Business Book Summaries: Economics & Finance

Since 2007 food prices have risen rapidly worldwide, creating hunger and unrest. In Endless Appetites, Alan Bjerga contends that deregulated commodities trading is the cause for the hunger and unrest....

The Alpha Masters

Author: Ahuja, Maneet

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Economics & Finance

In the investment world, the term “alpha” refers to returns in excess of expected risk, earned by fund managers who succeed in accurately forecasting the behavior of financial markets and other “beta” macroeconomic...

Leverage

Author: Denninger, Karl

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Economics & Finance

Leverage is nothing more than the use of debt as a replacement for capital in a transaction. It may sound innocent, but it has been used over the years as a means of amassing ill-gotten wealth. In Leverage...

The Economics of Enough

Author: Coyle, Diane

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Economics & Finance

The recent financial crisis has caused many people to ask fundamental questions about the way the economy is organized and the way it fits in with the kind of society people want to live in. In The Economics of...

Identity Economics

Author: Akerlof, George | Kranton, Rachel

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Economics & Finance

Identity Economics by George Akerlof and Rachel Kranton discusses a new way to understand people’s decisions—at work, at school, and at home. The book brings identity and related norms to...

Fault Lines

Author: Rajan, Raghuram G.

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Economics & Finance

Fault Lines is economist Raghuram G. Rajan’s endeavor to explain what enabled and triggered the global financial crisis. He draws surprising connections and conclusions that show how many forces...

The End of the Euro

Author: Van Overtveldt, Johan

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Economics & Finance

During the summer of 2010, the world watched televised coverage of Greeks rioting after their wages, pensions, and social welfare programs were cut. No one should have been shocked by these images. According to...

Infinite Possibility

Author: Pine II, B. Joseph | Korn, Kim C.

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Economics & Finance, Innovation

As B. Joseph Pine II and Kim C. Korn explain in Infinite Possibility, the predominant offering in today’s economy is experience. Society has progressed from agrarianism, industrialization, and the...

Corporations Are Not People

Author: Clements, Jeffrey D.

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Economics & Finance, Major Works

In Corporations Are Not People, Jeffrey Clements details the destructive and far-reaching effects of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision that ushered in the...

Cannibal Capitalism

Author: Hill, Michael C.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2012

Michael Hill was a custom home builder with a company valued at $47 million when the subprime crisis hit and the nation’s housing market tanked. In 2008, Hill found himself in bankruptcy court. He realized that the...

Money Makers

Author: Snider, David | Howard, Chris

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Economics & Finance

In Money Makers, David Snider and Chris Howard explore six key fields that impacted the 2007–2008 financial crisis: investment banking, venture capital and entrepreneurship, private equity, hedge funds...

99 to 1

Author: Collins, Chuck

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Economics & Finance

In 99 to 1, Chuck Collins describes how tax laws, government policies, and political infrastructure are designed to benefit the richest 1 percent of the U.S. population, often at the expense of the...

The Lost Bank

Author: Grind, Kirsten

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Economics & Finance

When Kerry Killinger took the helm of Washington Mutual in 1988, he increased the bank’s size—and the speed of its growth—exponentially. With the motto “The Power of Yes,” WaMu bought and sold billions of dollars of...

Red Capitalism

Author: Walter, Carl E. | Howie, Fraser J. T.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Published Date: 2012

The popular world view is that China is an unstoppable freight train of economic growth. However, in Red Capitalism, Carl E. Walter and Fraser J. T. Howie say that decades of development in China have...

Money Well Spent?

Author: Grabell, Michael

Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Economics & Finance

In Money Well Spent?, investigative reporter Michael Grabell analyzes the events leading up to the creation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and discusses what went wrong—and right...

Make Your Own Rules

Author: Rogers, Wayne | Young, Josh

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2011

In Make Your Own Rules, Wayne Rogers, former star of the TV series M*A*S*H, says that the fundamental structure of the economy has been radically altered. Government regulations favor big business and...

Crash Proof

Author: Schiff, Peter D. | Downes, John

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Economics & Finance

While America was once the world’s largest creditor, it has since become the world’s largest debtor. In Crash Proof, author Peter D. Schiff explains that America is no longer a nation that produces and...

