Catálogo de libros: Historia de empresas específicas/historia societaria

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  • Exits, Voices and Social Investment
    Keith Dowding / Peter John
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    23,65 €

  • The Brass
    Robert Philip Wright
    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 archbishop. It is a warm place with real British soul where good companionship is the order of the day and the best beer on e...
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    12,91 €

  • Working Knowledge
    Catherine L. Fisk / Catherine LFisk
    Skilled workers of the early nineteenth century enjoyed a degree of professional independence because workplace knowledge and technical skill were their 'property,' or at least their attribute. In most sectors of today’s economy, however, it is a foundational and widely accepted truth that businesses retain legal ownership of employee-generated intellectual property. In Working...
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    50,72 €

  • Creating Consumers
    Carolyn M. Goldstein / Carolyn MGoldstein
    Home economics emerged at the turn of the twentieth century as a movement to train women to be more efficient household managers. At the same moment, American families began to consume many more goods and services than they produced. To guide women in this transition, professional home economists had two major goals: to teach women to assume their new roles as modern consumers ...
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    60,37 €

  • The Evolution of Finance Capitalism
    George W. Edwards / George WEdwards
    2014 Reprint of Original 1938 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Edwards provides a detailed, interesting and well documented account of the development of a security capitalism whose outstanding characteristics are considered to the separation of the owner of securities from the management of enterprise and the...
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    27,36 €

  • London Citizens in 1651
    John Cudworth Whitebrook / W. Whitebrook / WWhitebrook
    Originally published in 1910, this work contains details of the various companies and their tradesmen operating in London in 1651. The following passage is part of the introduction:’The signatures contained in Harleian. M. S. 4778, are those of various of the members of twenty-two City Companies. They constitute a list earlier than any similar record of London merchants and tra...
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    13,71 €

  • The Principles of Scientific Management
    Frederick Winslow Taylor
    Frederick Winslow Taylor was an early advocate for applying ’scientific’ principles to the management of men, machines, and factories. Few realize, though, the the ’Efficiency Movement’ that he helped foment extended well beyond the factory floor. ’Efficiency’ clubs sprung up throughout the United States, and the movement found fertile soil elsewhere in the world, as well. Thes...
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    11,07 €

  • A Life Worth Living
    Michael Smurfit
    A Life Worth Living tells the story of Michael Smurfit and the company he built. From humble beginnings, through years of hard work, it documents the Smurfit Group’s seemingly inexorable growth, the challenges faced and overcome, and the many deals that continually doubled the size of the business every three or four years. It shows Michael’s ’logical opportunism’ in action, an...
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    21,49 €

  • Boy Kings
    Katherine Losse
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    14,66 €

  • Fortune’s Fool
    Fred Goodman
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    18,02 €

  • When Good Companies Go Bad
    Donald Beachler / Thomas Shevory
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    88,84 €

  • Wild Company
    Mel Ziegler / Patricia Ziegler
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    13,89 €

  • The Globalization of Wal-Mart
    Ellen Israel Rosen
    THE GLOBALIZATION OF WAL-MART is the only book that details Wal-Mart’s expansion around the world, and its methods for exploiting its workers. Covering more than 15 countries, world-wide, from North America to Europe, South America, Central America, Africa, and Asia, Professor Rosen reveals both how Wal-Mart has succeeded in becoming the largest retail multi-national corporatio...
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    16,37 €

  • Bill Gates
    Michael Becraft
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    56,43 €

  • The Cowboy and the Canal
    Carlisle / J. M. Carlisle
    Within a richly layered context, The Cowboy and the Canal probes the intrigue behind Roosevelt's decision to purchase the expiring concession, rotting machinery, and dilapidated buildings from the bankrupt French Panama Canal Company and dig the interoceanic canal in Panama instead of the favored site, Nicaragua. Drawing from primary sources-newspaper stories, editorials, polit...
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    24,09 €

  • The American Synthetic Organic Chemicals Industry
    Kathryn Steen
    Prior to 1914, Germany dominated the worldwide production of synthetic organic dyes and pharmaceuticals like aspirin. When World War I disrupted the supply of German chemicals to the United States, American entrepreneurs responded to the shortages and high prices by trying to manufacture chemicals domestically. Learning the complex science and industry, however, posed a serious...
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    60,42 €

  • How Local Politics Shape Federal Policy
    Sarah S. Elkind / Sarah SElkind
    Focusing on five Los Angeles environmental policy debates between 1920 and 1950, Sarah Elkind investigates how practices in American municipal government gave business groups political legitimacy at the local level as well as unanticipated influence over federal politics.Los Angeles’s struggles with oil drilling, air pollution, flooding, and water and power supplies expose the ...
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    47,89 €

