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Moving Money: Banking and Finance in the Industrialized World: Daniel Verdier

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Moving Money: Banking and Finance in the Industrialized World: Daniel Verdier

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“I highly recommend _Moving Money_ to anyone interested in comparative economic history, financial systems, or financial history. The book’s connections between political and financial structure represent an original and important contribution.” EH.NET, Scott A. Redenius, Department of Economics, Bryn Mawr College

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“I highly recommend _Moving Money_ to anyone interested in comparative economic history, financial systems, or financial history. The book’s connections between political and financial structure represent an original and important contribution.” EH.NET, Scott A. Redenius, Department of Economics, Bryn Mawr College

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  • Connected Corporation: How Leading Companies Manage Customer-Supplier Alliances: Jordan D. Lewis

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    Connected Corporation: How Leading Companies Manage Customer-Supplier Alliances: Jordan D. Lewis

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    Review
    Arthur R. Tauder Executive Vice President, McCann-Erickson Worldwide Here is a mind-opener as to the power of customer-supplier alliance and a practical guide to make productive alliances happen. — Review

    It “is a compelling how-to book for companies that want to get close to, but not get burned by, a partner — Investor’s Business Daily, October 5, 1995

    It “meticulously dissects customer-supplier alliances to reveal what makes the best ones tick” — The Wall Street Journal, September 30, 1996

    This readable book provides a realistic road map for forging true alliances — Business Week, December 11, 1995

    Review
    Business Week

    This readable book provides a realistic road map for forging true alliances.

    Wall Street Journal

    Meticulously dissects customer-supplier alliances to reveal what makes the best ones tick.

    Arthur R. Tauder

    Executive Vice President, McCann-Erickson Worldwide

    Here is a mind-opener as to the power of customer-supplier alliance and a practical guide to make productive alliances happen.

    Sir Colin Marshall

    Chairman, British Airways PLC

    No business is immune from the pressure to bring more value to its customers, and its suppliers can play a key role in that process. The Connected Corporation places the management finger firmly on the pulse of this imperative.

    Jerald A. Bluberg

    Senior Vice President, Dupont Company

    There is a tidal wave of vertical alliances coming and Jordan Lewis provides the knowledge and experience base to enable all companies to join it.
    –This text refers to the

    Paperback
    edition.

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  • Story of a Lean Journey: James K. Lewis

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    Story of a Lean Journey: James K. Lewis

    Readers of Story of a Lean Journey will empathize with the plight of Allison Manufacturing Services (AMS), a small manufacturer struggling to survive global competition and specialization to the point where it is trying to be everything to everyone. Its board of directors is disheartened with the downward spiral of profits, continuing loss of market share, and lackluster performance of flavor of the month initiatives. Looking for a way to save the company, the board hires Bill Watts, a lean consultant, as its new executive vice president. But the story just begins here. Knowing that a successful lean journey requires a culture shift that must begin at the top, Bill must rally the support of the board members who are, of course, skeptical as to what lean will bring to the bottom line. But the change in thinking required to make lean implementation successful is only the beginning. Story of a Lean Journey will take you through the first three-years of lean application at AMS. But read the story for yourself, it doesn’t end there either.

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  • Barons of Business: William G. Scheller

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    Barons of Business: William G. Scheller

    From Publishers Weekly
    As a visual tourbook of conspicuous consumption, this large-scale coffee-table book takes the reader on a ride through various castles, lodges and pleasure domes built by the American aristocracy and nouveau riche. Many of the big business names are here-Vanderbilt, Astor, Frick. While Scheller, who has written many companions to television documentaries, offers the histories of these wealthy families, his big draw is the assemblage of 170 photos: J.P. Morgan’s Madison Avenue home, Andrew Carnegie’s Scottish retreat, Walt Disney’s garden, and on to Steven Spielberg’s Brentwood estate and Bill Gates’ Lake Washington log cabin. The photo reproductions vary in quality, however, and as the book progresses from museum-piece houses to those currently inhabited, there are fewer views. The sheer density of the wealth on display is mind-boggling; whether readers salivate or cringe at the opulence, many will be awestruck by the double-decker libraries, the vaulted ceilings, the reflecting pools, and most of all, the sumptuous surrounding real estate.
    Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

