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  • Cracking the Corporate Code Cracking the Corporate Code
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    Cracking the Corporate Code

    Over the last few decades, advances by African-Americans in the business world have been both impressive and well-documented. But even a cursory glance at the statistics reveals that African-Americans still face very real obstacles along the path to...
    $38.00

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  • Man Who Made Wall Street Man Who Made Wall Street
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    Man Who Made Wall Street

    He tamed the market's bulls and bears. "He was the best friend I have ever had in every way."--J. P. MorganIt was the height of the Gilded Age and J. Pierpont Morgan controlled the fate of railroads, corporations, and governments. The wealthy and...
    $45.00

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  • Tin and Global Capitalism, 1850-2000 Tin and Global Capitalism, 1850-2000
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    Tin and Global Capitalism, 1850-2000

    For most of the twentieth century tin was fundamental for both warfare and welfare. The importance of tin is most powerfully represented by the tin can - an invention which created a revolution in food preservation and helped feed both the armies of the...
    $385.00

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  • Entering the Civil Aircraft Industry Entering the Civil Aircraft Industry
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    Entering the Civil Aircraft Industry

    Most countries aspire to have a civil aircraft industry, but even in the best of times, success at civil aircraft manufacturing is difficult. Technological barriers, governments, and geopolitical considerations are only the beginning of the challenges...
    $61.00

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    A Century in the Works

    In November of 1891, at the age of twenty-five, John MacDonald Blackstock Hawley arrived in Fort Worth, Texas. A civil engineer from Minnesota, Hawley "hung out his shingle" in 1894 and began a tradition of engineering in Texas that his successors in the...
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  • A History of Business Cartels A History of Business Cartels
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    A History of Business Cartels

    International cartels are powerful organizations that impact our everyday lives, although they are little known. This book presents 15 historical case studies of international cartels that include agricultural and mineral commodities, the machinery...
    $410.00

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  • Industrial Clusters Industrial Clusters
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    Industrial Clusters

    Industrial Clusters shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic of industrial clusters, with a particular focus on clustering in the UK, bringing together a chronological coverage of the phenomenon. This set of original essays by a group of...
    $410.00

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  • Restructuring Capitalism Restructuring Capitalism
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    Restructuring Capitalism

    The main theme of this book is that, within contemporary capitalist societies a materialist outlook informed by science has triumphed creating the lack of a spiritual dimension to give meaning and purpose to the activities that are necessary for a...
    $116.00

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  • A History of Top Management in Japan A History of Top Management in Japan
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    A History of Top Management in Japan

    This book analyzes the top management of leading Japanese enterprises. Drawing on the work of Alfred Chandler, Morikawa demonstrates the difference between family-owned firms and professionally managed...
    $155.00

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  • Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft in der Bauwirtschaft Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft in der Bauwirtschaft
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    Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft in der Bauwirtschaft

    Der Zusammenschluss mehrerer Bauunternehmen in Form einer Arbeitsgemeinschaft (ARGE) zählt heutzutage zur täglichen Praxis bei der Realisierung einzelner Infrastrukturprojekte und anderer Großprojekte in der Bauwirtschaft. Obwohl die Gründe zur Bildung...
    $109.00

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  • Becoming Trader Joe Becoming Trader Joe
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    Becoming Trader Joe

    Build an iconic shopping experience that your customers love---and a work environment that your employees love being a part of---using this blueprint from Trader Joe's visionary founder, Joe Coulombe.r.
    $39.00

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  • The Brass The Brass
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    The Brass

    The Brass is the story of the birth and growth of a world-famous public house, the Horse Brass Pub in Portland, Oregon. This authentic pub, with deep British roots, became the cathedral of Oregon's craft beer revolution and its publican, Don Younger, the...
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  • Oral History and Business Oral History and Business
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    Oral History and Business

    This book introduces business historians to oral history methodologies and approaches.Using four distinct oral history case studies to explore ideas of disruption and continuity in business history over the second half of the twentieth century, Robert...
    $137.00

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  • The Economics of International Environmental Cooperation The Economics of International Environmental Cooperation
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    The Economics of International Environmental Cooperation

    The book looks at environmental issues calling for international cooperation, such as river management, transboundary air pollution, and climate. It analyses methods used to reduce free-riding in protecting the commons. Agreements considered successful -...
    $70.00

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  • Golden Jubilee, 1869-1919 Golden Jubilee, 1869-1919
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    Golden Jubilee, 1869-1919

    The T. Eaton Company was one of Canada's most iconic and enduring businesses in Canadian history. This book documents the history of the company's first 50 years, from its founding by Timothy Eaton in 1869 to its position as one of the largest retailers...
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  • One Hundred Years of Business Life, 1794-1894 One Hundred Years of Business Life, 1794-1894
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    One Hundred Years of Business Life, 1794-1894

    This book chronicles the history of one of America's oldest and most respected companies. Schieffelin & Co traces its origins to 1794, when the company was founded as an apothecary shop in New York City. Over the next century, the company grew and...
    $48.00

