(American Linen Supply), Leonard J. Arrrington (1991). From Small Beginnings: A History of the American Linen Supply Company and Its Successors and Affiliates (Salt Lake City, UT: Steiner Corporation, 243 p.).

(Avis), Robert Townsend (1970). Up the Organization (How To Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits). (New York, NY: Knopf, 202 p.). CEO of Avis-Rent-A-Car (1962-1965). Management. 

(Avis), Robert Townsend (1984). Further Up the Organization/How Groups of People Working Together for a Common Purpose Ought to Conduct Themselves for Fun and Profit. (New York, NY: Knopf, 254 p.). CEO of Avis-Rent-A-Car (1962-1965). Management; Organization. 

(Avis), Warren Avis (1986). Take a Chance To Be First: The Secrets of Entrepreneurial Success. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 222 p.). Founder, Avis-Rent-A-Car. Avis-Rent-A-Car System; Success in business.

(Bachrach), Doug Collins ; introduction by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1992). Photographed by Bachrach: 125 Years of American Portraiture. (New York, NY: Rizzoli, 192 p.). Celebrities--United States--Portraits; Portrait photography--United States--History.

(Booz Allen & Hamilton - founded 1914 by Edwin G. Booz, James Allen joins in 1929, Carl Hamilton joins in 1935), Jim Bowman (1984). Booz, Allen & Hamilton: Seventy Years of Client Service, 1914-1984. (New York, NY: Booz, Allen & Hamilton, 119 p.). Management Consulting, Booz, Allen & Hamilton.

(Brink's), R.A. Seng [and] J.V. Gilmour. (1959). Brink's, The Money Movers; The Story of a Century of Service. (Chicago, IL: Printed by the Lakeside Press, 128 p.). Brink's incorporated; Money--United States--Transportation.

(Budget Rent a Car System-Australia), Bob Ansett with Robert Pullan (1986). Bob Ansett, An Autobiography. (Hartwell, Vic.: J. Kerr, 221 p.). Ansett, Bob, 1933- ; Businesspeople--Australia--Biography.

(Carlyle Group), Dan Briody (2003). The Iron Triangle: Inside the Secret World of the Carlyle Group. (New York, NY: Wiley, 240 p.). Carlyle Group: Business and politics--United States; United States--Politics and government--2001-. 

(Creative Artists Agency), Stephen Singular (1996). Power To Burn: Michael Ovitz and the New Business of Show Business. (Secaucus, NY: Carol Pub. Group, 224 p.). Ovitz, Michael; Creative Artists Agency--History; Theatrical agents--United States--Biography; Executives--United States--Biography; Theatrical agencies--United States--History.

(Caudill, Rowlett, Scott), Eds. Jonathan King and Philip Langdon ; foreword by Ronald Skaggs (2002). The CRS Team and the Business of Architecture. (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press,, 325 p.). Caudill, Rowlett, Scott--History; Architectural practice--United States--Management; Architectural services marketing--United States; Architecture--United States--Decision making; Group work in architecture; Architects--United States--Interviews.

(Cintas Corporation), Richard T. Farmer with William Holstein (2004). Rags to Riches: How Corporate Culture Spawned a Great Company. (Wilmington, OH: Orange Frazer Press, 244 p.). Founder (Cintas Corporation). Farmer, Richard T., 1934- ; Cintas Corporation--History; Uniforms--United States; Work clothes industry--United States.

(Communispond), Kevin R. Daley and Laura Daley-Caravella (2003). Talk Your Way to the Top: How To Address Any Audience Like Your Career Depends on It. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 204 p.). Founder, CEO - Communispond Division of the Frontline Group. Business presentations; Public speaking. 

(Compugraphic Corporation), William W. Garth, IV (2001). Entrepreneur: A Biography of William W. Garth, Jr. and the Early History of Photocomposition. (Beverly, MA: W.W. Garth, 169 p.). Garth, William W. (William Willis), 1915-1975; Garth family; Printers--United States--Biography. 

