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CENTURY'S BEST:
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1.
Economics - John Maynard Keynes (1936).
The General Theory of
Employment, Interest and Money. (New York, NY: Harcourt , Brace &
World, 403 p.). Economics-Monetary Policy, Interest. Classic.
2.
Work - Wiliam H. Whyte (1956).
The Organization Man. (New York,
NY: Simon & Schuster, 429 p.). Individuality, Loyalty. Classic
book on American work culture at mid-century.
3.
Corporate Governance - Adolph A.
Berle and Gardiner C. Means with a new introduction by Murray L. Weidenbaum
and Mark Jensen (1991). The
Modern Corporation and Private Property. (New Brunswick, NJ:
Transaction Publishers, 380 p. [orig. pub. 1932]). Corporations--United
States; Corporation law--United States; Corporate governance--United States.
4.
Strategy - Michael E. Porter with a new introduction by the author (1998).
Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance.
(New York, NY: Free Press, 557 p. [orig. pub. 1985]). Professor (Harvard
Business School). Competition, Industrial Management.
5.
Innovation - Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr. (1988).
In Search
of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies. (New
York, NY: Warner, 360 p. [orig. pub. 1982]). Management Consultants (McKinsey &
Co.). Industrial management--United States.
6. Wall
Street: Scandal - James B. Stewart (1991).
Den of Thieves. (New York, NY: Simon
& Schuster, 493 p.). Insider trading in securities--United States;
Investment banking--Corrupt practices--United States.
7. Mergers &
Acquisitions - (RJR Nabisco) Bryan Burrough and John Helyar (1990).
Barbarians at the
Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 528 p.).
Reporters (Wall Street Journal). RJR Nabisco (Firm); Leveraged
buyouts--United States--Case studies; Consolidation and merger of
corporations--United States--Case studies; Conglomerate corporations--United
States--Case studies.
8.
Banking - (J. P. Morgan) Ron Chernow (1991).
The House of Morgan: An American
Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance. (New York, NY: Simon
& Schuster, 812 p.). Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York--History;
Banks and banking--United States--History.
9.
Management History - Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (1977).
The Visible Hand: The Managerial
Revolution in American Business. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University
Press, 608 p.). Industrial management--United States--History;
Industrial organization--United States--History; Industries--United
States.
10.
Management History - Peter Drucker
(1986).
Managing for Results. (New York,
NY: Perennial Library, 240 p.). Professor of Management (Claremont).
Industrial management; Decision making. A management guide for all
seasons: "Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by
solving problems; "Any leadership position is likely to be transitory
and short-lived...What exists is getting old". Pertinent question for
managers: "is not how to do things right but how to find the right
things to do." Effectiveness trumps efficiency: "The only truly way to
cut costs is to cut an activity altogether. There is little point in
trying to do cheaply what should not be done at all."
11.
Computers - (Data General) Tracy Kidder (1981).
The Soul of a New Machine.
(Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 293 p.). Data General Corporation;
Computer engineering--Popular works.
12. Oil
- Daniel Yergin (1991).
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money,
and Power. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 877 p.). Chairman,
Cambridge Energy Research Associates. Petroleum industry and
trade--Political aspects--History--20th century; Petroleum industry and
trade--Military aspects--History--20th century; World War,
1914-1918--Causes; World War, 1939-1945--Causes; World politics--20th
century.
13.
Wall Street: Fundamental Analysis - Benjamin Graham and David L. Dodd (2004).
Security Analysis. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 770 p. [3rd ed.;
orig. pub. 1934]). Professor of Finance (Columbia University); born
Benjamin Grossbaum. Securities; Investments; Speculation; Securities --
United States.
14.
Automotive - (GM) Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Edited by John
McDonald, with Catharine Stevens; with a new introduction by Peter F. Drucker (1990).
My Years
at General Motors. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 472 p. [orig. pub.
1964]). Sloan, Alfred P. (Alfred Pritchard), 1875-1966; General Motors
Corporation--Management--History; Automobile industry and trade--United
States--Management--Case studies; Industrial management--United
States--Case studies.
15.
Wall Street History - Sidney Homer and Richard E. Sylla
(1996).
The History of Interest Rates. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers
University Press, 3rd ed., rev.; 688 p.). Academics (NYU). Interest Rates,
Credit. Classic.
16.
Strategy - Michael E. Porter
(1998).
Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing
Industries and Competitors. (New York, NY: Free Press, 396 p. [orig.
pub. in 1980]). Professor (Harvard Business School). Competition,
Industrial Management.
