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Nolensville (Paperback): Beth Lothers, Vicky Travis Nolensville (Paperback)
Beth Lothers, Vicky Travis
R641 R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Save R113 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
To Pixar and Beyond - My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History (Paperback): Lawrence Levy To Pixar and Beyond - My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History (Paperback)
Lawrence Levy
R507 R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Save R91 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The revelatory saga of Pixar's rocky start and improbable success

After Steve Jobs was dismissed from Apple in the early 1990s, he turned his attention to a little-known graphics company he owned called Pixar. One day, out of the blue, Jobs called Lawrence Levy, a Harvard-trained lawyer and executive to whom he had never spoken before. He hoped to persuade Levy to help him pull Pixar back from the brink of failure.

This is the extraordinary story of what happened next: how Jobs and Levy concocted and pulled off a highly improbable plan that transformed Pixar into one of Hollywood's greatest success stories. Levy offers a masterful, firsthand account of how Pixar rose from humble beginnings, what it was like to work so closely with Jobs, and how Pixar's story offers profound lessons that can apply to many aspects of our lives.

Merchant Kings - When Companies Ruled the World, 1600--1900 (Hardcover): Stephen R. Bown Merchant Kings - When Companies Ruled the World, 1600--1900 (Hardcover)
Stephen R. Bown
R855 R705 Discovery Miles 7 050 Save R150 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Commerce meets conquest in this swashbuckling story of the six merchant-adventurers who built the modern world

It was an era when monopoly trading companies were the unofficial agents of European expansion, controlling vast numbers of people and huge tracts of land, and taking on governmental and military functions. They managed their territories as business interests, treating their subjects as employees, customers, or competitors. The leaders of these trading enterprises exercised virtually unaccountable, dictatorial political power over millions of people.

The merchant kings of the Age of Heroic Commerce were a rogue's gallery of larger-than-life men who, for a couple hundred years, expanded their far-flung commercial enterprises over a sizable portion of the world. They include Jan Pieterszoon Coen, the violent and autocratic pioneer of the Dutch East India Company; Peter Stuyvesant, the one-legged governor of the Dutch West India Company, whose narrow-minded approach lost Manhattan to the British; Robert Clive, who rose from company clerk to become head of the British East India Company and one of the wealthiest men in Britain; Alexandr Baranov of the Russian American Company; Cecil Rhodes, founder of De Beers and Rhodesia; and George Simpson, the "Little Emperor" of the Hudson's Bay Company, who was chauffeured about his vast fur domain in a giant canoe, exhorting his voyageurs to paddle harder so he could set speed records."Merchant Kings" looks at the rise and fall of company rule in the centuries before colonialism, when nations belatedly assumed responsibility for their commercial enterprises. A blend of biography, corporate history, and colonial history, this book offers a panoramic, new perspective on the enormous cultural, political, and social legacies, good and bad, of this first period of unfettered globalization.

Corporate Governance and Accountability 5e (Paperback, 5th Edition): J. Solomon Corporate Governance and Accountability 5e (Paperback, 5th Edition)
J. Solomon
R1,503 Discovery Miles 15 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Corporate Governance and Accountability presents students with a complete and current survey of the latest developments involving how a company is directed and controlled. Providing a broad research-based perspective, this comprehensive textbook examines global corporate governance systems, the role and responsibilities of the directorate, and the frameworks designed to ensure effective corporate accountability for stakeholders. A holistic approach to the subject enables students to develop a well-rounded knowledge of corporate governance theory and practice, policy documents, academic research, and current debates, issues, and trends. Now in its fifth edition, this comprehensive view of the corporate governance agenda features fully revised content that reflects new research and global developments in codes of practice and governance and accountability mechanisms. In-depth chapters contain numerous real-world case studies and compelling debate and discussion topics, exploring corporate transparency, social responsibility, boardroom diversity, shareholder activism, and many other timely issues.