(Creative Artists Agency), Stephen Singular (1996). Power To Burn: Michael Ovitz and the New Business of Show Business. (Secaucus, NY: Carol Pub. Group, 224 p.). Ovitz, Michael; Creative Artists Agency--History; Theatrical agents--United States--Biography; Executives--United States--Biography; Theatrical agencies--United States--History.

(Cromwell, Truemper, Levy Parker & Woodsmall), John J. Truemper, Jr. (1985). A Century of Service, 1885-1985, at the Firm of Cromwell, Truemper, Levy, Parker & Woodsmall. (Little Rock, AR: August House, 119 p.). Cromwell, Truemper, Levy, Parker & Woodsmall--Anniversaries, etc.; Architectural firms--Arkansas--Anniversaries, etc.

(Davey Tree Expert Company), Robert E. Pfleger (1977). Green Leaves: A History of the Davey Tree Expert Company. (Chester, CT: Pequot Press, 194 p.). Davey Tree Expert Company, inc., Kent, Ohio -- History; Trees, Care of -- United States -- History.

(DHL Iraq), Heyrick Bond Gunning (2004). Baghdad Business School: The Challenges of a War Zone Start Up. (London, UK: Eye Books, 256 p.). Business Consultant. Gunning, Heyrick Bond; Baghdad (Iraq)--Social life and customs; Iraq War--business; Business Services. 

(DoubleClick Inc.), Kevin O'Connor with Paul B. Brown (2003). The Map of Innovation: Creating Something Out of Nothing. (New York, NY: Crown Business, 226 p.). Chairman. DoubleClick, Inc.; Technological innovations Management; Creative ability in business; Strategic planning; Corporations Growth. 

(Dun & Bradstreet), Roy A. Foulke (1941). The Sinews of American Commerce. (New York, NY: Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., 418 p.). Credit--United States. Published by Dun & Bradstreet, inc., on the occasion of its 100th anniversary, 1841-1941.

(Dun & Bradstreet), James D. Norris (1978). R. G. Dun & Co., 1841-1900: The Development of Credit-Reporting in the Nineteenth Century. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 206 p.). R.G. Dun & Company.

(Dun & Bradstreet), J. Wilson Newman with Guyon Knight III (1996). For What Do We Labor?: A Life's Values from Childhood to Chairman of Dun & Bradstreet & Beyond: J. Wilson Newman's Autobiography. (Richmond, VA: Whetstone Ventures, 264 p.). Newman, J. Wilson; Dun and Bradstreet, Inc.; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Values.

(Edison Schools Inc.), Kenneth J. Saltman (2005). The Edison Schools: Corporate Schooling & the Assault on Public Education. (New York, NY: Routledge, 192 P.). Assistant Professor of Social and Cultural Foundations in Education (DePaul University). Edison Schools Inc.--Case studies; Privatization in education--United States--Case studies; Business education--United States--Case studies. 

(Edison Schools), Chris Whittle (2005). Crash Course: Imagining the Future of American Public Education. (New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 288 p.). Founder of Edison Schools (leading charter school company) and Channel One. Edison Schools Inc.; Privatization in education--United States; Public schools--United States. 

(EDS - founded 1962), Doron P. Levin (1989). Irreconcilable Differences: Ross Perot Versus General Motors. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 357 p.). Perot, H. Ross, 1930- ; General Motors Corporation; Electronic Data Systems Corporation; Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States--Case studies.

(EDS), Todd Mason (1990). Perot: An Unauthorized Biography. (Homewood, IL: Business One Irwin, 316 p.). Perot, H. Ross, 1930- ; Businessmen--United States--Biography.

(Enterprise Rent-A-Car), Stan Burns (1997). Exceeding Expectations: The Enterprise Rent-A-Car Story. (Lyme, CT: Greenwich Pub. Group, unpaged). Enterprise Rent-A-Car--History; Automobile leasing and renting--United States--History; Lease and rental services--United States--History.

(Enterprise Rent-A-Car), Kirk Kazanjian; foreword by Andrew C. Taylor (2007). Exceeding Customer Expectations: What Enterprise, America’s #1 Car Rental Company, Can Teach Us About Creating Lifetime Customers. (New York, NY: Currency Doubleday, 256 p.). Enterprise Rent-A-Car; Customer services--United States. How Enterprise consistently outperforms, outsmarts competition; philosophy: "Take care of your customers and employees first, and the profits will follow."