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  • First in Thirst First in Thirst
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    First in Thirst

    Although a few other brands hold slim market shares, the fact is that Gatorade single-handedly created the sports drink industry 40 years ago and has absolutely ruled it ever since. Gatorade is an enthralling story, brought to life in bright color and...
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  • The Dynamics of Family Business The Dynamics of Family Business
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    The Dynamics of Family Business

    "What good fortune to have all of Kaye's thoughtful, insightful and provocative articles in one volume! No one describes the conflictual patterns in family enterprise better and no one better addresses how family advisors can intervene to build trust...
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  • The Pricing and Revenue Management of Services The Pricing and Revenue Management of Services
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    The Pricing and Revenue Management of Services

    In a world of changing lifestyles brought about by new services, technology and e-commerce, this book enters the arena of contemporary research with particular topicality. Integrating both theory and real world practices, Ng advances the latest concepts...
    $385.00

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  • The Study of Nonprofit Enterprise The Study of Nonprofit Enterprise
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    The Study of Nonprofit Enterprise

    This volume addresses the need to revisit the very economic theories that in the past two decades have contributed so much to the development of a concentrated research agenda on nonprofit organizations. Long neglected as a...
    $357.00

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  • The Emergence of Southern Multinationals The Emergence of Southern Multinationals
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    The Emergence of Southern Multinationals

    This book examines the role of nonformal education (NFE) in African languages in promoting democracy in Senegal. Using data from a survey of rural Senegalese citizens, this is the first study to empirically test the effects of NFE on political...
    $122.00

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  • Competitiveness of Chinese Firms Competitiveness of Chinese Firms
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    Competitiveness of Chinese Firms

    Competitiveness of Chinese Firms seeks to provide answers to important and urgent questions such as what exactly underpins competitiveness in the 21st century, and how Chinese firms could squeeze themselves into the ranks of top firms in the...
    $92.00

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  • Ethics in the Alcohol Industry Ethics in the Alcohol Industry
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    Ethics in the Alcohol Industry

    Alcohol is a unique, legal drug that is linked closely to personal and social identities and which subsequently leads to both positive and negative consequences. To set the scene a whistle-stop tour of major land-marks in the origins of alcohol,...
    $92.00

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  • Healthy Growth for the Family Business Healthy Growth for the Family Business
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    Healthy Growth for the Family Business

    Family businesses find many different paths to success. Some, like Wal-Mart become among the world s largest businesses. Others, happily serve a limited market. Whether a business remains small or grows large, every family business at some time or other...
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  • Financial Reporting Quality in Emerging Economies Financial Reporting Quality in Emerging Economies
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    Financial Reporting Quality in Emerging Economies

    The results of the study reveal differences of the financial reporting quality (operationalized by reporting content, readability and earnings management) of listed companies in the two emerging economies Brazil and South Africa as well as Germany. The...
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  • Bank mergers and acquisitions in the Asia-Pacific region Bank mergers and acquisitions in the Asia-Pacific region
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    Bank mergers and acquisitions in the Asia-Pacific region

    This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the shareholder wealth effects of the financial sector consolidation in the Asia-Pacific region and its impact on the acquirer's cost of debt. The capital market reactions of the institutions directly involved...
    $70.00

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  • Ownership Structure and Corporate Performance Ownership Structure and Corporate Performance
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    Ownership Structure and Corporate Performance

    The book illustrates that the impact of ownership on firm value depends not only on the concentration of ownership but also on the identity of blockholders. Large shareholders can use their power to influence corporate performance. However, owners are no...
    $112.00

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  • The Confidential Memos of I. M. Vested The Confidential Memos of I. M. Vested
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    The Confidential Memos of I. M. Vested

    Accurate, acerbic, amusing and full of splendid indignation, "The Confidential Memos of I. M. Vested" presents an unforgettable portrait of a company gone awry, a company once proudly in the Fortune 50 and only now struggling back from the excesses of...
    $17.00

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  • Comparative Analysis and Benchmarking Comparative Analysis and Benchmarking
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    Comparative Analysis and Benchmarking

    This research of corporate strategy analysis implements comparative analysis and benchmarking to analyse and examine the corporate strategy of the pharmaceutical sectors of 4 international pharmaceutical companies. This research adopts the hybrid...
    $43.00

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  • De Bow's Review, Volume 8 De Bow's Review, Volume 8
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    De Bow's Review, Volume 8

    This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
    $57.00

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  • The Consumer Co-operative Sector The Consumer Co-operative Sector
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    The Consumer Co-operative Sector

    This book is a study of strategic renewal in the consumer co-operative sector, using eleven international case-studies to demonstrate how the concept has been applied over the last fifty years.
    $373.00

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  • General Electric Company Review; Volume 14 General Electric Company Review; Volume 14
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    General Electric Company Review; Volume 14

    For over a century, General Electric has been a global leader in a wide range of industries, from appliances to aviation. This corporate review, published in 1921, offers a comprehensive overview of GE's operations, markets, and innovations, along with...
    $57.00

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