17.
Strategy - Ken'ichi Omae (1982).
The Mind of the Strategist: The Art of
Japanese Business. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 283 p.). Consultant
(McKinsey & Co.). Industrial Management, Strategy.
18. Economics
- Friedrich A. von Hayek with introduction by Milton Friedman (1944).
The Road to Serfdom. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago
Press, 50th anniversary ed., 274 p. [orig. pub. 1944]). Academic, 1974
Nobel Prize in Economics. Economic Policy, Totalitarianism.
19.
Economic Policy
- William Greider (1989).
Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal
Reserve Runs the Country (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 798
p.). Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). Federal
Reserve banks; Monetary policy--United States--History--20th century;
Banks and banking--United States--History--20th century;
Finance--United States--History--20th century.
20. Wall
Street 1980's - (Salomon Brothers) Michael M. Lewis (1989).
Liar's Poker: Rising Through
the Wreckage on Wall Street. (New York, NY: Norton, 249 p.). Lewis,
Michael (Michael M.); Salomon Brothers; Brokers--United
States--Biography; Bonds--United States.
21.
Corporate Culture - Terence E. Deal and Allan A. Kennedy (1982).
Corporate Cultures:
The Rites and Rituals of Corporate Life. (Reading, MA:
Addison-Wesley Publ. Co., 232 p.). Harvard University Professor,
McKinsey & Co. Consultant. Corporations--United States; Culture;
Organization. How corporations mold the character of employees.
22.
Shareholder Value - Alfred Rappaport (1988).
Creating Shareholder Value: A Guide for
Managers and Investors. (New York, NY: Free Press, 205 p. [rev.
and updated]. Professor of Accounting (Northwestern University).
Corporations--Valuation; Stocks--Prices; Corporate profits;
Investments--Accounting.
23.
Leadership
- Warren Bennis (2003).
On Becoming a Leader:
The Leadership Classic--Updated And Expanded. (Reading, MA: Perseus
Books, 256 p. [orig. pub. 1989]). Leadership; Leadership--Case studies.
24.
Automotive - (GM) Peter F. Drucker; with a new introduction by the author (1993).
Concept of the Corporation. (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction
Publishers, 329 p. [orig. pub. 1946]). Professor of Management
(Claremont). General Motors Corporation; Corporations;
Corporations--United States.
25.
Advertising - (Ogilvy & Mather)
David M. Ogilvy (1983).
Ogilvy on Advertising.
(New York, NY: Crown, 224 p.). Advertising.
26.
Business Growth & Influence - Thomas C. Cochran and William Miller (1961).
The Age of
Enterprise, A Social History of Industrial America. (New York, NY:
Harper, 396 p. [rev. ed.]). Benjamin Franklin Professor of History
(University of Pennsylvania). U.S. Economic Conditions, U.S. Social
Conditions.
27.
Oil - (Standard Oil) Henrietta M. Larson and Kenneth
Wiggins Porter (1959).
History of Humble Oil & Refining Company; A Study in
Industrial Growth. (New York, NY: Harper, 769 p.). Harvard
Business School, University of Oregon. Humble Oil and Refining
Company.
28.
Education & Learning - Mark H. McCormack (1984).
What They Don't Teach You at
Harvard Business School. (New York, NY: Bantam Books, 256 p.).
Founder, International Creative Management. Management, Success in
Business.
29.
Publishing - (Washington
Post) Katherine Graham (1997).
Personal History.
(New York, NY: Knopf, 642 p.). Graham, Katharine, 1917- ; Washington
post (Washington, D.C. : 1974)--History; Publishers and
publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--Washington
(D.C.)--History--20th century.
30. Drugs
- (Bayer AG), Charles C. Mann and Mark L. Plummer (1991).
The Aspirin Wars: Money, Medicine, and 100 Years of Rampant
Competition. (New York, NY: Knopf, 420 p.). Farbenfabriken vorm.
Friedrich Bayer & Co.; Farbenfabriken Bayer Aktiengesellschaft; Bayer
AG; Aspirin--Marketing--History.
31.
Wall Street-Pre-1900 - Stephen Birmingham (1967).
"Our Crowd"; The Great Jewish Families of
New York. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 404 p.). Jews--New York
(State)--New York--Social life and customs; Jewish bankers--New York
(State)--New York; Upper class--New York (State)--New York; New York
(N.Y.--Ethnic relations.
32.