(Executive Recruiting), Allan J. Cox (1973). Confessions of a Corporate Headhunter. (New York, NY: Trident Press, 189 p.). Executives--Recruiting.

(Executive Recruiting), John Wareham (1980). Secrets of a Corporate Headhunter. (New York, NY: Atheneum, 280 p.). Executives.

(Executive Recruiting), John A. Byrne (1986). The Headhunters. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 280 p.). Journalist (Business Week). Executive Recruiting. A look at the culture and conduct of the largest international executive recruiting firms.

(Executive Recruiting), Lester Korn (1988). The Success Profile: A Leading Headhunter Tells You How To Get to the Top. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 287 p.). Executive ability; Executives--Recruiting; Chief executive officers--Recruiting; Success in business; Corporate culture.

(Executive Recruiting), Stephanie Jones; foreword by Peter Parker (1989). The Headhunting Business. (Houndmills, Basingstoke, UK: Macmillan, 283 p.). Executives -- Great Britain -- Recruiting; Employment agencies -- Great Britain; Professional employees -- Great Britain -- Recruiting

(Farebrother), John Butland Smith (1999). Farebrother: A Property Business over Two Hundred Years, 1799-1999. (Stamford, UK: Shaun Tyas, 118 p.). Farebrother (Firm) -- History; Surveyors -- England -- London -- History -- 19th Century; Surveyors -- England -- London -- History -- 20th Century.

(FedEx), Robert A. Sigafoos with Roger R. Easson (1988). Absolutely Positively Overnight!: The Unofficial Corporate History of Federal Express. (Memphis, TN: St. Lukes Press, 190 p. [2nd ed.]). Federal Express Corporation; Express service--United States.

(FedEx), Vance H. Trimble (1993). Overnight Success: Federal Express and Frederick Smith, Its Renegade Creator (New York, NY: Crown, 342 p.). Smith, Fred, 1944- ; Federal Express Corporation--History; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Express service--United States--History.

(FedEx), Michael Basch (2002). Customer Culture: How Fed Ex and Other Great Companies Put the Customer First Every Day. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall PTR, 304 p.). Corporate culture; Organizational effectiveness; Quality of work life; Customer loyalty; Corporate culture--Case studies; Organizational effectiveness--Case studies.

(FedEx), Madan Birla (2005). FedEx Delivers: How the World's Leading Shipping Company Keeps Innovating and Outperforming the Competition. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 215 p.). 22-Year FedEx Employee; Managing Director and Preceptor in FedEx Leadership Institute. Federal Express Corporation--Management; Express service--Management.

(FedEx), Roger Frock (2006). Changing How the World Does Business: FedEx’s Incredible Journey to Success: The Inside Story. (San Francisco, CA: Berrett--Koehler, 250 p.). Federal Express Corporation--History; Express service--United States--History. Real-life hardships, hard-fought triumphs -  how FedEx overcame huge odds to become one of world's greatest success stories, changed way world does business.

(Fly Clean), Eddie Hinton as told to Lynne Washburn (1988). Locker Room to Boardroom: Super Bowl Player Eddie Hinton's Strategies for Tackling Life's Choices, Challenges, and Changes. (Sugar Land, TX: Candle Pub. Co., 183 p.). Founder (Fly Clean). Hinton, Eddie, 1947- ; Hinton, Eddie, 1947- ; Football players--United States--Biography; Businesspeople--United States--Biography; Football players; Businesspeople; African Americans--Biography. 

(Harlem Office Supply, Inc.), Dorothy Pitman Hughes (2000). Wake Up and Smell the Dollars! Whose Inner-City Is This Anyway!: One Woman's Struggle Against Sexism, Classism, Racism, Gentrification, and the Empowerment Zone. ( Phoenix, AZ: Amber Books, 214 p.). CEO of Harlem Office Supply, Inc. Hughes, Dorothy Pitman; African American business enterprises; Small business--United States; Enterprise zones; Women-owned business enterprises; African American businesspeople--Biography.  

