Business Biographies
Business Biographies
After serving as the CEO for ten years, Anders Dahlvig retired from Ikea in 2009. He began his career there in 1983 when the company was undergoing significant global expansion. In his book The IKEA Edge...
On the night of April 20, 2010, BP’s Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) the Deepwater Horizon exploded, killing 11 people and injuring dozens more. For the next 87 days, millions of barrels of oil from the Macondo...
In Deliver!, management adviser Jim Champy takes a close look at five very different case studies of enterprises that have found ways to cut costs, improve efficiencies, or integrate new, sometimes...
The Women of Berkshire Hathaway by Karen Linder brings to life the stories of nine women who have risen to the top ranks of management within subsidiary companies of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway...
Moments of Truth tells the story of the fantastic turnaround of Scandinavian Airlines under the leadership of CEO Jan Carlzon. Carlzon took the helm of SAS following a two-year period during which the...
Roddy Boyd’s Fatal Risk, details the birth, growth, and ultimate collapse in 2008 of AIG—the largest insurance company in the world. What began after World War I as C.V. Starr’s enterprise in China...
In Design Like Apple, John Edson describes how companies can use design to gain a competitive advantage. Through an in-depth breakdown of Apple’s philosophies, practices, and inner workings, Edson...
In How They Blew It, Jamie Oliver and Tony Goodwin investigate 16 of the world’s greatest business failures in order to help readers avoid similar situations. To be successful entrepreneurs or CEOs,...
Mother Teresa, CEO is not the typical business book. Authors Ruma Bose, a former volunteer with Missionaries of Charity, and her mentor, Lou Faust provide insight for business leaders from an atypical...
In 2006, the story broke of a spying scandal at one of America’s oldest and most respected technology companies. In The Big Lie, Anthony Bianco provides a thoroughly documented account of the...
