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“prof colin mayer”

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  • Firm Commitment

    Why the corporation is failing us and how to restore trust in it

    by Prof Colin Mayer ...
    The corporation is one of the most important and remarkable institutions in the world. It affects all our lives continuously. It feeds, entertains, houses and, employs us. It generates vast amounts of revenue for those who own it and it invests a substantial proportion of the wealth that we possess. But the corporation is also the cause of immense problems and suffering, a source of poverty and ... Read more

    $11.89 CAD

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  • Since Yesterday

    The 1930s in America, September 3, 1929–September 3, 1939

    by Frederick Lewis Allen ...
    A "wonderfully written account of America in the '30s," the follow-up to Only Yesterday examines Black Tuesday through the end of the Depression ( The New York Times).Wall Street Journal BestsellerOpening on September 3, 1929, in the days before the stock market crash, this information-packed volume takes us through one of America's darkest times all the way to the light at the end of the tunnel ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance

    How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance

    by Jane Gleeson-White ...
    “A timely, topical, readable, and thought-provoking look at the history and legacy of double-entry bookkeeping.”—Elif Batuman, author of The PossessedFilled with colorful characters and history, Double Entry takes us from the ancient origins of accounting in Mesopotamia to the frontiers of modern finance. At the heart of the story is double-entry bookkeeping: the first system that allowed ... Read more

    $18.29 CAD

  • DisneyWar

    by James B. Stewart ...
    The dramatic inside story of the downfall of Michael Eisner—Disney Chairman and CEO—and the scandals that drove America’s best-known entertainment company to civil war.“When You Wish Upon a Star,” “Whistle While You Work,” “The Happiest Place on Earth”—these are lyrics indelibly linked to Disney, one of the most admired and best-known companies in the world. So when Roy Disney, chairman of Walt ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Company

    A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea

    by John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge ...
    Series series Modern Library Chronicles
    From the acclaimed authors of A Future Perfect comes the untold story of how the company became the world’s most powerful institution.Like all groundbreaking books, The Company fills a hole we didn’t know existed, revealing that we cannot make sense of the past four hundred years until we place that seemingly humble Victorian innovation, the joint-stock company, in the center of the frame.With ... Read more

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  • The Secret Club That Runs the World

    Inside the Fraternity of Commodity Traders

    by Kate Kelly ...
    “Commodity players are a shrewd and indomitable lot. And the contracts they trade are still so loosely regulated that the correct combination of money and skill creates irresistible opportunity. That’s why I’m only half joking when I call them the secret club that runs the world.”When most people think of the drama of global finance, they think of stocks and bonds, venture capital, high-tech IPOs, ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Faster, Higher, Farther

    How One of the World's Largest Automakers Committed a Massive and Stunning Fraud

    by Jack Ewing ...
    “A rich history of a company whose cars, for better and worse, have touched millions of lives, a character study of a brilliant but deeply flawed leader, and a case study in how a corporate culture can turn toxic.” —Bethany McLean, New York Times Book ReviewFaster, Higher, Farther chronicles a corporate scandal that rivals those at Enron and Lehman Brothers—one that will cost Volkswagen more than ... Read more

    $18.19 CAD

  • Inside Job

    The Looting of America's Savings and Loans

    by Stephen Pizzo, Mary Fricker, Paul Muolo ...
    Series Book 16 - Forbidden Bookshelf
    New York Times Bestseller: A history of the S&L scandal that caused a financial disaster for American taxpayers: "Hard to put down" ( Library Journal).For most of the 20th century, savings and loans were an invaluable thread of the American economy. But in the 1970s, Congress passed sweeping financial deregulation at the insistence of industry insiders that allowed these once quaint and useful ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Serpent on the Rock

    by Kurt Eichenwald ...
    A real-life thriller—the story of kickbacks and payoffs, of shady deals struck in secret with known felons; a story in which half a million people lose enormous sums—some their life’s savings—in the largest securities fraud of the 1980s, with names like Onassis and Bush numbered among the victims. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Berkshire Beyond Buffett

    The Enduring Value of Values

    by Lawrence A. Cunningham ...
    A profile of Berkshire Hathaway, the keys to its success, and how it can survive beyond its iconic chairman and CEO, Warren Buffett.In a comprehensive portrait of the corporate culture that unites Berkshire's subsidiaries, Lawrence Cunningham unearths the traits that assure the conglomerate's perpetual prosperity. Riveting stories of each subsidiary's origins, triumphs, and journey to Berkshire ... Read more

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  • Political Governance in Post-Genocide Rwanda

    by Filip Reyntjens ...
    Filip Reyntjens's book analyzes political governance in post-genocide Rwanda and focuses on the rise of the authoritarian Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). In the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the RPF has employed various means - rigged elections, elimination of opposition parties and civil society, legislation outlawing dissenting opinions, and terrorism - to consolidate power and ... Read more

    $34.39 CAD

  • Business Philosophy according to Enzo Ferrari

    by Patrick Henz ...
    “An inspiration for managers, leaders and everybody interested in Enzo Ferrari's life.”Born 1898 in the Northern-Italian city of Modena, Enzo Ferrari lived his dream and founded the world’s most famous sports car manufacturer. This book analyzes how he achieved his goals by what are considered to be modern concepts. Or were leadership theories, emotional intelligence, business ethics, client ... Read more

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