The Financial Aid Handbook

Author: Stack, Carol | Vedvik, Ruth

Publisher: Career Press

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Economics & Finance

In The Financial Aid Handbook, Carol Stack and Ruth Vedvik draw on their combined 70 years of experience in the college admission and financial aid industry to offer an insider’s look at the financial...

Business at the Speed of Now

Author: Bernard, John M.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Business Strategy, Economics & Finance, Management

In Business at the Speed of Now, John Bernard asserts that we are in the midst of the biggest economic shift in more than a century—the shift from an economy driven by mass production to an economy...

The Business Owner's Guide to Reading and Understanding Financial Statements

Author: Epstein, Lita

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2012

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...

Paper Promises

Author: Coggan, Philip

Publisher: Public Affairs Books

Published Date: 2012

Over the last forty years, governments and consumers around the world have accumulated massive amounts of debt. This development reveals how attitudes toward money have changed over time. In Paper Promises...

China Versus the West

Author: Tselichtchev, Ivan

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Published Date: 2012

In China Versus the West, Ivan Tselichtchev describes the Western economic crisis that occurred parallel to unyielding Chinese growth and how this created a global power shift. He explains the genesis...

The New CFOs

Author: Mellon, Liz | Nagel, David C. | Lippert, Robert | Slack, Nigel

Publisher: Kogan Page Limited

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Economics & Finance

The New CFOs by Liz Mellon, David C Nagel, Robert Lippert, and Nigel Slack encourages chief financial officers in business organizations to take more decisive roles as executives. Traditionally...

Econovation

Author: Faktor, Steve

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2012

Categories: 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...

Zombie Banks

Author: Onaran, Yalman

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Economics & Finance

In Zombie Banks, author Yalman Onaran examines the practice of zombie banking, explains why it does not work, and outlines the steps needed to rid the global financial community of these dangerous...

The Story of Stuff

Author: Leonard, Annie

Publisher: Free Press

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Economics & Finance

Consumers in industrialized countries purchase huge numbers of products every year. Yet, the way the raw materials for these items are manufactured, distributed, consumed, and disposed of is killing the planet....

The Essential Credit Repair Handbook

Author: McNaughton, Deborah

Publisher: The Career Press, Inc.

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Economics & Finance

In The Essential Credit Repair Handbook, credit expert and financial coach Deborah McNaughton helps people climb their way out of debt of all kinds—credit card, loan, and even bankruptcy. McNaughton...

Crash Boom!

Author: Rand, Greg

Publisher: Career Press

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Economics & Finance

According to Crash Boom! by Greg Rand, the current downturn in the real estate market provides the perfect opportunity for small players to invest and create wealth with a long-term strategy of holding...

Effective Financial Management

Author: Finch, Brian

Publisher: Kogan Page

Published Date: 2010

While financial management is a topic that would seem to be most directly associated with accounting, there are many daily monetary concerns that must be taken into consideration throughout all departments and...

Snap Judgment

Author: Adler, David E.

Publisher: FT Press

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Economics & Finance

In Snap Judgment, David E. Adler examines how people’s instincts and intuitive judgments intersect with financial markets, and create decisions that are not beneficial to the individual investor. Snap...

Taming the Beast

Author: Light, Larry

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Economics & Finance

Before the Great Depression, investing was uncharted territory for most ordinary people. In Taming the Beast, author Larry Light explores the history behind each major investing system since the Great...

Start-Up Nation

Author: Senor, Dan | Singer, Saul

Publisher: Twelve

Published Date: 2009

Established in 1948, the nation of Israel is comparably very young. It also faces daunting challenges, surrounded by hostile nations, facing an Arab boycott, and boasting few natural resources. Yet today Israel is a...

The Vigilant Investor

Author: Huddleston, Pat

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Economics & Finance

According to the FBI, Americans lose $40 billion annually to investment fraud, roughly a Madoff-sized scam each year. Not only has the pool of targeted victims surged as baby boomers move into retirement, but...

Full of Bull

Author: McClellan, Stephen T.

Publisher: FT Press

Published Date: 2010

In Full of Bull, McClellan uses his thirty-two years of experience as a securities analyst on Wall Street to help individual investors decode the Street’s confusing advice and make better investment...

Contagion

Author: Talbott, John R.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2009

There are some economists who view the current financial crisis as a “once in a hundred years” event in the business cycle that is a severe but necessary readjustment that must be endured. However, the current crisis...

