexity of industry competition in five underlying forces. Porter...
King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone by Crown Business $16.00
Strippers and Flippers . . . or a New Positive Force Helping to Drive the Economy . . . The untold story of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone, the financier and his financial powerhouse that avoided the self-destructive tendencies of Wall Street. David Carey and John Morris show how Blackstone (and other private equity firms) transformed themselves from gamblers, hostile-takeover artists, and...