(Herman Miller - origins to 1905 as Star Furniture Company in Zeeland, MI; renamed Michigan Star Furniture Company Michigan Star Furniture Company in 1909, hires D.J. De Pree as clerk (named President in 1919); renamed Herman Miller Furniture Company in 1923 when De Pree convinces his father-in-law, Herman Miller, to purchase the majority ownership),  Hugh De Pree (1986). Business as Unusual: The People and Principles at Herman Miller (Zeeland, MI: Herman Miller, 197 p.). Herman Miller, Inc.--History; Furniture industry and trade--United States--History. 

(Herman Miller), Jeffrey L. Cruikshank and Clark Malcolm (1994). Herman Miller, Inc.: Buildings and Beliefs. (Washington, DC: American Institute of Architects Press, 159 p.). Journalist. Architectural Services Marketing, Corporate Image.

(Holabird & Roche), Robert Bruegmann (1997). The Architects and the City: Holabird & Roche of Chicago, 1880-1918. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 540 p.). Chair of and Professor in the Department of Art History (University of Illinois at Chicago). Holabird & Roche(Chicago, Ill.); Chicago school of architecture (Movement); Architecture--Illinois--Chicago; Chicago (Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

(Kaplan Educational Centers), Stanley H. Kaplan with Anne Farris (2001). Stanley H. Kaplan, Test Pilot: How I Broke Testing Barriers for Millions of Students and Caused a Sonic Boom in the Business of Education. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 175 p.). Kaplan, Stanley H. (Stanley Henry), 1919- ; Kaplan Educational Centers (Firm : New York, N.Y.); Teachers--United States--Biography; Educational tests and measurements--United States.

(Kinko's), Paul Orfalea, Ann Marsh (2005). Copy This!: Lessons From A Hyperactive Dyslexic Who Turned A Bright Idea Into One Of America's Best Companies. (New York, NY: Workman Publishing Company, 248 p.). Founder, Kinko's Copies. Orfalea, Paul; Kinko's. 

(W. A. Krueger Company), Robert W. Wells and Robert A. Klaus (1974). We Have with Us Today; W. A. Krueger Co., 1934-1974. (Scottsdale, AZ: W. A. Krueger Co., 219 p.). Krueger (W. A.) Company; Scottsdale (Ariz.)--Imprints.

(Kwik-Kopy Corporation), Edited by Peggy Palmer (1981). An American Original: The Story of Kwik-Kopy Printing. (Houston, TX: D. Armstrong Co., 138 p.). Kwik-Kopy Corporation--History; Printing industry--United States--History; Printers--United States--Biography.

(Arthur D. Little, Inc. - founded 1886), E.J. Kahn, Jr. (1986). The Problem Solvers: A History of Arthur D. Little, Inc. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 234 p.). Arthur D. Little, Inc. -- History.

(Management Consulting), John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge (1996). The Witch Doctors: Making Sense of the Management Gurus. (New York, NY: Times Books, 369 p.). Business Editor. Management Editor (Economist). Industrial management; Comparative management. Assessment of the management-advice industry.

(Management Consulting), Eileen C. Shapiro (1996). Fad Surfing in the Boardroom: Managing in the Age of Instant Answers. (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 254 p.). Management.

(Management Consulting), James O'Shea and Charles Madigan (1997). Dangerous Company: The Consulting Powerhouses and the Businesses They Save and Ruin. (New York, NY: Times Business, 355 p.). Business consultants.

(Management Consulting), Stuart Crainer (1998). The Ultimate Book of Business Gurus: 110 Thinkers Who Really Made a Difference. (New York, NY: AMACOM, 314 p.). Management; Business; Executives; Business consultants.

(Management Consulting), Lewis Pinault (1999). Consulting Demons: Inside the Unscrupulous World of Global Corporate Consulting. (New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 288 p.). Ex-Boston Consulting Group, Gemini Consulting and Coopers & Lybrand. Business consultants; Business consultants--Professional ethics.

(Management Consulting), Chris Argyris (2000). Flawed Advice and the Management Trap: How Managers Can Know When They’re Getting Good Advice and When They’re Not. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 262 p.). James Bryant Conant Professor of Education and Organizational Behavior (Harvard Business School). Business consultants; Management; Error. How and why so much of today's business advice (on leadership, learning, change, employee commitment) is flawed, and how managers and executives can better evaluate advice given to their firms. 

