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Deliver!

Author: Champy, JimPublisher: FT PressPublished Date: 2012Categories: Business Biographies, Business Strategy In Deliver!, management adviser Jim Champy takes a close look at five very different case...

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The Women of Berkshire Hathaway

Author: Linder, KarenPublisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Published Date: 2012Categories: Business Biographies, Leadership The Women of Berkshire Hathaway by Karen Linder brings to life the stories of...

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Moments of Truth

Author: Carlzon, JanPublisher: Ballinger Publishing CompanyPublished Date: 1989Categories: Business Biographies Moments of Truth tells the story of the fantastic turnaround of Scandinavian Airlines...

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Design like Apple

Author: Edson, JohnPublisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Published Date: 2012Categories: Business Biographies, Marketing In Design Like Apple, John Edson describes how companies can use design to gain...

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Mother Teresa, CEO

Author: Bose, Ruma | Faust, LouPublisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.Published Date: 2011Categories: Business Biographies, Leadership, Social Responsibility Mother Teresa, CEO is not the typical...

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The Big Lie

Author: Bianco, AnthonyPublisher: PublicAffairsPublished Date: 2010Categories: Business Biographies In 2006, the story broke of a spying scandal at one of America’s oldest and most respected technology...

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The King of Madison Avenue

Author: Roman, KennethPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPublished Date: 2009Categories: Business Biographies, Marketing David Ogilvy has been dubbed “the original mad man,” the “godfather” of the ad world,...

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Blowout in the Gulf

Author: Freudenburg, William | Gramling, RobertPublisher: MIT PressPublished Date: 2011Categories: Business Biographies, Social Responsibility When Deepwater Horizon, a massive oil-drilling rig leased...

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The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation

Author: Elliot, Jay | Simon, William L.Publisher: Vanguard PressPublished Date: 2011Categories: Business Biographies, Leadership In The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation, former Apple...

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The Art of Being Unreasonable

Author: Broad, EliPublisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Published Date: 2012Categories: Business Biographies, Leadership Eli Broad’s most cherished possession, a paperweight from his wife Edythe, is...

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The Facebook Effect

Author: Kirkpatrick, DavidPublisher: Simon & Schuster PaperbacksPublished Date: 2010Categories: Business Biographies, Technology In The Facebook Effect, David Kirkpatrick delves into the life of...

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Inside Apple

Author: Lashinsky, AdamPublisher: Grand Central PublishingPublished Date: 2012Categories: Business Biographies, Innovation Inside Apple by Adam Lashinsky explores the inner workings of Apple and how...

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Zennovation

Author: Taki, Tomio | Taki, AdamPublisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Published Date: 2012Categories: Business Biographies, Entrepreneurship In Zennovation, Adam Taki chronicles the career trajectory...

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SuperBusiness

Author: Doherty, FraserPublisher: Capstone Publishing, Ltd.Published Date: 2011Categories: Business Biographies, Business Strategy, Customer Focus, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Marketing, Social...

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American Turnaround

Author: Whitacre, Ed | Cauley, LesliePublisher: Business PlusPublished Date: 2013Categories: Business Biographies, Major Works The government bailout of General Motors (GM) was pivotal in stopping the...

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Bricks Matter

Author: Cecere, Lora M. | Chase, Charles W., Jr.Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Published Date: 2013Categories: Business Biographies, Business Strategy In Bricks Matter, Lora Cecere and Charles...

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The Practical Drucker

Author: Cohen, William A.Publisher: AMACOMPublished Date: 2014Categories: Business Biographies, Leadership, Major Works Peter Drucker is often considered to be the “father of modern management.” For...

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Leading the Starbucks Way

Author: Michelli, Joseph A.Publisher: McGraw-Hill EducationPublished Date: 2014Categories: Business Biographies, Business Strategy The Starbucks brand is recognized and celebrated around the world....

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The Caterpillar Way

Author: Bouchard, Craig T. | Koch, James V.Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.Published Date: 2014Categories: Business Biographies The Caterpillar Way by Craig T. Bouchard and James V. Koch provides...

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A Giant Cow-Tipping by Savages

Author: Weir Close, JohnPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPublished Date: 2013Categories: Business Biographies, Business Strategy A Giant Cow-Tipping by Savages by John Weir Close is both a narrative that...

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Oracles

Author: Thompson, Donald N.Publisher: Harvard Business School Publishing CorporationPublished Date: 2012Categories: Business Biographies, Business Strategy The “smartest guy in the room” is not more...

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Work Smarts

Author: Liu, BettyPublisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Published Date: 2014Categories: Business Biographies, Personal Growth If there is anyone who knows the secret ingredients to success, it is Betty...

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Scars & Stripes

Author: McDaniel, EugenePublisher: American Defense InstitutePublished Date: 1975Categories: Business Biographies, Leadership Scars & Stripes is a narrative story about Eugene “Red” McDaniel’s...

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Bernanke’s Test

Author: Van Overtveldt, JohanPublisher: B2 BooksPublished Date: 2009Categories: Business Biographies, Economics & Finance In Bernanke’s Test, Johan Van Overtveldt tells the history of the Federal...

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The Leader’s Code

Author: Campbell, DonovanPublisher: The Random House Publishing GroupPublished Date: 2013Categories: Business Biographies, Leadership The United States is currently suffering from a leadership crisis,...