How to Smell a Rat

Author: Fisher, Ken | Hoffmans, Lara

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Economics & Finance

In How to Smell a Rat, Ken Fisher explores how most investment scams can be easily detected and avoided. With his 37 years managing money for individuals and institutions, 25 years writing for the “...

Invisible Capital

Author: Rabb, Chris

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published Date: 2010

Few concepts in the United States are as deeply rooted as the American Dream. Hard work, determination, a willingness to take risks – these are the qualities needed to succeed, at least in the common narrative....

Animal Spirits

Author: Akerlof, George A. | Shiller, Robert J.

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Economics & Finance

Animal Spirits dissects standard economic theories and demonstrates their failure to account for human emotion, even though emotions have a large impact on the economy. George A. Akerlof and Robert J....

Fundamentals of Enterprise Risk Management

Author: Hampton, John J.

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Business Strategy, Economics & Finance, Entrepreneurship

For many years, managers analyzed risks separately, without considering how they affected the business entity as a whole. In many cases, risk management was handled by the company’s chief financial officer, who often...

The New Asian Hemisphere

Author: Mahbubani, Kishore

Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Published Date: 2008

Over the past twenty years, the world has experienced some of the greatest changes in human history. The biggest result of any great advancement in the technological and scientific realms is that the 88 percent of the...

Capitalism 4.0

Author: Kaletsky, Anatole

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Published Date: 2010

During the time following the economic crisis of 2007-09, many warned that the entire U.S. economic system was doomed to fail. In Capitalism 4.0, author Anatole Kaletsky argues that this crisis was...

Aftershock

Author: Wiedemer, Robert A. | Spitzer, Cindy

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Economics & Finance

Economists and business leaders alike are still trying to understand the forces that led to the United States’ current economic woes. Some believe it is a down financial cycle or a recession, but in Aftershock...

Seven Strategies to Improve Your Bottom Line

Author: Gee, E. Preston

Publisher: Health Administration Press

Published Date: 2001

Categories: Business Strategy, Economics & Finance, Health Care

In Seven Strategies to Improve Your Bottom Line, E. Preston Gee outlines different tools and strategies that can help healthcare executives cut costs and improve their hospital’s efficiency and overall...

Riding the Tiger

Author: Nelson, Priscilla | Cohen, Ed

Publisher: ASTD Press

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Business Biographies, Economics & Finance

When the unthinkable and unimaginable occur, one must grab the tiger by the tail to prevent it from completely devouring everyone and everything in sight. A crisis can occur to anyone at anytime. Ultimately, the...

Chinamerica

Author: Jones, Handel

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2010

Within the past 10 years, China has evolved from a third world country into one of the most economically powerful countries in the world, second only to the United States. With China’s government-backed development of...

The Economics of Health Reconsidered

Author: Rice, Thomas | Unruh, Lynn

Publisher: Health Administration Press

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Economics & Finance, Health Care

Recent years have seen a surge of interest in reforming the organization and delivery of health systems in developed countries, including the United States. While health economists recognize the need for government...

Nickel and Dimed

Author: Barbara Ehrenreich

Publisher: Henry Hold and Company

Published Date: 2002

Categories: Economics & Finance, Management

Having a job and working hard do not guarantee a better life even for low-level workers in America. What is needed are fair, living wages and a...

Value

Author: Dobbs, Richard | Huyett, Bill | Koller, Tim

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2011

In market economies, value is a very important metric. Investors want the value of their funds to grow in ways that compensate them for risk, as well as for the interest they sacrificed by not investing elsewhere. To...

Always a Winner

Author: Navarro, Peter

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2009

In Always a Winner, Peter Navarro makes the case that a recession can be substantially more damaging to an organization that any 10 competitors. He presents a comprehensive guide for executives to...

Too Big to Save?

Author: Pozen, Robert

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Business Biographies, Economics & Finance

In 2008, the United States and the world plunged into a serious financial crisis. This major downturn resulted from the collapse of the U.S. housing market and excessive debt that made its way throughout the global...

The Devil's Casino

Author: Ward, Vicky

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Business Biographies, Economics & Finance

In The Devil’s Casino, Vicky Ward examines the leadership behind Lehman from its start as an independent firm in the mid 1990s to its fall in 2008. The Lehman Brothers was one of the most infamous and...