Wall Street Firms - (Lehman Brothers - founded 1850 in Montgomery, AL by Henry Emanuel
and Mayer Lehman), Ken Auletta (1986).
Greed and
Glory on Wall Street: The Fall of the House of Lehman. (New York,
NY: Random House, 253 p.). Lehman Brothers; Wall Street;
Stockbrokers--United States.
33. Wall
Street Trading Panics - John Kenneth Galbraith (1979).
The Great Crash, 1929. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 206 p.).
Depressions--1929--United States; Stock Market Crash, 1929.
34. CEOs
- (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. On New York Times nonfiction best-seller list for 28 weeks a
(#1 for 7 weeks). Called archenemy of corporate bureaucracy by Ralph
Nader).
35.
Capitalists
- (Rockefeller), Ron Chernow (1998).
Titan: The Life of John D.
Rockefeller, Sr. (New York, NY: Random House, 774 p.). Social
Historian. Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937; Capitalists
and financiers--United States--Biography; Industrialists--United
States--Biography; Philanthropists--United States--Biography.
36.
Conglomerates -
(East India Company), K. N. Chaudhuri (1978). The Trading World of
Asia and the English East India Company, 1660-1760. (New York, NY:
Cambridge University Press, 628 p.). East India Company--History;
Europe--Commerce--Asia--History; Asia--Commerce--Europe--History.
37.
Agricultural Machinery - (Deere), Wayne G. Broehl, Jr. (1984).
John Deere's Company : A
History of Deere & Company and Its Times. (New York, NY:
Doubleday, 870 p.). Professor, Dartmouth College. Deere, John,
1804-1886; Deere & Company--History; Industrialists--United
States--Biography; Agricultural machinery industry--United
States--History. Classic business history.
38.
Automotive - (Chrysler), Lee A. Iacocca with William Novak (1984).
Iacocca: An
Autobiography. (New York, NY: Bantam Books, 352 p.). Former
Chairman, Chrysler Corp. of America. Iacocca, Lee A.; Automobile
industry and trade--United States--Biography; Businesspeople--United
States--Biography.
39.
Wall Street Trading Methods - Edwin Lefevre (1923).
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (New
York, NY: George H. Doran Company, 299 p.). New York Stock Exchange; Speculation.
40.
Economics - Robert L. Heilbroner (1999).
The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives,
Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers. (New York, NY:
Simon & Schuster, 365 p. [7th ed., orig. pub. 1953]).
Economists--Biography; Economics--History.
41.
Manufacturing - David A. Hounshell (1984).
From the American System to Mass
Production, 1800-1932: The Development of Manufacturing Technology in
the United States. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University
Press, 411 p.). Mass production--United States--History.
42.
Shareholder Value - William E. Fruhan, Jr. (1979).
Financial Strategy: Studies in
the Creation, Transfer, and Destruction of Shareholder Value.
(Homewood, IL: R.D. Irwin, 301 p.). Professor of Finance (Harvard
Business School). Corporations--Valuation--United States;
Stocks--Prices--United States; Corporate profits--United States; Stock
transfer--United States.
43.
Entertainment - (Columbia Pictures),
David McClintick (1982).
Indecent Exposure: A True Story of Hollywood
and Wall Street. (New York, NY: Morrow, 546 p.). Begelman, David;
Robertson, Cliff; Columbia Pictures Industries; Embezzlement--New York
(State)--New York; Motion picture actors and actresses--California--Los
Angeles; Extortion--New York (State)--New York;
Industries--California--Los Angeles; Hollywood (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--History. David Begelman, embezzler.
44.
Fashion & Beauty - (Revlon), Andrew Tobias (1976).
Fire and Ice: The Story of
Charles Revson the Man Who Built the Revlon Empire (New York, NY:
Morrow, 282 p.).
45.
Capitalists - Matthew Josephson (1934).
The Robber Barons; The Great American
Capitalists, 1861-1901. (New York, NY: Harcourt Brace, 474 p.).
Capitalists and financiers--United States; Industries--United
States--History; Railroads--United States--History.
46. Oil
- Anthony Sampson (1984).
The Seven Sisters : The Great Oil
Companies and the World They Shaped (New York, NY: Bantam Books, 403
p. [3rd. ed.]). Petroleum Industry and Trade-History
47.
Wall Street Investing Strategies - Burton G. Malkiel (2004).
A Random Walk Down Wall Street:
Completely Revised and Updated Eighth Edition. (New York, NY:
Norton, 416 p. [8th ed.; orig. pub. 1973]). Investments; Stocks.