(Management Consulting), David H. Maister, Charles H. Green and Robert M. Galford (2000). The Trusted Advisor. (New York, NY: Free Press, 240 p.). Business consultants.

(Management Consulting), Michael Ferguson (2002). The Rise of Management Consulting in Britain. (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 289 p.). Management Consulting.

(Management Consulting), eds. Matthias Kipping and Lars Engwall (2002). Management Consulting: Emergence and Dynamics of a Knowledge Industry. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 267 p.). Business consultants.

(Management Consulting), David Craig (2005). Rip-Off! The Scandalous Inside Story of the Management Consulting Money Machine. (London, UK: Original Book Co., 32o p.). Pseudonym for Neil Glass (20 years in consulting). Business consultants; Business consultants--Professional ethics. 

(Management Consulting), Martin Kihn (2005). House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time: A True Story. (New York, NY: Warner Books, 288p.). Senior Associate (Booz Allen Hamilton). Business Consultants. 

(Management Consulting), Christopher D. McKenna (2006). The World's Newest Profession: Management Consulting in the Twentieth Century. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 370 p.). University Lecturer in Management Studies (Said Business School), Fellow of Brasenose College (Oxford University). Business consultants--United States; Consulting firms--United States. How elite consulting firms expanded after U.S. regulatory changes in 1930s, changed giant corporations, nonprofits, state in 1950s, why became so influential in the global economy after 1960.

(Manpower Inc.), Louise Hodgson (1969). Elmer L. Winter, The Manpower Man. (Minneapolis, MN: Denison, 184 p.). Winter, Elmer L.; Manpower, Inc.

(James Martin Associates), Andrew Crofts (1990). An Extraordinary Business: The Story of James Martin Associates. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 183 p.). James Martin Associates; Information services industry--Great Britain; Business consultants--Great Britain.

(H. H. Martyn & Co.), Researched and Written by John Whitaker; foreword Sir Hugh Casson (1985). The Best: A History of H.H. Martyn & Co.: Carvers in Wood, Stone and Marble ... (Falmouth, UK: J. Whitaker, 360 p.). H.H. Martyn & Co. -- History; Great Britain Buildings Architecture Decorations Companies.

(McKim Mead & White), Leland M. Roth (1983). McKim, Mead & White, Architects. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 441 p.). McKim, Mead & White; Architecture--United States--19th century.

(McKim Mead & White), Richard Guy Wilson (1983). McKim, Mead & White, Architects. (New York, NY: Rizzoli, 238 p.). McKim, Mead & White; Architecture--United States--19th century; Architecture--United States--20th century.

(McKim Mead & White), Lawrence Wodehouse (1988). White of McKim, Mead, and White. (New York, NY: Garland, 294 p.). White, Stanford, 1853-1906 --Criticism and interpretation; McKim, Mead & White; Architecture--United States--19th century; Architecture--United States--20th century.

(McKinsey), Ethan M. Rasiel (1999). The McKinsey Way: Using the Techniques of the World's Top Strategic Consultants to Help You and Your Business. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 187 p.). McKinsey and Company; Business consultants; Industrial management.

(McKinsey), Ethan M. Rasiel and Paul N. Friga (2001). The McKinsey Mind: Understanding and Implementing the Problem-Solving Tools and Management Techniques of the World's Top Strategic Consulting Firm. (Chicago, IL: McGraw-Hill. McKinsey and Company; Business consultants; Industrial management.

(McKinsey), Elizabeth Haas Edersheim (2004). McKinsey's Marvin Bower: Vision, Leadership, and the Creation of Management Consulting. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 305 p.). Bower, Marvin, 1903- ; McKinsey and Company; Business consultants; Leadership; Management.

(Moody's Investors Service), John Moody (1933). The Long Road Home: An Autobiography. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 263 p.). Moody, John, 1868-1958.