And Then the Roof Caved In

Author: Faber, David

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2009

Categories: 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...

13 Bankers

Author: Johnson, Simon | Kwak, James

Publisher: Pantheon Books

Published Date: 2010

Categories: 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...

Accelerating Out of the Great Recession

Author: Rhodes, David | Stelter, Daniel

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Business Strategy, Economics & Finance, Global Business

The “great recession” has completely changed today’s economic climate. Consumers are buying less and saving more, banks are lending very little money, and conservationist policies are emerging from developed nations,...

Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty

Author: Charan, Ram

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Business Strategy, Change Management, Economics & Finance, Leadership

Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty by Ram Charan is a common-sense guide outlining the management practices necessary to weather the current economic storm. Throughout the book Charan...

The Endangered American Dream

Author: Luttwak, Edward N.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published Date: 1993

Categories: Economics & Finance, Major Works, Productivity

An in-depth analysis of the U.S. political and economic climate over the past two decades. Drawing from an array of studies, Luttwak reveals the root causes of America ’s declining standard of living, the decay of U.S...

One Up on Wall Street

Author: Lynch, Peter | Rothchild, John

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published Date: 1989

Categories: Economics & Finance, Personal Growth

Personal preparation is what distinguishes the successful stock picker from the chronic loser. Defining your objectives and clarifying your attitudes are important first considerations. Logic is most helpful in picking...

Global Corporate Alliances and the Competitive Edge

Author: Starr, Martin K.1,2

Publisher: Quorum Books

Published Date: 1992

Present-day companies are under great pressure to adapt to the evolving competitive scenarios. In Global, Starr addresses former successful firms that must now address the problems of growing old and slowing down in a...

Beyond Globalism

Author: Vernon, Raymond | Spar, Debora L.

Publisher: The Free Press

Published Date: 1989

The increasingly global economy leaves governments with little room for unilateral action, and little choice but to pursue accommodation and cooperation. U.S. policy is still adapting to this new world, and...

The House of Nomura

Author: Alletzhauser, Albert J.

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

Published Date: 1990

Alletzhauser produces a skillful re-creation of dramatic conflicts that the Nomura story represents: Nomura versus fate, society, and situation, as well as the conflicts experienced by the majorplayers with themselves...

Every Business Is a Growth Business

Author: Charan, Ram | Tichy, Noel M.

Publisher: Times Business

Published Date: 1998

Categories: Economics & Finance, Leadership

Successful business leaders believe that there is no such thing as a mature business and are, thus, relentless in their pursuit of profitable, sustainable, and capital efficient growth. This mindset is hot-wired into...

When Economics Means Business

Author: Kermally, Sultan

Publisher: Financial Times Pitman Publishing

Published Date: 1999

Categories: Economics & Finance

Globalization, rapid technological change, and knowledge - the primary forces of the information age - have brought into serious question the propriety and value of traditional economics. When Economics Means...

Korean Dynasty

Author: Kirk, Donald

Publisher: M. E. Sharpe

Published Date: 1994

During the 1980s, America’s three leading business magazines began spreading the word of Korea’s rise. Donald Kirk uses Chung Ju Yung as a mirror to reflect and illuminate the unique Korean psyche and the idiosyncratic...

The Productive Edge

Author: Lester, Richard K.

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Published Date: 1998

Categories: Economics & Finance, Productivity

Beginning in 1985, Champion International, one of the largest and oldest U.S. industrial companies, began a change process that transformed it from an underachieving tradition-bound organization into a competitive...

Global Squeeze

Author: Longworth, Richard C.

Publisher: Contemporary Books

Published Date: 1998

The world is a fundamentally changed place in which the old Cold War paradigms have disappeared. As the world moves beyond interdependency to the wholly new phenomenon of globalization, these changes are most evident...

Megatrends Asia

Author: Naisbitt, John

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published Date: 1996

With the goal of creating the financial institutions and instruments to handle the investments Asia needs for its infrastructure, institutional investors, companies, and individuals are plunging headlong into the...

The Sun Also Sets

Author: Emmott, Bill

Publisher: Random House

Published Date: 1989

Japan's political power is not an absolute; it must be gauged relative to that of America. The world still looks to America as the leading superpower and the source of political initiative. Unless the economy drags...