  • Sacred Ground
    Jeff Appelquist
    In Sacred Ground, Jeff Appelquist takes us on an amazing journey of exploration and discovery to the Gettysburg and Little Bighorn battlefields. By studying these momentous events through the lens of individual leadership and team dynamics, we see that the stories from history are fascinating, the parallels to today are memorable, and the principles of leadership enduring.Histo...
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    21,16 €

  • A History of the Book in America
    Volume Two of A History of the Book in America documents the development of a distinctive culture of print in the new American republic.Between 1790 and 1840 printing and publishing expanded, and literate publics provided a ready market for novels, almanacs, newspapers, tracts, and periodicals. Government, business, and reform drove the dissemination of print. Through laws and ...
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    83,34 €

  • A History of the Book in America
    The fifth volume of A History of the Book in America addresses the economic, social, and cultural shifts affecting print culture from World War II to the present. During this period factors such as the expansion of government, the growth of higher education, the climate of the Cold War, globalization, and the development of multimedia and digital technologies influenced the pat...
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    69,31 €

  • A History of the Book in America
    Volume 3 of A History of the Book in America narrates the emergence of a national book trade in the nineteenth century, as changes in manufacturing, distribution, and publishing conditioned, and were conditioned by, the evolving practices of authors and readers. Chapters trace the ascent of the 'industrial book--a manufactured product arising from the gradual adoption of new pr...
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    69,62 €

  • A History of the Book in America
    In a period characterized by expanding markets, national consolidation, and social upheaval, print culture picked up momentum as the nineteenth century turned into the twentieth. Books, magazines, and newspapers were produced more quickly and more cheaply, reaching ever-increasing numbers of readers. Volume 4 of A History of the Book in America traces the complex, even contradi...
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    69,10 €

  • The History of Biesemeyer Boats
    Bill Biesemeyer
    Bill Biesemeyer started designing and building boats in 1949. His brother, Rusty, joined him in 1956 and they started building Biesemeyer Boats. They are best remembered for the racing-style speedboats that set speed records, but Bill and Rusty also created open deck and day cruiser boats, along with ski boats. This book follows the inception, successes, and failures of their...
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    22,65 €

  • A Life Worth Living
    Michael Smurfit
    A Life Worth Living tells the story of Michael Smurfit and the company he built. From humble beginnings, through years of hard work, it documents the Smurfit Group’s seemingly inexorable growth, the challenges faced and overcome, and the many deals that continually doubled the size of the business every three or four years. It shows Michael’s ’logical opportunism’ in action, an...
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    33,88 €

  • Level Headed
    J. Doug Pruitt / JDoug Pruitt / Richard Condit
    Level Headed takes you behind the scenes of one of the greatest business turnaround stories of the twenty-first century. Your narrators are Doug Pruitt, chairman and chief executive officer of Sundt, and Richard Condit, senior vice president and chief administrative officer. Both men led Sundt from the front lines during its darkest times, triumphing over extraordinary challeng...
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    19,51 €

  • Sushi and Fries
    Des Collins
    Cultural differences lead to conflict and misunderstanding between Asians and Europeans. Nowhere is this more evident than in the overseas subsidiary of a Japanese Corporation. In Sushi and Fries the author illustrates the difficulties faced by European employees when working in a Japanese company. He also deals with the obstacles that Japanese managers face when they are assi...
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    23,81 €

  • When Computing Got Personal
    Matt Nicholson
    This is the story of how a handful of geeks and mavericks dragged the computer out of corporate back rooms and laboratories and into our living rooms and offices. It is a tale not only of extraordinary innovation and vision but also of cunning business deals, boardroom tantrums and acrimonious lawsuits. Matt Nicholson has been a computer journalist since 1983 and has edited a n...
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    18,90 €

  • Caffeinated PDX
    Will Hutchens
    In Portland, Oregon, coffee is more than just a beverage, it is an essential part of the city's character. Under oft-gray skies, independent roasters and cafés flourish, providing a wide array of styles and tastes for discerning Portlanders to choose from. The celebrated Portland coffee culture attracts visitors from around the world, who come to explore the diverse options and...
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    15,63 €

  • General Economic History
    Max Weber / Frank H. Knight / Frank HKnight
    2013 Reprint of 1927 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Max Weber’s 'General Economic History' is based on his lecture notes and compiled shortly after his death. In this work Weber proposes an institutional theory of the rise of capitalism in the west. Unlike in his classic work on the Protestant ethic, religi...
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    21,95 €

  • Off-Topic
    G. R. Reader
    In September 2013, the Goodreads book reviewing site, which had previously operated a strict policy of free speech, began censoring reviews. The reviewers fought back, and the conflict was soon being reported in the mainstream media. This is the story of what happened, told in the protesters' own words. ...
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    6,42 €


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