(OPM Leasing), Stephen Fenichell (1985). Other People's Money: The Rise and Fall of OPM Leasing Services. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 305 p.). Computer Leases-Corrupt Practices, OPM Leasing Services.

(OPM Leasing), Robert P. Gandossy (1985). Bad Business: The OPM Scandal and the Seduction of the Establishment. (New York, NY: Basic Books, 262 p.). OPM Leasing Services; Computer leases--Corrupt practices--United States--Case studies.

(Philips Design), Ed.Stefano Marzano (2006). Past Tense, Future Sense: Competing Through Creativity: 80 Years of Design at Philips. (Amsterdam, Netherlands: BIS, 773 p.). Design Leader for Data Systems and Telecommunication Products (Philips Design). Philips Design (Firm); Philips’ Gloeilampenfabrieken; Design, Industrial--Netherlands; Design, Industrial--Netherlands--History--20th century; Design, Industrial--Netherlands--History--21st century.

(Pinkerton's), Richard Wilmer Rowan (1931). The Pinkertons; A Detective Dynasty. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 350 p.). Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884; Pinkerton, William Allan, 1846-1923; Pinkerton, Robert, 1848-1907; Detective; Crime and criminals--United States.

(Pinkerton's), James D. Horan and Howard Swiggett (1951). The Pinkerton Story. (New York, NY: Putnam, 366 p.). Pinkerton's National Detective Agency; Crime--United States.

(Pinkerton's), James D. Horan (1967). The Pinkertons; The Detective Dynasty that Made History. (New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 564 p.). Pinkerton's National Detective Agency; Private investigators--United States--History.

(Pinkerton's), Frank Morn (1982). "The Eye that Never Sleeps": A History of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 244 p.). Pinkerton's National Detective Agency; Police, Private -- United States -- History; Watchmen.

(Pinkerton's), James Mackay (1997). Allan Pinkerton: The First Private Eye. (New York, NY: Wiley, 256 p.). Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884; Pinkerton's National Detective Agency--History; Detectives--United States--Biography; Private investigators--United States--Biography.

(Pitney-Bowes), William Cahn (1961). The Story of Pitney-Bowes. (New York, NY: Harper, 262 p.). Pitney-Bowes, inc.; Postal service--Metered mail.

(Prostitution), Max Evans; introduction by Andrew Gullifor ; epilogue by Susan Berry (2002). Madam Millie: Bordellos from Silver City to Ketchikan. (Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 315 p.). Cusey, Mildred Clark; Prostitutes -- West (U.S.) -- Biography; Businesswomen -- West (U.S.) -- Biography; Prostitution -- West (U.S.).

(Railway Express Agency), Klink Garrett with Toby Smith (2003). Ten Turtles to Tucumcari: A Personal History of the Railway Express Agency. (Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 172 p.). Railway Express Agency--History; Express service--United States--History.

(Ratcliff Architects), Woodruff Minor (2006). The Architecture of Ratcliff. (Berkeley, CA: Heyday Books, 160 p.). Ratcliff Architects; Radcliffe family; Architecture--California--San Francisco Bay Area--20th century. Three generations of one company’s architects have left significant imprint on West Coast design.

(Reynolds and Reynolds), Richard H. Grant, Jr. and Teri E. Denlinger (1994). Freewheeling: 80 Years of Observations by the Patriarch of Reynolds and Reynolds. (Dayton, OH: Landfall Press, 188 p.). Grant, Richard H., 1913- ; Reynolds and Reynolds Company; Businessmen--United States--Biography.

(ServiceMaster Company), C. William Pollard (1996). The Soul of the Firm. (New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 176 p.). Former CEO, ServiceMaster. ServiceMaster Company--Management--Case studies; Management--Biblical teaching; Business--Religious aspects--Christianity. 

(ServiceMaster Company), C. William Pollard (2006). Serving Two Masters? Reflections on God and Profit. (New York, NY: Collins, 288 p.). Former CEO, ServiceMaster. Business--Religious aspects--Christianity; Business ethics; Leadership--Religious aspects--Christianity; Organizational effectiveness; Organizational behavior--Religious aspects--Christianity. 48 reflections from remarks delivered to board of directors during author's 27 years at company.

