Business & Economics
Explore the best business and economics books, including top entrepreneur reads, finance essentials, and foundational texts. Browse our online bookstore for bestsellers and highly recommended books in business and economics.
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The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-The-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial HistoryIn 2006, hedge fund manager John Paulson realized something few others suspected--that the housing market and the value of subprime mortgages were grossly inflated and headed for a major fall. Paulson's background was in mergers and acquisitions, however, and he knew little about real...
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Championship SellingIf the process of buying and selling makes the world go round, then why does it have such a lousy reputation? Customers are wary of those who come selling, and salespeople have become embarrassed by their roles. Reversing this trend means adopting a new...
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Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin LandIf a single life exemplifies the inner drive that fires a great inventor, it is the life of Edwin Land. The major innovations that he was able to achieve in photography, optics, industry, and science policy carry priceless lessons for readers today.Insisting on the...
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The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American CenturyHow a Michigan farm boy became the richest man in America is a classic, almost mythic tale, but never before has Henry Ford's outsized genius been brought to life so vividly as it is in this engaging and superbly researched biography. The real Henry...
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Privileged Son: Otis Chandler and the Rise and Fall of the L.A. Times DynastyHere is the riveting story of how a second-rate newspaper rose to national greatness, only to become a casualty of war-a civil war within the family that owned it. Told in a hard-edged, investigative style, it spans the American Century, from 1884, when the...
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How Would You Move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle -- How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative ThinkersFrom Wall Street to Silicon Valley, employers are using tough and tricky questions to gauge job candidates' intelligence, imagination, and problem-solving ability -- qualities needed to survive in today's hypercompetitive global marketplace. For the first time, William Poundstone reveals the toughest questions used at...
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The Nature of EconomiesFrom the revered author of the classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities comes a new book that will revolutionize the way we think about the economy. Starting from the premise that human beings "exist wholly within nature as part of natural...
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Discovering the Leader in You, New and RevisedFrom the Center for Creative Leadership's most popular and best known leadership program Leadership Development Program comes a book for anyone who wants to have a competitive edge in today's complex marketplace. Discovering the Leader in You shows what it looks like to fit...
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The End of LeadershipFrom one of the pioneers in the field of leadership studies comes a provocative reassessment of how people lead in the digital age: in The End of Leadership, Barbara Kellerman reveals a new way of thinking about leadership--and followership--in the twenty-first century. Building off...
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Be Your Best Without the Stress: It's Not About The MedalFrom farm town girl to Olympic Swimmer, to bedridden and beyond, therapist Katrina Radke uses her inspirational story, professional experiences, and powerful yet simple tools to help you find what drives you to be your best, while feeling deeply satisfied in all areas of...
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Discover Your Sales Strengths: How the World's Greatest Salespeople Develop Winning CareersFor four decades, The Gallup Organization has been gathering information and offering data-driven advice-conducting millions of interviews, compiling thousands of statistics, and building a wealth of facts about what really makes people successful (and happy) in their fields. Now Gallup uses its expertise to...
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The Wealth of NationsFirst published in 1776, The Wealth of Nations is considered the seminal work on political economy. Its author, Adam Smith, formulated the basic but groundbreaking concept that the natural human inclination toward self-interest results in prosperity. His passionate arguments in favor of free trade,...
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Pitching and Closing: Everything You Need to Know about Business Development, Partnerships, and Making Deals That MatterEVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BUILD REVENUE-GENERATING PARTNERSHIPS Corporations have profited from strong business development strategies for years. So it's no surprise that of the half-million new businesses created each year, the most successful ones are driven by business development. Now, savvy professionals on the...
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Eva and Value-Based Management: A Practical Guide to ImplementationEconomic Value Added (EVA) and Value Based Management (VBM) are today's hottest management buzzwords. But written information has often been biased and clouded by the authors' hidden agendas. EVA and Value-Based Management is the first book to unflinchingly discuss the pros and cons of...
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Before the Industrial RevolutionDuring the seven hundred years before the Industrial Revolution, the stage was set for Europe's transformation from a backward agrarian society to a powerful industrialized society. An economic historian of international reputation, Carlo M. Cipolla explores the process that made this transformation possible. In...
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Patton on Leadership: Strategic Lessons for Corporate WarfareDrawing on General George Patton's decisive moves and distinctive style, Alan Axelrod's Patton on Leadership gives executives and managers straightforward, practical lessons in dynamic, results-oriented management. This guide covers how to develop a leadership attitude, communicate effectively, inspire others, and more, with period photographs...
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Touch Typing in Ten Lessons: A Home-Study Course with Complete Instructions in the Fundamentals of Touch Typewriting and Introducing the Basic CombDo you need to learn to type in a hurry? Or do you just need a refresher course to practice with and tone up your skills? This is the shortest typing course that covers all of the fundamental skills of touch typing. This classic...
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The Corporate Athlete: How to Achieve Maximal Performance in Business and LifeDie Unternehmenswelt ist vergleichbar mit der Welt des Profisports: harte Konkurrenz und enorme Belastung. Jack Groppel - Unternehmens-Consultant der Spitzenklasse, Dozent und Trainer - luftet das Geheimnis, wie z.B. Topmanager bei Morgan Stanley oder Estee Lauder ihre Hochstleistung erreicht haben. Hier lernen Sie, wie...
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201 Icebreakers PBDesigned specifically for trainers, speakers and group facilitators, this book features activities - games, quizzes, energizers and brain-teasers - to break the ice at the beginning of any meeting, or to recharge participants on the brink of boredom. The activities require little or no...
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The New Ecology of Leadership: Business Mastery in a Chaotic WorldDavid Hurst has a unique knowledge of organizations--their function and their failure--both in theory and in practice. He has spent twenty-five years as an operating manager, often in crises and turnaround conditions, and is also a widely experienced consultant, teacher, and writer on business....
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