48. Wall
Street 1920's - John Brooks (1999).
Once in Golconda: A True Drama of Wall Street,
1920-1938. (New York, NY: Wiley, 307 p. [orig. pub. 1969]). New
York Stock Exchange--History; Wall Street--History; Stock exchanges--United
States--History.
49.
Wall Street
Capitalists & Financiers - Frederick Lewis Allen (1935).
Lords of Creation. (New York,
NY: Harper & Brothers, 483 p.). Capitalists and financiers--United
States; Finance--United States--History; Wall Street;
Corporations--United States.
50.
Wall Street Firms - (Drexel Burnham), Connie Bruck (1989).
The Predators' Ball: The
Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders.
(New York, NY: Penguin, 399 p.). Milken, Michael; Drexel Burnham Lambert
Incorporated; Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States;
Junk bonds--United States; Stockbrokers--United States.
51.
Wall Street Investing Strategies - (Returns), Roger G.
Ibbotson, Rex A. Sinquefield (1989).
Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and
Inflation: Historical Returns (1926-1987). (Homewood, IL: Dow
Jones-Irwin, 202 p.). Stocks--Prices--United States;
Securities--Prices--United States; Stock price forecasting.
52.
Wall Street Trading History - Chris Welles (1975).
The Last Days of the Club (New York,
NY: Dutton, 460 p.). New York Stock Exchange.
53. Oil
- (Occidental), Edward Jay Epstein (1996).
Dossier: The Secret
History of Armand Hammer. (New York, NY: Random House, 418
p.). Hammer, Armand, 1897- ; Businesspeople--United
States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United
States--Biography; Statesmen--United States--Biography; United
States--Relations--Soviet Union; Soviet Union--Relations--United
States.
54.
Marketing - Robert D. Buzzell, Bradley T. Gale (1987).
The
PIMS Principles:
Linking Strategy to Performance. (New York, NY: Free Press, 322
p.). Marketing--Management; Strategic planning.
55.
Railroads - (Great Northern), Albro Martin (1976).
James J. Hill and the
Opening of the Northwest. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press,
676 p.). Hill, James Jerome, 1838-1916; Great Northern Railway;
Businessmen -- United States -- Biography
56.
Agricultural Machinery - (Harvester), Barbara Marsh (1985). A Corporate Tragedy: The Agony
of International Harvester Company. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 324
p.). International Harvester Company; Agricultural machinery
industry--United States.
57.
Automotive - (Ford), Robert Lacey (1986).
Ford, the Men and the Machine.
(Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 778 p.). Ford, Henry, 1863-1947; Ford
family; Ford Motor Company--History; Automobile industry and
trade--United States--Biography.
58. Finance
- ed. Joel M. Stern and Donald H. Chew, Jr. (2003).
The Revolution
in Corporate Finance. (Malden, MA: Blackwell Business, 631 p. [4th
ed.; orig. pub. 1986]). Corporations-Finance.
59.
Information Technology - Larry Downes, Chunka Mui ; [foreword by Nicholas Negroponte] (2000).
Unleashing the Killer App: Digital Strategies for Market Dominance.
(Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 243 p.). Information
technology--United States--Management; Digital communications--United
States--Management; Organizational change--United States.
60. Innovation
- Clayton M. Christensen (1997).
The Innovator's Dilemma: When New
Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. (Boston, MA: Harvard
Business School Press, 225 p.). Harvard Business School. Creative
ability in business; Industrial management; Customer services; Success
in business.
61. Leadership
- John Kotter 1990).
A Force for Change: How Leadership Differs from
Management. (New York, NY: Free Press, 180 p.). Leadership;
Industrial management; Leadership; Organization and Administration.
62.
Advertising - (Weiden & Kennedy), Randall Rothenberg (1994).
Where the Suckers
Moon: An Advertising Story. (New York, NY: Knopf, 477 p.). Weiden
& Kennedy--Case studies; Advertising--United States; Advertising
campaigns--United States; Advertising agencies--United States;
Advertising--Automobiles--United States--Case studies; Subaru
automobile--Case studies.
63.
Management History - Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (1990).
Strategy and Structure: Chapters
in the History of the Industrial Enterprise. (Cambridge, MA: MIT
Press, 463 p.). Industrial management--United States--History;
Industrial organization--United States--History; Corporations--United
States--Case studies.
64. Globalization
- Mira Wilkins (1974).