(Sperry & Hutchinson), William S. Beinecke with Geoffrey M. Kabaservice (2000). Through Mem'ry's Haze: A Personal Memoir (New York, NY: Prospect Hill Press, 569 p.). Beinecke, William Sperry; Beinecke family; Sperry and Hutchinson Company--History; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Philanthropists--United States--Biography; Trading-stamps--United States--History.

(SRDS), Kenneth H. Myers, II (1968). SRDS: The National Authority Serving the Media-Buying Function, 1919-1964. (Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 335 p.). Standard Rate & Data Service.

(Standard & Poor's), Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (1956). Henry Varnum Poor, Business Editor, Analyst, and Reformer. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 362 p.). Poor, Henry Varnum, 1812-1905; Railroads--United States--History.

(Stanford Research Institute), Weldon B. Gibson (1980). SRI, The Founding Years: A Significant Step at the Golden Time. (Los Altos, CA: Publishing Services Center, 212 p.). Stanford Research Institute--History.

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(Stern Stewart & Co.), Joel M. Stern with Irwin Ross (2003). Against the Grain: How To Succeed in Business by Peddling Heresy. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 221 p.). Founder, Stern Stewart & Co. Economic value added; Corporations--Valuation; Capital investments--Decision making; Managerial economics. 

(Think Tanks - Brookings origins to 1916), Charles B. Saunders, Jr. (1966). The Brookings Institution; A Fifty Year History. (Washington, DC: The Institution, 118 p.). Brookings Institution--History.

(Think Tanks), Paul Dickson (1971). Think Tanks. (New York, NY: Atheneum, 369 p.). Research--United States.

(Think Tanks), James Allen Smith (1991). Brookings at Seventy-Five. (Washington, DC: The Institution, 236 p.). Brookings Institution--History; Policy sciences--Research--United States--History.

(Think Tanks), Donald T. Critchlow (1985). The Brookings Institution, 1916-1952: Expertise and the Public Interest in a Democratic Society. (DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 247 p.). Brookings Institution--History.

(Think Tanks), James Allen Smith (1991). The Idea Brokers: Think Tanks and the Rise of the New Policy Elite. (New York, NY: Free Press, 313 p.). Government consultants--United States; Policy scientists--United States; Research institutes--United States.

(University of Phoenix), John Sperling (2000). Rebel with a Cause: The Entrepreneur Who Created the University of Phoenix and the For-Profit Revolution in Higher Education. (New York, NY: Wiley, 265 p.). Founder (University of Phoenix). Sperling, John G.; University of Phoenix--History; Businesspeople--United States--Biography; Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States--Case studies.

(UPS), Greg Niemann (2007). Big Brown: The Untold Story of UPS. (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 272 p.). Retired UPS Driver and Publications Editor. United Parcel Service; Express service--United States. Rags-to-riches story of reclusive UPS founder Jim Casey and the world's largest package delivery company; how small messenger service became a business giant. 

(VISA International), Dee Hock (1999). Birth of the Chaordic Age (San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 345 p.). Hock, Dee, 1929- ; Hock, Dee; VISA International--History; VISA International; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Bank credit cards--History; Consumer finance companies--History.

(Wackenhut Corporation), John Minahan (1994). The Quiet American: A Biography of George R. Wackenhut. (Westport, CT: International Publishing Group, 795 p.). Wackenhut, George R. (George Russell), 1919- ; Wackenhut Corporation--Employees--Biography; Private security services--United States--Employees--Biography; Businesspeople--United States--Biography.

(Wipro Corp.), Steve Hamm (2006). Bangalore Tiger: How Indian Tech Upstart Wipro Is Rewriting the Rules of Global Competition. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 288 p.). BusinessWeek. Wipro Corp. (India); High technology services industries--India; Information technology--India; Customer services--India; Business logistics--India. Practices, core values which catapulted this small company into worldwide market leader in 5 years. 

(Womens Business), Wendy McCarthy (2000). Don't Fence Me In. (New York, NY: Random House, 292 p.). Executive Director of Women's Business, Corporate Good Works and McCarthy Management P/L. McCarthy, Wendy; Feminists -- Australia -- Biography; Businesswomen -- Australia -- Biography.