Tredegar Iron Works: - Richmond's Foundry on the James (Paperback): Nathan Vernon Madison Tredegar Iron Works: - Richmond's Foundry on the James (Paperback)
Nathan Vernon Madison
R591 R494 Discovery Miles 4 940 Save R97 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Wizard of Lies - Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust (Paperback, Revised, Updated ed.): Diana B. Henriques The Wizard of Lies - Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust (Paperback, Revised, Updated ed.)
Diana B. Henriques
R557 R464 Discovery Miles 4 640 Save R93 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Henriques of "The New York Times" has written the definitive book on Madoff and his scheme, drawing on unprecedented access and more than 100 interviews, including Madoff's first interviews for publication since his arrest.

Reinventing the Wheel - A Story of Genius, Innovation, and Grand Ambition (Paperback): Steve Kemper Reinventing the Wheel - A Story of Genius, Innovation, and Grand Ambition (Paperback)
Steve Kemper
R439 R369 Discovery Miles 3 690 Save R70 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Reinventing the Wheel is the riveting, behind-the-scenes story of the enigmatic and cocksure inventor Dean Kamen and the Segway Human Transporter.

When Kamen invented the two-wheeled vehicle known to many by its code name, Ginger, he promised it would transform the face of personal transportation forever. But when this brilliant and driven inventor attempted to become an entrepreneur, a colossal power struggle ensued. Here, Steve Kemper takes you along for the wild ride. In Reinventing the Wheel, Kemper goes inside Kamen's world of technology development, where nerve and ingenuity collide with high finance and the bottom line.

Varieties of Green Business - Industries, Nations and Time (Hardcover): Geoffrey Jones Varieties of Green Business - Industries, Nations and Time (Hardcover)
Geoffrey Jones
R3,146 Discovery Miles 31 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The concept of green business originated recently, but the phenomenon has a longer history which offers many lessons for today and the future. This book provides rich new empirical evidence on green business as it examines its variation between industries and nations, and over time. It demonstrates the deep historical origins of endeavors to create for-profit businesses that were more responsible and sustainable, but also how these strategies have faced constraints, trade-offs and challenges of legitimacy. Based on extensive interviews and archives from around the world, the book asks why green business succeeds more in some contexts than others and draws lessons from failure as well as success. This book emphasizes the importance of context for explaining the choices which explain the varieties of green business. Government policies, both local and national, cultural and religious values, and national images, are amongst the contextual factors which are identified. The book's distinctiveness lies in the use of original empirical data and the fact that it considers both successful and unsuccessful cases. An unusually wide geographical scope means that it covers not only the United States and Europe, but also less studied settings, including Chile, Costa Rica, New Zealand and Japan. Scholars and students interested in environmental management; corporate social responsibility; business ethics and trust; and business and environmental history will find this an important and fascinating read.

Becoming Trader Joe - How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys (Paperback): Joe Coulombe Becoming Trader Joe - How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys (Paperback)
Joe Coulombe; As told to Patty Civalleri
R335 Discovery Miles 3 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Build an iconic shopping experience that your customers love-and a work environment that your employees love being a part of-using this blueprint from Trader Joe's visionary founder, Joe Coulombe. Infuse your organization with a distinct personality and culture that draws customers in a way that simply competing on price cannot. Joe Coulombe founded what would become Trader Joe's in the late 1960s and helped shape it into the beloved, quirky food chain it is today. Realizing early on that he could not compete and win by playing the same game his bigger competitors were playing, he decided to build a store for educated people of somewhat modest means. He brought in unusual products from around the world and promoted them in the Fearless Flyer, providing customers with background on how they were sourced and their nutritional value. He also gave the stores a tiki theme to reinforce the exotic trader ship concept with employees wearing Hawaiian shirts. In this way, Joe laid down a blueprint for other business owners to follow to build their own unique shopping experience that customers love, and a work environment that employees love being a part of. In Becoming Trader Joe, Joe shares the lessons he learned by challenging the status quo and rethinking the way a business operates. He shows readers of all types: How moving from a pure analytical approach to a more creative, problem-solving approach can drive innovation. How finding an affluent niche of passionate customers can be a better strategy than competing on price and volume. How questioning all aspects of the way you do business leads to powerful results. How to build a business around your values and identity.

