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Counter-Cola charts the history of one of the world's most
influential and widely known corporations, The Coca-Cola Company.
Over the past 130 years, the corporation has sought to make its
products, brands, and business central to daily life in over 200
countries. Amanda Ciafone uses this example of global capitalism to
reveal the pursuit of corporate power within the key economic
transformations-liberal, developmentalist, neoliberal-of the
twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Coca-Cola's success has not
gone uncontested. People throughout the world have redeployed the
corporation, its commodities, and brand images to challenge the
injustices of daily life under capitalism. As Ciafone shows,
assertions of national economic interests, critiques of cultural
homogenization, fights for workers' rights, movements for
environmental justice, and debates over public health have obliged
the corporation to justify itself in terms of the common good,
demonstrating capitalism's imperative to either assimilate
critiques or reveal its limits.
The history of Krupp is the history of modern Germany. No
company symbolized the best and worst of that history more than the
famous steel and arms maker. In this book, Harold James tells the
story of the Krupp family and its industrial empire between the
early nineteenth century and the present, and analyzes its
transition from a family business to one owned by a nonprofit
foundation.
Krupp founded a small steel mill in 1811, which established the
basis for one of the largest and most important companies in the
world by the end of the century. Famously loyal to its highly paid
workers, it rejected an exclusive focus on profit, but the company
also played a central role in the armament of Nazi Germany and the
firm's head was convicted as a war criminal at Nuremberg. Yet after
the war Krupp managed to rebuild itself and become a symbol of
Germany once again--this time open, economically successful, and
socially responsible.
Books on Krupp tend to either denounce it as a diabolical
enterprise or celebrate its technical ingenuity. In contrast, James
presents a balanced account, showing that the owners felt
ambivalent about the company's military connection even while
becoming more and more entangled in Germany's aggressive politics
during the imperial era and the Third Reich.
By placing the story of Krupp and its owners in a wide context,
James also provides new insights into the political, social, and
economic history of modern Germany.
The first and only "virtual gallery" with all or almost all the
models produced by the Maranello firm from 1947 to the present day,
drawn by an artist of the calibre of Giorgio Alisi. Detailed
technical files and texts by Leonardo Acerbi, an established
historian of the marque, complete this unique overview of the
Prancing Horse and its history. First published in the mid-2000s
and reprinted on a number of occasions, Ferrari All the cars
reviews, model by model, all the most significant cars produced by
the Maranello firm from 1947 to the present day. From the Auto Avio
Costruzioni of 1940, the Ferrari precursor, to the 125 S, the first
car to carry the Prancing Horse badge and the Ferrari name, through
to the latest Portofino, the reader explores unforgettable icons of
automotive history. Among them, to mention but a few, are models
such as the 250 GTs, the Testa Rossa, the 250 GTO, the 250 Le Mans
and the 275 GTB , through to the latest creations, the FF, 488 GTB,
California and GTC4 Lusso, by way of the 365 GTB/4 "Daytona", 512
BB, 308 GTB and many others. Then, naturally, there are all the F1
single-seaters from 1950 to the present day, those that have
permitted the Prancing Horse to win 15 World Driver's Championships
and 16 Constructors' titles, and the unforgettable Sports cars and
Prototypes, undisputed protagonists for years in the enthralling
endurance classics such as the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Targa
Florio. The files on each model are complemented by an accompanying
image, brief but pertinent contextual texts and detailed technical
specifications. Ferrari All the cars is a unique book allowing you
to have a complete history of Ferrari and its unforgettable cars
always to hand, an authentic vademecum of the Maranello firm.
A book about fashion, this volume tells the story of the elegant
luxury fabrics of Taroni, who since 1880 have produced fabrics of
the highest quality, combining craftsmanship, technology,
creativity, and experimentation along the way. A detailed account
of the company s history is accompanied by lush images as well as
interviews and texts from leading creative figures such as
Gianfranco Ferre, Roberto Capucci, Alber Elbaz, and other top
fashion designers who have worked with Taroni. A virtuous example
of Made in Italy where the synergy between technical research and
creative work leads to excellent results exported all over the
world.
The Chicago Food Encyclopedia is a far-ranging portrait of an
American culinary paradise. Hundreds of entries deliver all of the
visionary restauranteurs, Michelin superstars, beloved haunts, and
food companies of today and yesterday. More than 100 sumptuous
images include thirty full-color photographs that transport readers
to dining rooms and food stands across the city. Throughout, a
roster of writers, scholars, and industry experts pays tribute to
an expansive--and still expanding--food history that not only
helped build Chicago but fed a growing nation. Pizza. Alinea.
Wrigley Spearmint. Soul food. Rick Bayless. Hot Dogs. Koreatown.