    Starting in colonial times, this book looks at some of the most ambitious merchants, industrialists, and financiers in American history as they master a new economic world of textiles, railroads, oil, and steel. With the 20th century come fresh opportunities in automobiles, movies, broadcasting, and retailing. By the end of that century, high tech has become the field of choice. The book profiles the major business personalities in all these eras, from the merchant princes of early New England to the robber barons of the Gilded Age to the software moguls of today. With such comprehensive details as photographs and architectural drawings of their impressive homes, the book includes John Hancock, Boston’s ‘limousine liberal’; George Eastman, the photo mogul happier at home baking pies; and more recent pioneers such as Jim Clark and Larry Ellison. This is a richly illustrated that looks at three centuries of innovators for whom ‘the business of America’ was business.

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  • What’s Your Corporate IQ?: How the Smartest Companies Learn, Transform, Lead: Jim Underwood

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    What's Your Corporate IQ?: How the Smartest Companies Learn, Transform, Lead: Jim Underwood

    From Publishers Weekly
    The Corporate IQ referenced in the title of this turgid management treatise has little to do with conventional notions of intelligence. It is consultant and business-school professor Underwood’s own ill-defined diagnostic methodology, which measures 17 dimensions of corporate behavior—including marketing, managers, corporate strategy, “internal technology applications,” “quality and process,” “innovation,” “attitude toward change,” “values” and “excellence rating”—and compares them with a “competitor index.” He insists that Corporate IQ strongly correlates to profitability, but while he trumpets this kitchen sink of broad and squishy performance metrics as an analytical breakthrough, all it proves is that companies that do well in every conceivable aspect of their activities tend to…do well. The IQ mumbo-jumbo is mainly window-dressing for platitudes about valuing employees, customers and ethics and adapting to the competitive environment; these banalities are somewhat incongruently yoked to hackneyed New Economy conceits about capitalism’s “creative destruction” forcing companies to constantly reinvent themselves by shucking off their core businesses to latch on to the next big thing. The whole is murkily illustrated by vague case-studies of the “Ten Smartest Companies in America,” including Southwest Airlines and Mary Kay Cosmetics, the subject of the author’s 2002 book, More Than a Pink Cadillac. Underwood’s hodge-podge of truisms and fads is interlaced with a garbled critique of other management truisms and fads, in which he embraces the buzz-concept of “complex dynamic systems” but disdains the buzz-concept of “complex adaptive systems.” His disorganized, repetitive style, occasionally relieved by Creationist digressions (”Darwin himself recognized that there is no fossil record evidence to support the hypothesis that one species can become another”), may lead readers to reject any link between IQ and management theory.
    Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

    From Booklist
    To uncover the reasons for corporate success is the driving force behind every business professor’s research. Dozens of authors in the last decade, from best-selling Jim Collins in Good to Great (2001) to little-known Peter Burrows in Backfire (2003), have trumpeted their unique perspectives. Now Professor Underwood builds on the 1991 work of H. Igor Ansoff, spending time and thinking on crafting the 17 attributes of corporate IQ, then finding its top practitioners. The three IQ areas–strategy, organization, and character–sound suspiciously familiar; after all, how many times have the words “innovation,” “excellence,” and “value of people” been eulogized as those qualities endemic to business success? Yet Underwood, by dint of metrics and interview anecdotes and without benchmarking, explains exactly why the combination of these 17 traits makes up the best performers. Who are they? Some of the usual suspects, including Microsoft, Costco, and Fidelity. And some that are unexpected, including Kingston Technology, Zeus Electronics, and Luxottica Retail. Sections at the end detail the methodology behind this IQ. Barbara Jacobs
    Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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  • Culture.com: Building Corporate Culture in the Connected Workplace: Peg C. Neuhauser, Ray Bender, Kirk L. Stromberg

