All Summaries

All Summaries

 
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,...

 
 
Smart Green Estes, Jonathan John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2009 Business Strategy, Social Responsibility

There was, perhaps, a time when people could credibly wonder whether human actions really play a role in determining the fate of the planet, but no longer. Awareness of green issues has reached a tipping point. The...

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Managing the Millennials Espinoza, Chip | Ukleja, Mick | Rusch, Craig John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Diversity, Management

A few years ago, Chip Espinoza, Mick Ukleja, and Craig Rusch began to notice a growing frustration among managers and business leaders trying to integrate younger workers into their organizations. Three generations of...

 
 
The Pursuit of Something Better Esler, Dave | Kruger, Myra New Ridge Books , 2008 Business Strategy, Customer Focus, Leadership

In The Pursuit of Something Better, authors Dave Esler and Myra Kruger tell the story of U.S. Cellular’s revolutionary transformation under the leadership of CEO Jack Rooney. Rooney’s instrument of...

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Making Sustainability Work Epstein, Marc J. Greenleaf Publishing Ltd. , 2010 Business Strategy, Social Responsibility

Marc J. Epstein’s book Making Sustainability Work is the ultimate “how-to” guide for business leaders who want to control their company’s social, environmental, and economic impacts. Drawing on decades...

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The Business Owner's Guide to Reading and Understanding Financial Statements Epstein, Lita John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Economics & Finance, Entrepreneurship

In The Business Owner's Guide to Reading and Understanding Financial Statements, Lita Epstein presents a guide for business owners to gain a better working knowledge of what exactly goes into the three...

 
 
The Big Picture Epstein, Edward Jay Random House Publishing Group , 2005 Business Strategy, Major Works

The golden years of the American motion picture industry - from 1930 to the 1950s, was when the studio system held sway. All the money, prestige and power of the...

 
 
Power Mentoring Ensher, Ellen E. | Murphy, Susan E. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2006 Human Resources, Leadership Development, Personal Growth

Today, few employees spend their entire career at one company. Some people move from company to company in search of raises and promotions; while some move from project to project. Employment patterns have also changed...

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