Everest. All served up A-Z, and all part of the ultimate reference
on Chicago and its food.
Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet. Hovis, as good for you today as
it's always been. Heineken refreshes the parts other beers cannot
reach. These are three of the most famous advertising campaigns
ever produced, and all the work of Collett, Dickenson, Pearce &
Partners. There was something in the air at CDP that made it
special. Some compared it with being in the Beatles. Others said it
was like playing for a football club at the top of the Premier
League. Certainly, CDP possessed an ethos driven by an unshakeable
belief in creativity: the new, the brilliant, the witty and the
vital. It was relentless in its search for ideas that not only
contributed to the success of its clients, but also to the
happiness of the nation. CDP commercials became as much a part of
the fabric of British popular culture as Fawlty Towers, The Two
Ronnies and Eric and Ernie. In 2012, at an evening to mark the 50th
anniversary of Design & Art Direction, CDP won yet another
award - for being the 'most awarded agency' of the last 50 years.
This book tells the story of the ads that won these awards: how
they were conceived and the men and women who dreamed them up.
Whether you are a student of advertising, work in the business, or
are simply a member of the public who remembers these ads with
fondness, this book will entertain you.
One of the world's largest sellers of footwear, the Bata Company of
Zlin, Moravia has a remarkable history that touches on crucial
aspects of what made the world modern. In the twilight of the
Habsburg Empire, the company Americanized its production model
while also trying to Americanize its workforce. It promised a
technocratic form of governance in the chaos of postwar
Czechoslovakia, and during the Roaring Twenties, it became
synonymous with rationalization across Europe and thus a flashpoint
for a continent-wide debate. While other companies contracted in
response to the Great Depression, Bata did the opposite, becoming
the first shoe company to unlock the potential of globalization. As
Bata expanded worldwide, it became an example of corporate national
indifference, where company personnel were trained to be able to
slip into and out of national identifications with ease. Such
indifference, however, was seriously challenged by the geopolitical
crisis of the 1930s, and by the cusp of the Second World War, Bata
management had turned nationalist, even fascist. In the Kingdom of
Shoes unravels the way the Bata project swept away tradition and
enmeshed the lives of thousands of people around the world in the
industrial production of shoes. Using a rich array of archival
materials from two continents, the book answers how Bata's rise to
the world's largest producer of shoes challenged the nation-state,
democracy, and Americanization.
This book is about the company culture that helped drive Arm
Limited's spectacular growth to become the world's leading
semiconductor Intellectual Property (IP) company. Its extremely
power-efficient processor technology has been licensed to hundreds
of semiconductor chip manufacturers and Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs). Arm is still largely unknown to the broader
public, yet Arm's technology is nearly ubiquitous and has been a
foundational building block of the global rise of the smartphone.
Arm-based microprocessors power over 95% of the world's mobile
phones. However, this book is not about technology. It's about how
a company grew from being a small start-up in Cambridge, UK with 12
people and a GBP1.75m cash investment to a global organization with
over 5,000 employees in over 50 countries and more than $1.5bn
revenue in 2016 when SoftBank acquired it for $32bn. Arm Limited
was founded as Advanced RISC Machines in November 1990, a joint
venture between a British computer manufacturer, Acorn Computers
Limited and its much larger US competitor, Apple Computers Inc. The
purpose of the new venture was to develop and proliferate the
uniquely power-efficient and high-performance RISC-based
microprocessor technology that had been developed several years
earlier by Acorn. Using first-hand interviews with founders and the
author's knowledge, this book charts some of the key people
involved in the birth of the technology and the company Advanced
RISC Machines. It considers how their behaviors and decisions led
to the creation of the licensing business model and the strategy
that underpinned Arm's later success. This book reveals some of the
layers that help explain how the combination of culture, strategy
and execution built the world's leading semiconductor IP company.
It provides insight into ten essential ingredients of Arm's
success, including the company's unique proposition, how the early
business model and strategy were formed, the creation and evolution
of the winning culture, the ecosystem of shared success and how Arm
stayed unified throughout a period of extraordinary growth. The
purpose of the book is to help readers create a culture of
inclusiveness, collaboration and innovation within their own
organizations. The book provides examples from Arm's history which
should provide inspiration and guidance for making the necessary
changes to enable a winning culture. Additional details of interest
to history lovers include the stories behind the BBC Microcomputer
prototype, the Acorn RISC Machine microprocessor development,
Advanced RISC Machines' creation, the partnership-focused licensing
business model's development, the nearly lost design-win at Nokia
for their new GSM mobile, the 20+ billion selling Cortex (R)-M
product that almost didn't happen and the battle for smartphones
and tablets with Intel. www.culturewon.com
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