The Maturing of Multinational Enterprise:
American Business Abroad from 1914 to 1970. (Cambridge, MA:
Harvard University Press, 590 p.). Corporations, American;
International business enterprises.
65. Retail
Discount - (Wal-Mart), Sam Walton with John Huey (1992).
Sam Walton, Made
in America: My Story. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 269 p.). Walton,
Sam, 1918- ; Wal-Mart (Firm)--History; Businessmen--United
States--Biography; Millionaires--United States--Biography; Discount
houses (Retail trade)--United States--History; Rich people--United
States--Biography.
66. Marketing
- Richard S. Tedlow (1996).
New and Improved: The Story of Mass
Marketing in America. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press,
483 p.). Professor (Harvard Business School). Marketing--United
States--History; Marketing--United States--Case studies.
67. Beverages
- (Pepsi), Roger Enrico and Jesse Kornbluth (1986).
The Other Guy
Blinked: How Pepsi Won the Cola Wars. (New York, NY: Bantam, 280
p.). CEO, Pepsi. Pepsi-Cola Company; Coca-Cola Company; Soft drink
industry--United States.
68. Computers
- (Apple), John Scully with John A. Byrne (1987).
Odyssey: Pepsi
to Apple -- a Journey of Adventure, Ideas and the Future. (New
York, NY: Harper & Row, 450 p.). Computer Industry, Apple
Computer. Scully was recruited by Steve Jobs to provide management
skill for Apple's future growth. Scully later ousted Jobs, the founder
of Apple, whom he perceived as an impediment to that growth.
69. CEOs
- (Succession), Richard F. Vancil; foreword by Alonzo L. McDonald
(1987).
Passing the Baton: Managing the Process of CEO Succession.
(Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 318 p.). Executive
succession--United States; Directors of corporations--United States;
Industrial management--United States.
70. Wall Street Scandal
- (Equity Funding), Raymond L. Dirks and Leonard Gross (1974).
The
Great Wall Street Scandal. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 295 p.).
Equity Funding Corporation of America; Fraud--United States; Stock
exchanges--United States.
71. Computers
- (IBM), Paul Carroll (1993).
Big Blues: The Unmaking of IBM.
(New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 375 p.). Journalist (Wall Street
Journal). IBM, Computer Industry.
72. Broadcasting
- (CBS), Sally Bedell Smith (1990).
In All His Glory: The Life of William S. Paley, the Legendary Tycoon and
His Brilliant Circle. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 782 p.).
Paley, William S. (William Samuel), 1901- ; Columbia Broadcasting
System, inc.; Broadcasting--United States--Biography;
Businessmen--United States--Biography.
73. Chemicals
- (Du Pont), Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. and Stephen
Salsbury, with the assistance of Adeline Cook Strange (1971).
Pierre
S. Du Pont and the Making of the Modern Corporation. (New York, Y:
Harper & Row, 722 p.). DuPont, Pierre Samuel, 1870-1954; E.I. du
Pont de Nemours & Company; General Motors Corporation.
74.
Ethics - James Q. Wilson (1993).
The Moral Sense. (New York, NY: Free
Press, 313 p.). Professor of Management and Public Policy (UCLA).
Ethics; Moral development; Social ethics; Values--Psychological aspects.
75. Banking
- (Morgan), Vincent P. Carosso with the assistance of Rose C. Carosso
(1987).
The Morgans: Private International Bankers, 1854-1913.
(Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 888 p.). Morgan, Junius
Spencer, 1813-1890; Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913; J.P.
Morgan & Co.--History; Bankers--Biography; Banks and banking,
International--History.
76.
Wall Street Fiction - H. F. Saint (1987).
Memoirs of an Invisible Man. (New York,
NY: Atheneum, 396 p.). Securities analysts --Fiction;
Stockbrokers--Fiction.
77.
Consumer Non-cyclical - (Gillette), Russell B. Adams, Jr. (1978). King C. Gillette, The
Man and His Wonderful Shaving Device. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown,
311 p.). Gillette, King C. (King Camp), 1855-1932; Gillette
Company--History; Businesspeople--United States--Biography.
78.
Food - (Spice), Giles Milton (1999).
Nathaniel's Nutmeg: Or, The True and
Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of
History. (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 388 p.). Courthope,
Nathaniel; Coen, Jan Pieterszoon, 1587-1629; Nederlandsche Oost-Indische
Compagnie -- History; Spice trade -- Indonesia -- Maluku -- History --
17th century; Nutmeg industry -- Indonesia -- Maluku -- History -- 17th
century; Maluku (Indonesia) -- History; Indonesia -- History --
1478-1798.
