Biography & History
azw3 |eng | 2011-08-09 | Author:Joel Bakan [Bakan, Joel]

In the spring of 2008, a symposium was held at Chicago’s exclusive Mid-America Club to celebrate the first three years of Renaissance 2010’s operation. The name of the symposium, “Free ...
( Category: Social Sciences October 6,2017 )
epub |eng | 2002-10-06 | Author:Noreena Hertz

Beautifying the BrandIn the age of the logo, reputation is paramount. Corporations are increasingly realizing that there are new expectations of them. As their actions become more and more public, ...
( Category: Politics & Government October 6,2017 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-09-23 | Author:Schmidt, Eric & Rosenberg, Jonathan [Schmidt, Eric]

Know when to ring the bell This conflict-based approach works only if it is managed by a single decision-maker who owns the deadline and will break a tie. Often there ...
( Category: Business Culture October 6,2017 )
azw3 |eng | 2013-08-16 | Author:Smil, Vaclav [Smil, Vaclav]

Figure 4.3 American flag made in China. Color image available at http://nova100.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c684553ef012875b19cef970c-800wi This new wealth rapidly spilled into excessive consumption, and two items became icons of this excess. In 1992, ...
( Category: Industries October 6,2017 )
epub |eng | 2013-11-05 | Author:Gregory Zuckerman

CHAPTER NINE Henry Harmon had a hunch why Aubrey McClendon was calling. It was the summer of 2005 and McClendon was on the phone asking if he could fly to ...
( Category: Industries October 5,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2009-01-01 | Author:Edwin Black

The message was transcribed as coming from Woods and therefore was envel oped in the authority of the commercial attache.48 Joining Watson in the conference call were Nichol and Chauncey. ...
( Category: World October 3,2017 )
epub |eng | 2017-07-31 | Author:Satya Nadella [Nadella, Satya]

Employees. Customers. Products. Partners. Each element needs time, attention, and focus if I’m going to create the value for which I am ultimately accountable. All four are important, and without ...
( Category: Professionals & Academics September 28,2017 )
epub |eng | 2012-01-09 | Author:J. A. Rock [Rock, J. A.]

Chapter Thirteen The next couple of days were rough. Aiden was moody and irritable, snapping at Keaton whenever Keaton tried to make conversation. He couldn’t sleep and threw up everything ...
( Category: Architecture September 28,2017 )
epub |eng | 2010-09-27 | Author:Thom Hartmann

The Impact on Small Business Small businesses rarely lobby Congress, the White House, or regulatory agencies for more regulations. But because large businesses have an infrastructure to deal with regulations, ...
( Category: Business Culture September 27,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2011-08-18 | Author:Henriques, Diana B. [Henriques, Diana B.]

The crucial puzzle of those early days—the one that would shape public reaction for months—was this: Who were Madoff’s victims? Aside from some worthy charitable and cultural institutions, were they ...
( Category: Investing September 27,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:S. L. Powell [Powell, S. L.]

‘Nearly there,’ said Dad. The car purred along the road past the Natural History Museum. ‘In fact we could stop here and walk, if it weren’t for that little lot.’ ...
( Category: Architecture September 27,2017 )
epub |eng | 2013-03-14 | Author:Jan Morris

I need not belabor my sense of alienation from this formidable team. I liked most of its members very much, and have remained friends with some to this day, but ...
( Category: Biographies & Memoirs September 27,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2009-01-02 | Author:The Big Rich: The Rise;Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes

II. The central question running through media coverage of the Big Four’s political activities was simple: “What do they want?” The nation’s business community was wondering the same thing. Only ...
( Category: Americas September 25,2017 )
epub |eng | 2017-09-24 | Author:Jack Ewing

CHAPTER 15 Exposure BERND GOTTWEIS, Volkswagen’s head of product safety, was known inside the company as the Red Adair of quality control. Adair was a Texan famous for his ability ...
( Category: Industries September 24,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2017-05-30 | Author:Rick Wartzman

Officially, the one recession to sting America during the 1990s didn’t last too long, having ended in March 1991, just eight months after it had begun. But the economic expansion ...
( Category: Americas September 23,2017 )