Economic Reform in Three Giants

Author: Feinberg, Richard E. | Echeverri-Gent, John | Muller, Friedemann

Publisher: Transaction Publishers

Published Date: 1990

China, India, and the USSR are the three most populous underdeveloped countries on earth. Presently, these Giants share the common predicament of how to compete in a demanding, rapidly changing, and increasingly...

Balancing Acts

Author: Galbraith, James K.

Publisher: Basic Books

Published Date: 1990

Today, a competitive challenge defines our economy and the at-tendant difficulties we are now experiencing have to do with failures of policy and not faults of national character. In the 1970s and 1980s, the inward...

Wall Street

Author: Geisst, Charles R.

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published Date: 1997

Categories: Economics & Finance

The American securities industry has a long and varied history that has come to symbolize the best and the worst of American finance. Wall Street is a wide-ranging chronicle of how a loose association...

Microcosm

Author: Gilder, George

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published Date: 1990

Categories: Economics & Finance, Technology

The overthrow of matter is the main event of the century. As the mind gains ascendancy, physical wealth declines in value and sig-nificance. Computer software, a product of the mind, is the added value in world...

Raising Money

Author: Merrill, Ronald E. | Nichols, Gaylord E.

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 1990

Categories: Economics & Finance

Investors demand solid, specific, quantitative facts in order to evaluate you as well as your venture. So, your first step in the money-raising process is to do your homework, which consists of answering Five Key...

Integrated Account Management

Author: Peck, Mark A.

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 1997

Categories: Economics & Finance, Marketing

Integrated Account Management presents a form of direct marketing that emphasizes a proactive, personal approach to managing customer relationships. It is considered by many as being the most effective...

The Profit Zone

Author: Slywotzky, Adrian J. | Morrison, David J. | Andelman, Bob

Publisher: Times Books

Published Date: 1998

Categories: Economics & Finance

The Profit Zone is the arena of a company's economic activity where sustained high profit happens. Although every company pursues profit, few understand that going after market share and growth is not...

How to Retire Young

Author: Tauber, Edward M.

Publisher: Dow Jones-Irwin

Published Date: 1990

Categories: Economics & Finance, Personal Growth

If life can be divided into three periods: schooling, working, and retirement, it can be planned in three equal installments of 25 years each-giving you a longer time in which to enjoy your later years. In addition,...

Global Dreams

Author: Barnet, Richard J. | Cavanagh, John

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published Date: 1994

Global Dreams is an exploration of the many different ways in which the global economy changes politics, work, and families throughout the world. The authors reveal how a few hundred companies dominate...

Turning the Tables

Author: Burstein, Daniel

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published Date: 1993

Turning the Tables is a challenge to conventional wisdom as it concerns both the Japanese and American economies. Burstein moves beyond the classic analyses of U.S-Japan relations and illuminates long-...

Save Your Business a Bundle

Author: Kehrer, Daniel

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published Date: 1994

Specific and practical cost-cutting tactics for every aspect of business operations. Kehrer provides business examples that reinforce each guideline, as well as valuable resource information. It is an excellent manual...

The Death of Money

Author: Kurtzman, Joel

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published Date: 1993

Categories: Economics & Finance

The Death of Money details the movement of money from a government-mandated equivalent to a new electronic form that is nothing more than a configuration of ones and zeros-the fundamental units of...

Handbook of Business Valuation

Author: West, Thomas L. | Jones, Jeffrey D.

Publisher:

Published Date: 1993

Categories: Economics & Finance

Business valuations are usually segregated into three basic categories: (1) transaction-based-mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, ESOPs, buy/sell agreements, exchange ratios, fairness opinions, LBOs, and initial...

Take This Job And Ship It

Author: Dorgan, Byron L.

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books

Published Date: 2006

As big companies move their jobs to China, sell their products in America, and run their profits through the Cayman Islands to avoid taxes, they undermine American...

The Secret Language of Money

Author: Krueger, David | Mann, John David

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Economics & Finance, Personal Growth

If money were about math, none of us would be carrying any debt. The numbers are simple. What's complicated is what we do with money....

Franchise: Freedom or Fantasy?