79.
Real Estate - (Trump), Donald Trump, with Tony Schwartz (1987).
Trump: The Art
of the Deal. (New York, NY: Random House, 246 p.). Trump, Donald,
1946- ; Businessmen -- United States -- Biography; Real estate
developers -- United States -- Biography.
80.
Conglomerates -
(ITT - founded 1920 by Hernand and Sosthenes Behn), Anthony Sampson (1973).
The Sovereign State of ITT. (New York, NY: Stein & Day, 323 p.).
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation; Business and
politics -- Case studies.
81.
Internet - Tim Berners-Lee with Mark Fischetti (1999).
Weaving the Web: The
Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web by Its
Inventor. (San Francisco, CA: Harper, 226 p.). Berners-Lee, Tim;
World Wide Web (Information retrieval system)--History.
82. Law
- Paul Hoffman (1973).
Lions in the Street; the inside Story of
the Great Wall Street Law Firms. (New York, NY: Saturday Review
Press, 244 p.). Lawyers--New York (State)--New York; Law firms--New
York (State)--New York.
83.
Telecommunications - (AT&T), Steve Coll (1986).
The Deal of the Century: The Breakup of
AT&T. (New York, NY: Atheneum, 400 p.). American Telephone and
Telegraph Company--Reorganization--History; Telephone companies--United
States--History.
84.
Metals - (Alcoa), George D. Smith (1988).
From Monopoly to Competition: The
Transformations of Alcoa, 1888-1996. (New York, NY: Cambridge
University Press, 554 p.). Academic (Economics Dept., NYU). Aluminum
Industry, Aluminum Company of America.
85.
Mining - Geoffrey Wheatcroft (1986).
The Randlords: The Exploits and
Exploitations of South Africa's Mining Magnates. (New York,
NY: Atheneum, 314 p.). Gold industry--South Africa--History--19th
century; Diamond industry and trade--South Africa--History--19th
century; Capitalists and financiers--South Africa--History--19th
century; South Africa--Economic conditions--To 1918.
86.
Real Estate - (Olympia & York), Anthony Bianco (1997).
The Reichmanns: Family,
Faith, Fortune, and the Empire of Olympia & York. (New York, NY:
Times Business, 810 p.). Reichmann family; Jews--Canada--Biography;
Jews, Hungarian--Canada--Biography; Jews--Hungary--Biography; Orthodox
Judaism--Canada; Canada--Biography.
87.
Wall Street
Investing Psychology - Charles Mackay; with a foreword by Andrew Tobias
(2001).
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.
(New York, NY: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 740 p. [orig. pub. 1841)).
Impostors and imposture; Swindlers and swindling; Occultism--Early
works to 1900; Delusions; Social psychology;
Investments--Psychological aspects; Stock exchanges--Psychological
aspects.
88.
Airlines
- Thomas Petzinger, Jr. (1996).
Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits that Plunged the
Airlines into Chaos. (New York, NY: Times Books, 594 p.).
Airlines--United States--History; Aeronautics, Commercial--United
States--History; Aeronautics, Commercial--Deregulation--United
States--History.
89.
Turnarounds - (Harley-Davidson), Peter C. Reid (1990).
Well Made in America:
Lessons from Harley-Davidson on Being the Best. (New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill, 226 p.). Harley-Davidson Motor Company--Management;
Motorcycle industry--United States--Management; Corporate
turnarounds--United States--Management--Case studies.
90.
Compensation
- Graef Crystal (1991).
In Search of Excess: The Overcompensation of American
Executives. (New York, NY: Norton, 272 p.). Executives--Salaries,
etc.--United States.
91.
Wall Street Investing Strategy - Peter Lynch with John Rothchild (1989).
One up on Wall Street:
How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market (New
York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 318 p.). Investments; Stocks;
Speculation.
92.
Entertainment - (Disney), John Taylor (1987).
Storming the Magic Kingdom: Wall
Street, the Raiders, and the Battle for Disney. (New York, NY:
Knopf, 261 p.). Walt Disney Productions--Reorganization; Consolidation
and merger of corporations--United States--Case studies; Tender offers
(Securities)--United States--Case studies; Corporate
reorganizations--United States--Case studies.
93.
Wall Street Credit History - James Grant (1992).
Money of the Mind : Borrowing and Lending in
America from the Civil War to Michael Milken. (New York, NY:
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 513 p.). Credit--United States--History;
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