The Ride Of A Lifetime - Lessons Learned From 15 Years As CEO Of The Walt Disney Company (Paperback): Robert Iger, Joel Lovell The Ride Of A Lifetime - Lessons Learned From 15 Years As CEO Of The Walt Disney Company (Paperback)
Robert Iger, Joel Lovell 1
R395 R316 Discovery Miles 3 160 Save R79 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The CEO of Disney, one of Time’s most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring the magic to life.

Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time. Morale had deteriorated, competition was intense, and technology was changing faster than at any time in the company’s history. His vision came down to three clear ideas: Recommit to the concept that quality matters, embrace technology instead of fighting it, and think bigger—think global—and turn Disney into a stronger brand in international markets.

Fourteen years later, Disney is the largest, most respected media company in the world, counting Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox among its properties. Its value is nearly five times what it was when Iger took over, and he is recognized as one of the most innovative and successful CEOs of our era.

In The Ride Of A Lifetime, Robert Iger shares the lessons he’s learned while running Disney and leading its 200,000 employees, and he explores the principles that are necessary for true leadership, including:

  • Optimism. Even in the face of difficulty, an optimistic leader will find the path toward the best possible outcome and focus on that, rather than give in to pessimism and blaming.
  • Courage. Leaders have to be willing to take risks and place big bets. Fear of failure destroys creativity.
  • Decisiveness. All decisions, no matter how difficult, can be made on a timely basis. Indecisiveness is both wasteful and destructive to morale.
  • Fairness. Treat people decently, with empathy, and be accessible to them.

This book is about the relentless curiosity that has driven Iger for forty-five years, since the day he started as the lowliest studio grunt at ABC. It’s also about thoughtfulness and respect, and a decency-over-dollars approach that has become the bedrock of every project and partnership Iger pursues, from a deep friendship with Steve Jobs in his final years to an abiding love of the Star Wars mythology.

Denholms - The Story of Worcester's Premier Department Store (Paperback): Christopher Sawyer, Patricia A Wolf Denholms - The Story of Worcester's Premier Department Store (Paperback)
Christopher Sawyer, Patricia A Wolf
R563 R463 Discovery Miles 4 630 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wild Ride - The Rise and Fall of Calumet Farm Inc., America's Premier Racing Dynasty (Paperback): Ann Hagedorn Auerbach Wild Ride - The Rise and Fall of Calumet Farm Inc., America's Premier Racing Dynasty (Paperback)
Ann Hagedorn Auerbach
R734 R616 Discovery Miles 6 160 Save R118 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In its heyday, Calumet Farm dominated the sport of kings, but during the 1980s, the high-stakes business that had developed around its blueblood roots began to unravel. "Race fans will love the book, of course, but so will anybody interested in recent cultural history, for Wild Ride is as much about 1980s greed as it is about horses".--Los Angeles Times.

Dot.Con - How America Lost Its Mind and Money in the Internet Era (Paperback, Perennial ed.): John Cassidy Dot.Con - How America Lost Its Mind and Money in the Internet Era (Paperback, Perennial ed.)
John Cassidy
R479 R399 Discovery Miles 3 990 Save R80 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Internet stock bubble wasn't just about goggle-eyed day traderstrying to get rich on the Nasdaq and goateed twenty-five-year-olds playing wannabe Bill Gates. It was also about an America that believed it had discovered the secret of eternal prosperity: it said something about all of us, and what we thought about ourselves, as the twenty-first century dawned. John Cassidy's Dot.con brings this tumultuous episode to life. Moving from the Cold War Pentagon to Silicon Valley to Wall Street and into the homes of millions of Americans, Cassidy tells the story of the great boom and bust in an authoritative and entertaining narrative. Featuring all the iconic figures of the Internet era -- Marc Andreessen, Jeff Bezos, Steve Case, Alan Greenspan, and many others -- and with a new Afterword on the aftermath of the bust, Dot.con is a panoramic and stirring account of human greed and gullibility.

The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison - *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison (Paperback): Mike Wilson The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison - *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison (Paperback)
Mike Wilson
R467 R394 Discovery Miles 3 940 Save R73 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Market Mover - Lessons from a Decade of Change at NASDAQ (Paperback): Robert Greifeld Market Mover - Lessons from a Decade of Change at NASDAQ (Paperback)
Robert Greifeld
R438 R362 Discovery Miles 3 620 Save R76 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Robert Greifeld was CEO of NASDAQ for over a decade, during which time it was named Company of the Year, ranked one of the best performing companies in the U.S., included in Fortune's annual list of 100 fastest growing companies and shares of the company's stock rose a whopping 800%.