Author: York, Mitchell

Publisher: iUniverse, Inc

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Economics & Finance

We are in the midst of a worldwide economic shift. Thousands of people are losing their jobs every day. Many have experienced successful business careers, but now their employers are dumping them. Those who have lost...

The Rise and Decline of Nations

Author: Olson, Mancur

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published Date: 1982

Categories: Economics & Finance

The years since World War II have seen rapid shifts in the relative positions of different countries and regions. Leading political economist Mancur...

Enhancing Your Business Value

Author: Jordan, Mark | Walton, Randy | Hill, Judson

Publisher: CSI Publishing

Published Date: 2002

Growth is an ongoing process that occurs in many facets of our lives. There are so many individual factors that go into creating, increasing, and...

Driving Business Value in an Uncertain Economy

Author: Jordan, Mark

Publisher: Decere Publishing

Published Date: 2008

A common misconception among business owners is that economic and market trends are the only factors for determining business value. When said...

The Seven Rules of Wall Street

Author: Stovall, Sam

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Economics & Finance

"Sell in May, and then go away." It's an old saying, but this Wall Street adage is as relevant today as when it was first uttered. It worked once again during the market...

Pilgrimage to Warren Buffet's Omaha

Author: Matthews, Jeff

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Booksl

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Economics & Finance

They come to Omaha by the tens of thousands, flocking to an annual meeting that has become legendary for investors, businesspeople, and fans of one of the savviest...

Investing In People

Author: Cascio, Wayne | Boudreau, John

Publisher: FT Press

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Business Strategy, Economics & Finance, Human Resources, Leadership, Productivity

Decisions about talent, human capital, and organizational effectiveness are increasingly central to the strategic success of virtually all organizations. Unfortunately, these decisions are often addressed with limited...

Selling Your Business the Easy Way

Author: Jordan, Mark

Publisher: Decere Publishing

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Economics & Finance, Marketing, Relationships

In "Selling Your Business the Hard Easy Way", Mark Jordan offers down-to-earth insight into the key aspects of what is potentially one of the most momentous...

Rich Dad's Guide to Investing

Author: Kiyosaki, Robert | Lechter, Sharon L

Publisher: Warner Books

Published Date: 2000

Categories: Economics & Finance

Free yourself from financial hardship, have your money work hard for you, and retire at an earlier age so you can enjoy life and do the things that really matter...

The Starbucks Experience

Author: Michelli, Joseph A.

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Customer Focus, Economics & Finance

Everyone is familiar with the Starbucks story. The eponymous American coffee chain has been part of peoples' lives for years now. Among other things, the company has...

Rule # 1

Author: Town, Phil

Publisher: Three Rivers Press

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Economics & Finance

Most Americans are trapped in mutual funds that, at best, ride the waves of the market. They diversify to spread the risk. They are in this sort of investment for the long haul. But they still lose money in market...

Top Performer

Author: Lundin, Stephen C. | Hagerman, Carr

Publisher: Vision Books Pvt. Ltd.

Published Date: 2005

Categories: Economics & Finance, Marketing

We may work at different professions, but ultimately, we all sell something for a living -- whether it's a brand, a vision, an education, a direction, or a service...

Strategic Corporate Finance

Author: Pettit, Justin

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Economics & Finance, Leadership

The weighted average cost of capital, value-based management, mergers and acquisitions, and risk management are important components of corporate finance today. Yet, understanding how they work and how to implement...

Profit for Life

Author: Bragdon, Joseph H.

Publisher: Society for Organizational Learning

Published Date: 2006

How did companies like Nokia, Canon, Intel, HP and 3M become leaders of industry in terms of profit and quality? Why did firms like Toyota, Southwest...

The Triple Bottom Line

Author: Savitz, Andrew W. | Karl, Weber

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2006

Categories: Economics & Finance, Leadership, Management, Social Responsibility

In The Triple Bottom Line, authors Andrew Savitz and Karl Weber look at how businesses can prosper financially while protecting and renewing the social, environmental, and economic resources they need—...

Effective Corporate Governance

Author: Kerr, Vindel L.

Publisher: Outskirts Press

Published Date: 2005

Categories: Business Strategy, Economics & Finance, Management

Effective Corporate Governance is a manifesto for building highly effective Boards and corporations by balancing power, performance and profits with integrity,...