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What Happened to Goldman Sachs

Author: Mandis, Steven G.Publisher: Harvard Business School Publishing CorporationPublished Date: 2013Categories: Business Biographies, Major Works In What Happened to Goldman Sachs, Steven G. Mandis...

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How I Did It

Author: McGinn, DanielPublisher: Harvard Business School Publishing CorporationPublished Date: 2014Categories: Business Biographies, Leadership Acquiring a business degree can be a very important part...

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The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist

Author: Bader, ChristinePublisher: BibliomotionPublished Date: 2014Categories: Business Biographies The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist tells the story of Christine Bader’s love affair with oil giant...

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Improvise

Author: Cook, FredPublisher: B2 BooksPublished Date: 2014Categories: Business Biographies In Improvise, Fred Cook shares some of his life experiences and the lessons he has learned along the way that...

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Amway Forever

Author: Jones, Kathryn A.Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Published Date: 2011Categories: Business Biographies Amway Forever by Kathryn A. Jones tells the history of one of the world’s most...

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Heart & Soul

Author: Shook, Robert L.Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.Published Date: 2010Categories: Business Biographies Robert Shook’s Heart & Soul profiles five companies that share one thing in common: each...

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Digital Wars, Second Edition

Author: Arthur, CharlesPublisher: Kogan Page LimitedPublished Date: 2014Categories: Business Biographies, Technology In 1998, the digital space came to be shared by three distinct companies: Apple,...

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Leading Apple with Steve Jobs

Author: Elliot, JayPublisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Published Date: 2012Categories: Business Biographies, Leadership Jay Elliot, a former senior vice president at Apple, worked hand in hand with...

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Money and Power

Author: Cohan, William D.Publisher: Random House, Inc.Published Date: 2015Categories: Business Biographies Money and Power chronicles the story of Goldman, Sachs & Co. from its humble beginnings in...

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It’s All About Who You Hire, How They Lead, ...

Author: Mandel, Morton L. | Byrne, John A.Publisher: Jossey-BassPublished Date: 2013Categories: Business Biographies, Business Strategy In It’s All About Who You Hire, How They Lead, …, self-made...

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Design to Grow

Author: Butler, David | Tischler, LindaPublisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.Published Date: 2015Categories: Business Biographies In today’s economic climate, companies that wish to not only survive but...

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Spam Nation

Author: Krebs, BrianPublisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.Published Date: 2014Categories: Business Biographies Spam Nation by Brian Krebs offers a glimpse into the world of spam and the insidiousness it brings....

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Playing to Win

Author: Lafley, A G. | Martin, Roger L.Publisher: Harvard Business School Publishing CorporationPublished Date: 2013Categories: Business Biographies, Business Strategy Strategy development might seem...

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The Intel Trinity

Author: Malone, Michael S.Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersPublished Date: 2014Categories: Business Biographies, Technology In The Intel Trinity, Michael S. Malone tells the story of the three men...

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Peers Inc.

Author: Chase, RobinPublisher: PublicAffairsPublished Date: 2015Categories: Business Biographies, Business Strategy In Peers Inc, Robin Chase shares her experience building Zipcar, a popular...

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First, Fast, Fearless

Author: Hiner, Brian “Iron Ed"Publisher: McGraw-Hill EducationPublished Date: 2016Categories: Business Biographies, Leadership, Management The war on terror, prominent during the events surrounding...

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What You Aren’t Seeing

Author: Sweeney, PatrickPublisher: McGraw-Hill EducationPublished Date: 2015Categories: Business Biographies, Leadership In What You Aren’t Seeing, Patrick Sweeney shares the story of Herb Greenberg,...

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The Big Switch

Author: Carr, NicholasPublisher: W.W. Norton & CompanyPublished Date: 2008Categories: Business Biographies, Technology In The Big Switch, Nicholas Carr draws a parallel between the development of...

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Unlabel

Author: Ecko, MarcPublisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.Published Date: 2013Categories: Business Biographies, Entrepreneurship In Unlabel, author Marc Ecko shares his journey as an entrepreneur, from...

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Elon Musk

Author: Vance, AshleePublisher: HarperCollinsPublished Date: 2015Categories: Business Biographies Thanks to pioneering firms like SpaceX and Tesla Motors, Elon Musk has become one of America's leading...

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The McKinsey Edge

Author: Hattori, ShuPublisher: McGraw-Hill EducationPublished Date: 2016Categories: Business Biographies, Leadership Formerly an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company, Shu Hattori studied the...

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Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!

Author: Carlson, NicholasPublisher: Hachette Book GroupPublished Date: 2015Categories: Business Biographies In Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!, Nicholas Carlson dissects two decades of...

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Things a Little Bird Told Me

Author: Stone, BizPublisher: Hachette Book GroupPublished Date: 2014Categories: Business Biographies While hard work is certainly an important driver of success, ultimately it is creativity of all...

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Uncontainable

Author: Tindell, KipPublisher: Hachette Book GroupPublished Date: 2014Categories: Business Biographies In 1978, Kip Tindell and his partners founded The Container Store, a Dallas-based retail store...

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All In

Author: Breedlove, StephaniePublisher: Greenleaf Book Group PressPublished Date: 2017Categories: Business Biographies Care.com HomePay CEO Stephanie Breedlove cofounded and built a successful business...

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