In Market Mover, Bob looks at the headline-making events that took place while he was at the helm from the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the financial crisis of 2008, to Facebook's disastrous IPO and the Bernie Madoff scandal. He takes you exclusively behind the headlines using them as jumping off points for lessons that can be applied to any business, including jumpstarting change, working with technology, finding the best people, and adapting to globalization.

God, Guts, and Gallantry - The Faith, Courage, and Accomplishments of Major James Lide Coker (Paperback): Will Joslin God, Guts, and Gallantry - The Faith, Courage, and Accomplishments of Major James Lide Coker (Paperback)
Will Joslin
R688 R580 Discovery Miles 5 800 Save R108 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kochland - The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America (Paperback): Christopher Leonard Kochland - The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America (Paperback)
Christopher Leonard
R643 R551 Discovery Miles 5 510 Save R92 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Faster, Higher, Farther - How One of the World's Largest Automakers Committed a Massive and Stunning Fraud (Paperback):... Faster, Higher, Farther - How One of the World's Largest Automakers Committed a Massive and Stunning Fraud (Paperback)
Jack Ewing
R474 R394 Discovery Miles 3 940 Save R80 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Faster, Higher, Farther chronicles a corporate scandal that rivals those at Enron and Lehman Brothers-one that will cost Volkswagen more than $22 billion in fines and settlements. Through meticulous reporting, New York Times correspondent Jack Ewing documents why VW felt compelled to install "defeat devices" in diesel vehicles that unlawfully lowered CO2 levels during emissions testing, and how the fraud was committed, covered up, and finally detected. Faster, Higher, Farther is a briskly written account of unrivaled corporate greed. Updated with the latest information and a new afterword by the author.

Kaufmann's - The Big Store in Pittsburgh (Paperback): Letitia Stuart Savage Kaufmann's - The Big Store in Pittsburgh (Paperback)
Letitia Stuart Savage
R572 R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Save R99 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Marvel Studios Story - How a Failing Comic Book Publisher Became a Hollywood Superhero (Paperback): Charlie Wetzel,... The Marvel Studios Story - How a Failing Comic Book Publisher Became a Hollywood Superhero (Paperback)
Charlie Wetzel, Stephanie Wetzel
R280 R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Save R56 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

What can you learn from the world's most successful companies? Marvel characters have been shaping pop culture for decades and when comic books were no longer keeping the company afloat, Marvel Studios was born. Marvel Studios is the multibillion-dollar home to iconic franchises. They are known for creating brilliant multilayered worlds and storylines that allow their audiences to escape into a fantasy and inspire the creative side of every viewer. But, behind those visionaries is a well-oiled storytelling machine dedicated to getting the Hulk's smash fists in the hands of every child and a sea of Spiderman costumes deployed every Halloween. The Marvel Studios Story educates you on how one of the largest creative companies in the planetary universe runs their business and keeps their fans and their parent company, Disney, counting the profits. Through the story of Marvel Studios, you'll learn: How to recognize and pursue additional revenue streams. How a company can successfully balance the creative with business to appease investors and fans alike. And how to keep a decades-old superhero franchise new and exciting without losing sight of its roots. The Marvel Studios Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled a struggling comic book publisher to parlay the power of myth and storytelling to become one of history's most successful movie studios.

