Titoli in Business

Am Silvesterabend 1998, an der Schwelle zum neuen Millennium, beginnt nicht nur der zweite Teil seiner Biografie, sondern auch Bransons zweites Leben - zwei Jahrzehnte, voll mit noch mehr Höhen und Tiefen, Rekorden und Grenzüberschreitungen. Doch es sind nicht nur die Höhenflüge, an denen Branson den Leser teilhaben lässt. "Wenn jemand sein Leben als eine einzige lange Erfolgsgeschichte beschreibt, wird das Buch niemand gern lesen. Außerdem ist derjenige wahrscheinlich ein Lügner."

Dies ist die außergewöhnliche Geschichte von Sam Walton, eines mutigen Unternehmers, der Anfang der 1960er durch die Gründung von Walmart die Welt der Supermärkte und Einzelhändler aus den Angeln hob - lange vor Amazon. In Sam Walton verschafft er den Lesern einen einzigartigen Einblick in seine Karriere, die ihresgleichen sucht: seinem Werdegang zum Handelskönig des späten zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts.

Ferdinand Porsches Nachkommen kontrollieren die weltweit profitabelste Autofabrik, die Porsche AG in Stuttgart, und den größten Autohändler Europas, die Porsche Holding in Salzburg - zusammen 18 Milliarden Euro Umsatz. Und sie halten indirekt das größte Aktienpaket an der Volkswagen AG. Dieses Hörbuch ist die erste umfassende Familiengeschichte der Porsches und Piëchs. Auf Basis von Gesprächen mit Familienmitgliedern gewährt es Einblicke in das komplizierte Machtgefüge des Auto-Clans.

The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to beat the dealer and, as the first of the great quantitative investors, ushered in a revolution on Wall Street. A child of the Great Depression, legendary mathematician Edward O. Thorp invented card...

In this “intimate celebration of queerness”, readers will meet the LGBTQ+ heroes who are changing the world on step at a time (OUT Magazine). Collecting deeply personal conversations with inspirational LGBTQ+ trailblazers (from Troye Sivan to Margaret Cho) about how they leveraged the...

In the early twentieth century, young Ganga Bhishan Agarwal, aka Haldiram, gained a reputation for making the best bhujia in town. Fast-forward a century and the Haldiram’s empire has a revenue much greater than that of McDonald’s and Domino’s combined. In Bhujia Barons, Pavitra Kumar...

From career coach and founder of the startup Ladies Get Paid—the eponymous organization leading the fight for equality in the workplace—comes a “powerful call to action” (Reshma Saujani, CEO and author of Brave, Not Perfect) that provides the tools you need to strategically navigate the...

The Scottish-born son of a failed weaver and a mother who supported the family by binding shoes, Andrew Carnegie was the embodiment of the American dream. In his rise from a job as a bobbin boy in a cotton factory to being the richest man in the world, he was single-minded, relentless and a major player in some of the most violent and notorious labor strikes of the time. The prototype of today's billionaire, he was a visionary in the way he earned his money and in the way he gave it away.

Leading with heart, authenticity, and purpose, Thomas Vozzo provides a clear path to a new bottom line—including 55 rules to break—bringing The Homeboy Way to life as the perfect antidote to the massive tidal currents of social injustice and inequities. By every traditional measurement of success, Vozzo was a clear winner. Then, through a series of fateful events, Vozzo landed as CEO of Homeboy Industries, the most successful gang intervention, rehabilitation, and reentry program in the country, founded by Jesuit priest Greg Boyle.

Em Tudo ou nada, Malu Gaspar revela os bastidores, segredos e modus operandi do grupo X, de seu nascimento à bancarrota, e radiografa a excêntrica biografia de seu criador. Esta reedição do best-seller é acrescida de posfácio inédito. A história do império de Eike Batista, figura desde sempre controversa pela impetuosidade — ou temeridade — de seus projetos, é matéria de extensa investigação jornalística em Tudo ou nada.

One of the great economists of the 20th century, Milton Friedman has always challenged the prevailing economic orthodoxy. At the same time, his work has become popular because it is engagingly written and because it helps in practical prediction. Thanks to Friedman, money is now regarded as a far more powerful factor than it had been before. It offers the prospect of permanently controlling the inflation that has become the most important economic problem of our age.

Buckle up and get ready for a raw, unfiltered ride as Josh Goodman goes from being a guy who couldn't get a drink in a busy bar to building a multimillion-dollar technology company that lets guests pour their own beer, wine, and cocktails and pay by the ounce. Travel with Goodman to Ireland, where he spent a week driving around the entire country to secure his first business partners—who eventually tried to put him out of business. Then, visit northern Austria and discover how he landed the deal that brought his business back to life.

Ken Pasternak’s distinguished career as a banker, management consultant, executive educator, author, and keynote speaker has provided a wealth of experience with people and organizations internationally. In this book, he shares some of the most memorable stories from his wide-ranging travels and his many encounters with celebrities, and draws out truths that still apply today in both life and business. From leadership to life skills, culture to kindness, these are stories that will make you laugh and make you think, and might just change your perspective on life.

If many of your organizations have become more democratic, more resilient, more adaptable, and more transparent, it is because Warren Bennis has provided much of the intellectual and ethical fuel over the past half-century to our most influential and successful leadership experts and practitioners. Still Surprised illuminates how the world-changing ideas of Bennis and his colleagues resulted from the searing crucible of their own encounters, events and experiences.

Warren Buffett remains one of the most sought-after and watched figures in business today. He has become a billionaire and investment sage by buying chunks of companies and holding onto them, managing them as businesses, and eventually reaping huge profits for himself and investors in Berkshire...

La biografía del mundialmente famoso empresario y prodigioso genio de la tecnología de nuestros tiempos - ¡Elon Musk! ¿Quién es Elon Musk y cómo ha logrado tanto? Ashlee Vance ofrece una mirada iluminadora y autorizada a la extraordinaria vida de una de las figuras más inusuales y ambiciosas en la historia de los negocios de Estados Unidos. El innovador detrás de SpaceX, Tesla, SolarCity y PayPal.

Burn the Place is a galvanizing culinary memoir that chronicles Iliana Regan's journey from foraging on the family farm to opening her Michelin-starred restaurant. Her story is alive with startling imagery, raw like that first bite of wild onion, and told with uncommon emotional power. Regan grew up the youngest of four headstrong girls on a small farm in Indiana. Regan often felt that she "wasn't made for this world." She was a little girl who longed to be a boy, gay in an intolerant community, an alcoholic before she turned 20, a woman in an industry dominated by men.

To become a millionaire, you have to think like one. The Millionaire Mind shows you how. Also available: The Millionaire Next Door.

The culmination of nearly 30 years of reporting on Donald Trump, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston takes a revealingly close look at the mogul's rise to power and prominence. Covering the long arc of Trump's career, Johnston tells the full story of how a boy from a quiet section of Queens, New York, would become an entirely new and complex breed of public figure. Trump is a man of great media savvy, entrepreneurial spirit, and political clout. Yet, his career has been plagued by legal troubles and mounting controversy

"Noi non viviamo in un'epoca di cambiamento ma in un cambio di epoca", scrive Jan Rotmans dando voce a una sensazione che avvertiamo quasi ogni giorno. Eppure la storia ci dice che l'uomo e le organizzazioni cui egli dà vita si sono già trovati più volte di fronte a questi momenti di cambiamento e che spesso alcune "minoranze creative" proprio in queste occasioni hanno generato modelli innovativi.