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

Author: Perkins, John

Publisher: John Perkins

Published Date: 2005

In this book, Perkins paints a clear picture of how the US carved a path to become one of the most powerful countries in the world through padded economic...

Irrational Exuberance

Author: Shiller, Robert J.

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published Date: 2005

Categories: Economics & Finance, Marketing

This book is concerned with the behavior of speculative markets, human vulnerability to error, and the instability of the capitalist system. It tries...

Think and Grow Rich

Author: Hill, Napoleon

Publisher: High Roads Media

Published Date: 2004

Categories: Economics & Finance

This book is a collection of principles for the attainment of wealth and financial independence. It was written by Napoleon Hill at the behest of...

The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism

Author: Bogle, John C.

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published Date: 2005

Categories: Economics & Finance, Leadership, Management, Social Responsibility

Corporate scandals, under-funded pensions, and the arrest of top executives are all a part of modern corporate culture. But, it has not always been this way, and it does not have to be this way today. In The...

The 3 Financial Styles of Very Successful Leaders

Author: Prince, E. Ted

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2005

Categories: Economics & Finance, Leadership

Leaders have widely different approaches in how they deal with money and how they approach the building of value. These personal financial traits can be linked to a company’s performance and market value.

In...

Secrets of Six-Figure Women

Author: Stanny, Barbara

Publisher: Collins

Published Date: 2004

Categories: Economics & Finance

More and more women are making six figures and more. In fact, statistics show that the number of women making six figures and above are rising at a...

Deals from Hell

Author: Bruner, Robert F.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2005

Categories: Economics & Finance, Management

Mega-mergers and acquisitions seem to be the norm these days. They garner a lot of press, and with good reason. Shareholders, stockholders, competitors, and regulatory agencies all follow these deals with great...

Three Billion New Capitalists

Author: Rylatt, Alastair

Publisher: Basic Books

Published Date: 2006

The relative economic superiority and power of the United States is quickly slipping away. This is mainly brought about by the rise of new superpowers, particularly China and India, which are ushering a third wave of...

Profitable Growth Is Everyone's Business

Author: Charan, Ram

Publisher: Crown Business

Published Date: 2004

Categories: Economics & Finance

The bottom line for all companies is to make a profit. The higher the earnings and the profit, the better for everyone involved. The best way to do this is through...

Riding the Waves of Culture

Author: Trompernaars, Fons | Turner, Charles Hampden

Publisher: Nicholas Bradley Publishing

Published Date: 2000

Categories: Economics & Finance, Management

There are many factors to be considered in the operation and management of business. Capital and investment, employee performance, system efficiency...

The Weekend Millionaire's Secret to Investing in Real Estate

Author: Summey, Mike | Dawson, Roger

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2003

Categories: Economics & Finance

A great number of people today venture into real estate the way millions of people flocked to the gold rush at the beginning of the century. We've...

Sacred Cows Make The Best Burgers

Author: Kriegel, Robert | Brandt, David

Publisher: Warner Books

Published Date: 1997

In the new economy driven by change and spurred by opportunities coming from all directions, where competition is tough and customers are more sophisticated and...

Turbo Strategy

Author: Tracy, Brian

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2003

Businesses are run mostly on auto-pilot and any problem areas are only dealt with when they are already critical, but by then it may already be too late....

Mind Your Own Business

Author: Harman, Sidney

Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.

Published Date: 2003

Starbucks Coffee is an example of turning a passion for coffee into a successful business venture. What started as small coffee shop in Seattle is now...

The Lazy Person's Guide to Investing

Author: Farrel, Paul B.

Publisher: Warner Books Inc

Published Date: 2004

Categories: 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 Richest Man in Babylon

Author: Clason, George S.

Publisher: Signet/New American Library

Published Date: 2004

Categories: Economics & Finance

This "book of cures for lean purses" is a guide to financial understanding. It offers insights that will aid you acquire money, keep money and make...

Purple Cow

Author: Godin, Seth

Publisher: Portfolio

Published Date: 2003

Categories: Business Strategy, Economics & Finance, Marketing

How do ideas spread? Why do some charities, movies, architects, politicians, potato chips and cars succeed, while others (just as good apparently)...

The One Minute Millionaire

Author: Hansen, Mark Victor | Allen, Robert G.