Scott Lithgow - Deja Vu All Over Again! The Rise and Fall of a Shipbuilding Company (Paperback, illustrated edition): Lewis... Scott Lithgow - Deja Vu All Over Again! The Rise and Fall of a Shipbuilding Company (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Lewis Johnman, Hugh Murphy
R985 Discovery Miles 9 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Ride of a Lifetime - Lessons in Creative Leadership from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company (Hardcover): Robert Iger The Ride of a Lifetime - Lessons in Creative Leadership from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company (Hardcover)
Robert Iger 1
R614 R501 Discovery Miles 5 010 Save R113 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'One of the best business books I've read in years.' BILL GATES THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 _____________________________ The CEO of Disney, one of Time's most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring the magic to life. Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time. Morale had deteriorated, competition was intense, and technology was changing faster than at any time in the company's history. His vision came down to three clear ideas: Recommit to the concept that quality matters, embrace technology instead of fighting it, and think bigger-think global-and turn Disney into a stronger brand in international markets. Fourteen years later, Disney is the largest, most respected media company in the world, counting Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox among its properties. Its value is nearly five times what it was when Iger took over, and he is recognized as one of the most innovative and successful CEOs of our era. In The Ride of a Lifetime, Robert Iger shares the lessons he's learned while running Disney and leading its 200,000 employees, and he explores the principles that are necessary for true leadership, including: Optimism. Even in the face of difficulty, an optimistic leader will find the path toward the best possible outcome and focus on that, rather than give in to pessimism and blaming. Courage. Leaders have to be willing to take risks and place big bets. Fear of failure destroys creativity. Decisiveness. All decisions, no matter how difficult, can be made on a timely basis. Indecisiveness is both wasteful and destructive to morale. Fairness. Treat people decently, with empathy, and be accessible to them. 'Bob Iger has not only lived up to ninety-six years of groundbreaking history but has moved the Disney brand far beyond anyone's expectations, and he has done it with grace and audacity. This books shows you how that happened.' STEVEN SPIELBERG

The Microsoft Story - How the Tech Giant Rebooted Its Culture, Upgraded Its Strategy, and Found Success in the Cloud... The Microsoft Story - How the Tech Giant Rebooted Its Culture, Upgraded Its Strategy, and Found Success in the Cloud (Paperback)
Dan Good
R310 R248 Discovery Miles 2 480 Save R62 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Imagine if you could see the playbook that returned a struggling tech empire to the top of the tech leaderboard. The Microsoft Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled the tech company to once again become a leading tech innovator. It wasn't so long ago that Microsoft and its Windows operating system dominated the tech industry so much so that they faced antitrust charges for what was perceived by many to be predatory, monopolistic practices. Less than a decade later, the tide had turned and Microsoft lost its dominance in the personal tech marketplace amidst the launch of the iPhone, the rise of Google, and the cloud computing phenomenon. But, now, Microsoft is back on top. The company's value is soaring and once again Microsoft is being recognized as a tech leader once again. What changed? Since Satya Nadella took over as CEO, the company has gone through significant changes. The company culture has become one of creativity and innovation, no longer requiring that all products revolve around Windows. The company has reevaluated their business lines, getting rid of underperforming initiatives such as smartphones, and focused on the area of growth where the company excelled:the cloud. Through the story of Microsoft, you'll learn: How to build a nimble company culture that supports innovation and growth. How to return a forgotten brand to the spotlight. How to recognize and build upon successful business lines, while letting go of underperforming initiatives. When to change the entire way you do business. And much, much more.

Devil Take the Hindmost - A History of Financial Speculation (Paperback): Edward Chancellor Devil Take the Hindmost - A History of Financial Speculation (Paperback)
Edward Chancellor 1
R550 R464 Discovery Miles 4 640 Save R86 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Is your investment in that new Internet stock a sign of stock market savvy or an act of peculiarly American speculative folly? How has the psychology of investing changed--and not changed--over the last five hundred years? Edward Chancellor examines the nature of speculation--from medieval Europe to the Tulip mania of the 1630s to today's Internet stock craze. A contributing writer to The Financial Times and The Economist, looks at both the psychological and economic forces that drive people to "bet" their money in markets; how markets are made, unmade, and manipulated; and who wins when speculation runs rampant. Drawing colorfully on the words of such speculators as Sir Isaac Newton, Daniel Defoe, Ivan Boesky, and Hillary Rodham Clinton, Devil Take the Hindmost is part history, part social science, and purely illuminating: an erudite and hugely entertaining book that is more timely today than ever before.

For Profit - A History of Corporations (Hardcover): William Magnuson For Profit - A History of Corporations (Hardcover)
William Magnuson
R854 R708 Discovery Miles 7 080 Save R146 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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