Stephen R. Barley and Gideon Kunda (2004). Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies: Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 342 p.). Charles M. Pigott Professor of Management Science and Engineering, Co-Director of the Center for Work, Technology and Organization at (Stanford University School of Engineering); Associate Professor in the Department of Labor Studies (Tel Aviv University). Information services industry--Employees--United States--Case studies; Information technology--Employees--United States--Case studies; Electronic data processing consultants--United States--Case studies; Independent contractors--United States--Case studies; Self-employed--United States--Case studies; Temporary employees--United States--Case studies; Part-time employment--United States--Case studies. Contracting and the people who do it.

Gary A. Berg (2005). Lessons from the Edge: For-Profit and Nontraditional Higher Education in America. (Westport, CT: Praeger, 214 p.). Dean, California State University, Channel Islands. Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States; Private universities and colleges--Economic aspects--United States; Public universities and colleges--Economic aspects--United States; For-profit universities and colleges--United States. 

Jonathan Black (2006). Yes You Can!: Behind the Hype and Hustle of the Motivation Biz. (New York, NY: Bloomsbury, 228 p.). Former Managing Editor of Playboy. Motivation (Psychology); Motivational speakers; Public speaking. World of professional public speakers - hustling, encouragement, shameless self-promotion, moving self-effacement.

Larry Cuban (2004). The Blackboard and the Bottom Line: Why Schools Can't Be Businesses. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 253 p.). Business and education--United States; Public schools--United States; Educational change--United States.

David M. Henkin (2006). The Postal Age: The Emergence of Modern Communications in Nineteenth-Century America. (Chicago, IL: University Of Chicago Press, 221 p.). Associate Professor of History (University of California, Berkeley). Postal service--United States--History--19th century; Communication--Social aspects--United States. Burgeoning antebellum postal network initiated major cultural shifts during nineteenth century, laid foundation for interconnectedness that now defines world of telecommunications. 

Vicki Howard (2006). Brides, Inc.: American Weddings and the Business of Tradition. (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 288 p.). Teaches History (Hartwick College). Weddings--history; Weddings--commerce; Weddings--traditions; Bridal services. Origins and development of a $70 billion American industry.

William R. Hunt (1990). Front-Page Detective: William J. Burns and the Detective Profession, 1880-1930. (Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 222 p.). Burns, William J., 1861-1932; Private investigators--United States--Biography.

Mary Elizabeth Pansini La Haye (1988). It Started with a Nickel. (Newport Beach, CA: Nickel Publications, 107 p.). Pansini, Andrew, 1891-1958; Automobile parking--United States--History; Businesspeople--United States--Biography.

Charles Luckman (1988). Twice in a Lifetime: From Soap to Skyscrapers. (New York, NY: Norton, 416 p.). Luckman, Charles, 1909- ; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Architects--United States--Biography; United States--Biography.

Lewis Mandell (1990). The Credit Card Industry: A History. (Boston, MA: Twayne Publishers, 176 p.). Credit cards--United States--History; Consumer credit--United States--History.

Rowena Olegario (2006). A Culture of Credit: Embedding Trust and Transparency in American Business. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 288 p.). Assistant Professor of History (Vanderbilt University). Commercial credit--United States--History--19th century; Mercantile system--United States--History--19th century; Corporate image--United States--History--19th century. How 18th century business people solved problem of whom to trust, how they determined who was deserving of credit, and for how much; business system based largely on information circulating through personal networks became dependent on more formalized methods and institutions.

Steven F. Wilson (2006). Learning on the Job: When Business Takes on Public Schools. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 448 p.). Senior Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University); Founder and CEO of Advantage Schools. Privatization in education--United States; Public schools--United States--Administration. Author defends the promise of private involvement in public schooling. 

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Emily Post Institute: About Us: Emily Post http://www.emilypost.com/about/emily.htm                 Biography of writer and etiquette expert Emily Post. "After publication in 1922, her book, 'Etiquette,' topped the nonfiction bestseller list, and the phrase 'according to Emily Post' soon entered our language as the last word on the subject of social conduct." Accompanied by photos. From the institute created by Emily Post in 1946.

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