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    Culture.com: Building Corporate Culture in the Connected Workplace: Peg C. Neuhauser, Ray Bender, Kirk L. Stromberg

    Review
    “The book has many qualities. …Thorough, accessible, with lots of sound advice presented in nugget form.” — Human Resources, October 2000

    “The book provides a practical roadmap of strategies to shift an organisation’s culture from a liability to a competitive advantage in a dotcom world.” (Computer Weekly, 2nd November 2000)

    “The book has many qualities. …Thorough, accessible, with lots of sound advice presented in nugget form.” (Human Resources, October 2000)

    Review
    “What a simple, yet profound, understanding of culture! This is a wise, practical and important guide in navigating today’s ‘dot com’ whitewater world.”
    — Dr. Stephen R. Covey, the author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

    “At last someone has paid attention to that most powerful force called ‘culture’ at just the right time. As has always been the case, either we manage culture or it manages us. As we go deeper into this new world of bricks and clicks, it is imperative that we rededicate ourselves to the creation and survival of exceptional business cultures.”
    — Jim Hammock, CEO and Chairman, Hire.com

    “Fast-paced and readable, Culture.com combines examples from successful .com companies with practical tips to guide executives struggling to build lasting corporations in the virtual settings of the global economy. The authors are well ahead of most business school research.”
    — David O. Porter, Professor of Management and former Dean, School of Management, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Founding Director of the Idaho Department of Commerce

    “Competing in the e-business world requires companies to shape their corporate culture to implement their business strategies. The authors of Culture.com have recognized this reality and provide practical tips, real-world stories, and smart guidance vital to executives, managers, and employees alike.”
    — J.W. Marriott, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Marriott International

    “Culture.com is a much-needed, practical, and complete guide to help companies make the transition in today’s workplace in order to survive and succeed. Focusing on the use of every individual’s creative power, talents, and experience has been lacking, is needed, and this book shows the way.”
    — John D. Baker, President, John D. Baker Associates, and retired Vice President, Commercial, Mars, Inc.

    “With the speed and complexity of the business environment today, Culture.com is a lighthouse beacon offering direction out of the fog and uncertainty. It provides all of us who are journeying to new places a solid bearing and sage advice to chart a safe course.”
    — Janice Wismer, Vice President, Human Resources, Canadian Tire Retail

    “No matter where you are in an organization, or who you work for, having a ‘living’ corporate culture in place that supports the values of what you believe in— and is demonstrated every day in your actions— is key to the degree of your success. It is the deciding factor between just succeeding, and being great. Developing and living those values that are at the core of your culture, is the challenge we all face. It requires continuous learning and change. Culture.com can help you with this.”
    — Bruce Freeman, Vice President and Information Officer, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway

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  • Best Practice in Corporate Governance: Building Reputation And Sustainable Success: Adrian Davies

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    Best Practice in Corporate Governance: Building Reputation And Sustainable Success: Adrian Davies

    An earlier book, “A Strategic Approach to Corporate Governance” (Gower, 1999), examined corporate governance from a philosophical and ‘big picture’ standpoint. This book digs deeper, and explores the operational issues around corporate governance, giving examples of good practice. It is a ‘how to’ book, which focuses on processes and practical issues, making the case for corporate governance in terms of measurable business benefits and competitive advantage. The author explores a number of key themes: how corporate governance has expanded in scope and importance worldwide;how to engage with the wider range of stakeholders whose support is essential for success in a competitive world; how to distribute power to those who need to use it to perform effectively at all levels in the organisation; how to encourage the behaviours needed to effect good governance;how to embed best practice in the daily routine of the organisation; how to adapt best practice to meet the needs of different organisations;how effective corporate governance can build sustainable business success; how corporate governance may evolve to meet the needs of the future; and, corporate governance should address the needs of people seeking to cooperate effectively in a shared endeavour. It should be adopted, not imposed, and Adrian Davies provides an eloquent and authoritative guide to this process.

