Business Biographies

Business Biographies

 
Steve Jobs Isaacson, Walter Simon & Schuster, Inc. , 2011 Business Biographies

When people think of Apple, they almost immediately think of Steve Jobs – the driving force behind products like the Mac, iPhone, iPod, and iPad. In the biography, Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson explores...

 
 
What Would Google Do? Jarvis, Jeff HarperCollins Publishers , 2009 Business Biographies

Google’s founders and executives understand how the introduction of Internet technology has changed the way business is conducted and how people interact with enterprises. This knowledge has made them successful and...

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Billy, Alfred, and General Motors Johnson, Lydia Brown AMACOM , 2006 Business Biographies, Entrepreneurship, Major Works

In the 1950s, GM was a juggernaut, dominating every market it entered and influencing American manufacturing, marketing, and even society like no other company, before nor since. Now, as the company approaches its...

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13 Bankers Johnson, Simon | Kwak, James Pantheon Books , 2010 Business Biographies, Economics & Finance

In March 2009, 13 executives of the most powerful financial institutions in America met with the president at the White House at the height of a profound financial crisis which threatened the very existence of the...

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Exceeding Customer Expectations Kazanjian, Kirk Doubleday , 2007 Business Biographies, Customer Focus

From an initial investment of $100,000 and just seven cars, Enterprise Rent-A-Car has slowly, quietly grown into the largest and most successful car rental company in America. It took fifty years, some thoughtful...

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The Facebook Effect Kirkpatrick, David Simon & Schuster Paperbacks , 2010 Business Biographies, Technology

In The Facebook Effect, David Kirkpatrick delves into the life of entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg and explores how he created a company that has forever changed the way the world uses the Internet....

 
 
Saatchi & Saatchi Kleinman, Philip NTC Business Books , 1989 Business Biographies, Marketing

The success of Saatchi & Saatchi has served as an example to other British companies. Three of the firm's achievements were especially imitated. First, the Saatchi’s successfully used the Stock Exchange to raise...

 
 
Spark Koller, Frank PublicAffairs , 2010 Business Biographies, Business Strategy

In Spark, Frank Koller examines the employment policy of the 114-year-old Lincoln Electric Company, which has remained successful through two world wars, the Great Depression and other economic crises...

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The Orange Code Kuhlmann, Arkadi | Philp, Bruce John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2009 Business Biographies

Written by Arkadi Kuhlmann, the founding CEO of ING Direct, and Bruce Philp, cofounder of GWP, ING Direct’s advertising agency, The Orange Code tells the history of ING Direct and their immensely...

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CEO Kurtzig, Sandra L. | Parker, Tom W. W. Norton & Company , 1994 Business Biographies, Diversity

Although CEO is a true story, it reads like a novel. Kurtzig and Parker bring her character to life. Kurtzig’s life is full of suspense and that suspense is conveyed throughout. Each chapter title attracts attention-...

 
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