All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Management of the Absurd Farson, Richard Richard Farson , 1997 Leadership, Management

To understand basic human behavior and relations, we must first recognize that most often it is irrational, and we cannot simply answer leadership problems with trendy, simplistic formulas. This artfully written and...

 
 
The Lazy Person's Guide to Investing Farrel, Paul B. Warner Books Inc , 2004 Economics & Finance

This book is a guide to help procrastinators, the financially challenged, and every one who worries about investing their money to create a nest egg for retirement...

 
 
The Radical Leap Farber, Steve Dearborn Trade Publishing , 2004 Leadership

In a business that has become overloaded with corporate buzzwords, Steve Farber finds that true leadership is best achieved by returning to basic principles that...

 
 
Looking at the Sun Fallows, James Pantheon Books , 1994 Global Business, Major Works

Looking at the Sun is a detailed examination and analysis of the historical and political underpinnings of the growth and development of Asian capitalism. Fallows aptly demonstrates that the socio-...

 
 
Econovation Faktor, Steve John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Economics & Finance, Innovation

America finds itself in a stagnant economy while the economies of China, India, Brazil, Germany, and other nations are growing. According to former American Express executive Steve Faktor, the reason for this...

 
 
Everything I Know About Business I Learned at McDonald's Facella, Paul McGraw-Hill , 2009 Business Biographies, Leadership

Paul Facella’s Everything I Know About Business I Learned at McDonald’s is an overview of his 34-year career with the fast food giant. In it he provides advice and guidance for achieving success and...

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And Then the Roof Caved In Faber, David John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2009 Business Biographies, Economics & Finance

Speculation and investigations into what really caused one of the greatest economic collapses in history will continue for the foreseeable future and, in the process, blame will most likely be placed at a number of...

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Inside the Harvard Business School Ewing, David W. Random House , 1991 Business Biographies

Inside the Harvard Business School is a unique profile of the institution and its methods. In this book, professors discuss what and how they teach, and graduates detail what they learned and how it...

 
 
Green to Gold Esty, Daniel C. | Winston, Andrew S. Yale University Press , 2006 Business Strategy, Major Works, Social Responsibility

Companies are facing an unavoidable new array of environmentally driven issues. Like any revolution, this new “Green Wave” presents an unprecedented challenge to business as usual. Organizations that do not add...

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Tyranny of the Bottom Line Estes, Ralph Berrett-Kohler , 1996 Social Responsibility

The manner in which America’s corporate system works today has at last called into question the corporation’s silent domination over much of society. Although most concede that business needs to make a profit,...

 
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