Category Archives: Biography & History & Company Profiles

The Last Male Bastion: Gender and the CEO Suite in Americas Public Companies

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

Not until 1997 did a female become chief executive officer of a Fortune 500 corporation (Jill Barad, at Mattel Toy Co. Women’s progress since that time has been in fits and starts, exceedingly slow. The number of women CEOs reached … Continue reading →

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House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

On March 5, 2008, at 10:15 A.M., a hedge fund manager in Florida wrote a post on his investing advice Web site that included a startling statement about Bear Stearns & Co., the nation’s fifth-largest investment bank: “In my book, … Continue reading →

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alibaba: The Inside Story Behind Jack Ma and the Creation of the World’s Biggest Online Marketplace

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

The first in-depth look at the multibillion-dollar company Alibaba.com—known to many as “China’s eBay”—and the inspirational story behind the man who created it. A bestseller in China and now translated into English and updated with recent events, Alibaba by Liu … Continue reading →

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The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

The inside story of one of the world’s most powerful financial Institutions Now with a new foreword and final chapter, The Partnership chronicles the most important periods in Goldman Sachs’s history and the individuals who built one of the world’s … Continue reading →

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Innovate the Pixar Way: Business Lessons from the World’s Most Creative Corporate Playground

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

Praise for Innovate the Pixar Way: “This tremendous book brings the magic and genius of Pixar to the page and lets us in on the secrets and intuitive synergy of such a successful company.” — Stephen R. Covey, author of … Continue reading →

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What Would Google Do?

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

A bold and vital book that asks and answers the most urgent question of today: What Would Google Do? In a book that’s one part prophecy, one part thought experiment, one part manifesto, and one part survival manual, internet impresario … Continue reading →

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Infectious Greed: How Deceit and Risk Corrupted the Financial Markets

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

As the global financial crisis unfolds people everywhere are seeking to understand how markets devolved to this perilous, volatile state. In this dazzling and meticulously researched work of financial history, first published in 2003, and now thoroughly revised and updated, … Continue reading →

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Ores to Metals: The Rocky Mountain Smelting Industry (Timberline)

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

This comprehensive treatment of the smelting industry of Colorado, originally published in 1979, is now back in print with a new preface by the author. Packed with fascinating statistics and mining data, Ores to Metals details the people, technologies, and … Continue reading →

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A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

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, … Continue reading →

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Facets of Corporate Identity, Communication and Reputation

Posted on February 26, 2008 by singleton

Corporate branding and communication is big business. Companies throughout the world invest millions in strategies which aim to reinvent their profile in subtle yet important ways. The investment must be working, but what is it being spent on, and how … Continue reading →

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