Publisher: Harmony Books

Published Date: 2003

Categories: Economics & Finance

Imagine this: You receive a phone call from the estate of a long-lost relative. You have inherited a million dollars in cash!...

The Baseline Revolution

Author: Johnsson, Hans V. A. | Kihlstedt, Per Erik

Publisher: Johnsson and Kihlstedt

Published Date: 2003

There is a serious need to rethink old methods of reporting, particularly accounting-based methods which are used for important decision-making processes of a company. Accounting-based reporting...

Discover Your Sales Strengths

Author: Smith, Benson | Rutigliano, Tony

Publisher: Warner Business Books

Published Date: 2003

Categories: Economics & Finance, Management, Marketing

A huge number of books have been written about sales and finding one's road to success in achieving exceptional sales performance. Like fresh-off-...

Investing In a Post-Enron World

Author: Jorion, Paul

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2003

Categories: Economics & Finance

The high-profile implosions of America's top corporations like Enron, and the questionable accounting methods of Arthur Andersen, forces investors to become wary of a company's ethical standards, and creates a need for...

Beating The Street

Author: Lynch, Peter

Publisher: Peter Lynch, Fireside

Published Date: 1994

Categories: Economics & Finance, Management, Technology

Peter Lynch ran the Fidelity Magellan Fund for more 20 years, during which time Magellan was the number one ranked general equity fund in America....

The Neglected Firm

Author: Vasconcellos e Sa, Jorge A.

Publisher: Palgrave Publishers Ltd

Published Date: 2002

Categories: Economics & Finance, Management

"When you don't know where you want to go, the wind always blows from the wrong direction." Every manager must manage two companies simultaneously: the present firm and the future firm. Neglecting the future firm will...

The New Law of Demand and Supply

Author: Kash, Rick

Publisher: Doubleday/Currency

Published Date: 2002

Categories: Economics & Finance, Management, Productivity

In his seminal treatise, The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith set down the law of supply and demand, and while he did not emphasize supply over demand, during the ensuing 19th and 20th centuries, economists and...

The Support Economy

Author: Zuboff, Shoshana | Maxmin, James

Publisher: Viking Penguin India

Published Date: 2002

Categories: Economics & Finance, Human Resources, Management

According to Zuboff and Maxmin, the past 50 years have seen the rise of a new breed of individual, that has, over time, changed more than the organizations upon which it depends. These new individuals, in their search...

The Pied Pipers of Wall Street

Author: Cole, Benjamin Mark

Publisher: Bloomberg Press

Published Date: 2001

Categories: Economics & Finance

Stock traders and buyers beware. The talented talking heads of financial news gathering agencies may be part of today's hyped up age of stocks where the talented talkers of the brokerage firms could be increasing their...

Creative Destruction

Author: Foster, Richard N. | Kaplan, Sarah

Publisher: Doubleday

Published Date: 2001

Categories: Economics & Finance, Marketing

One need only look to market indices over the past century to realize that highly revered and much-touted “built-to-last” corporations tended to underperform the market by a significant amount. McKinsey consultants,...

Cashflow Quadrant

Author: Kiyosaki, Robert T. | Lechter, Sharon L.

Publisher: Business Plus

Published Date: 2000

Categories: Economics & Finance

The letters in each quadrant represent the Employee, Self-Employed, Business Owner, and Investor. Discover how to move from the left side to the B and I Quadrants, where you work less, earn more, pay less taxes and...

The Fortune Tellers

Author: Kurtz, Howard

Publisher: The Free Press

Published Date: 2000

Categories: Economics & Finance

The unprecedented trade in the stock market has produced an endless demand for more and more financial information and has spawned a plethora of highly paid "experts" to supply it. On television and the Net, and in a...

A Future Perfect

Author: Micklethwait, John

Publisher: Times Books

Published Date: 2000

Categories: Economics & Finance, Global Business, Management, Productivity

Without a doubt, globalization-the integration of the world economy-has become the most important economic, political, and cultural phenomenon of the times, reshaping business, transforming the lives of individuals,...

24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success

Author: O'Neil, William J.

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies

Published Date: 1999

Take investment lessons from the expert. O'Neil started out with $500 just out of college, and by age 30 had purchased a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and opened his own investment management research firm. In...

Drucker on Asia

Author: Drucker, Peter F. | Nakauchi, Isao

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published Date: 1997