    About the Author
    Adrian Davies has extensive experience of industry and commerce in both the private and public sectors, operating latterly at managing director level and as a non-executive director in recent years. He is currently a management consultant, specialising in strategy, marketing and administration, operating both in the UK and internationally. A former Chairman of the Strategic Planning Society and former President of the European Strategic Planning Federation, Adrian is now active in researching corporate governance and teaching it as a Visiting Fellow of Bournemouth University. A graduate of Cambridge University and holder of a Harvard Business School diploma in marketing, Adrian Davies is author of Strategic Leadership (Woodhead Faulkner, 1991), The Strategic Role of Marketing (McGraw Hill, 1995) and A Strategic Approach to Corporate Governance (Gower, 1999).

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  • Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security: Marian Quigley

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    Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security: Marian Quigley

    Rapid technological advancement has given rise to new ethical dilemmas and security threats, while the development of appropriate ethical codes and security measures fail to keep pace, which makes the education of computer users and professionals crucial. The Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security is an original, comprehensive reference source on ethical and security issues relating to the latest technologies. Covering a wide range of themes, this valuable reference tool includes topics such as computer crime, information warfare, privacy, surveillance, intellectual property and education. This encyclopedia is a useful tool for students, academics, and professionals.

    About the Author
    Marian Quigley, PhD (Monash University); BA (Chisholm Institute of Technology); Higher Diploma of Teaching Secondary (Art and Craft) is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University. Her research interests include the social effects of technology and animation. Her recent publications include the books Women Do Animate: Interviews with 10 Australian Animators (Insight Publications, 2005) and Information Security and Ethics: Social and Organizational Issues (IRM Press, 2004).

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  • Enron and World Finance: A Case Study in Ethics: Paul H. Dembinski, Carole Lager, Andrew Cornford, Jean-Michel Bonvin

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    Enron and World Finance: A Case Study in Ethics: Paul H. Dembinski, Carole Lager, Andrew Cornford, Jean-Michel Bonvin

    Four years after the debacle, the name “Enron” has become a term in the everyday vocabulary of business ethics. Hardly anyone understands the business intricacies of what really happened with the sophisticated energy conglomerate. This book not only shows how and where ethics came into play, but also draws lessons and discusses possible remedies that may prevent the whole financial system from falling apart as a result of either excessive greed or over-regulation.

    Book Description
    Four years after the debacle, the name “Enron” has become a term in the everyday vocabulary of business ethics. Hardly anyone understands the business intricacies of what really happened with the sophisticated energy conglomerate. This book not only shows how and where ethics came into play, but also draws lessons and discusses possible remedies that may prevent the whole financial system from falling apart as a result of either excessive greed or over-regulation.

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  • Moral Aspects of Economic Growth, and Other Essays (Wilder House Series in Politics, History, and Culture): Barrington Moore

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    Moral Aspects of Economic Growth, and Other Essays (Wilder House Series in Politics, History, and Culture): Barrington Moore

    Barrington Moore, Jr., one of the most distinguished thinkers in critical theory and historical sociology, has long been concerned with the prospects for freedom and decency in industrial society. The product of decades of reflection on issues of authority, inequality, and injustice, this volume analyzes fluctuating moral beliefs and behavior in political and economic affairs at different points in history, from the early Middle Ages in England to the prospects for liberalism under twentieth-century Soviet socialism. The social sources of antisocial behavior; principles of social inequality; and the origins, enemies, and possibilities of rational discussion in public affairs–these are among the topics Moore considers as he seeks to uncover the historical causes of some accepted forms of morality and to assess their social consequences.

    The keynote essay examines how moral codes grew out of commercial practices in England from medieval times through the industrial revolution. Moore pays special attention to conceptions of honesty and the temptation to evade that inform the volume as a whole. In the other essays, he considers particular political issues, viewing “political” in its broadest sense as an unequal distribution of power and authority that carries a strong moral charge. Free of preaching and advocacy, his work offers a rare reasonable assessment of the morality of major social institutions over time.

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