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 [...]
From Publishers Weekly
Former foreign correspondent for Toronto’s Globe and Mail, Drohan concentrates on Africa for this indictment of multinational corporations that forge ties with armies, warlords, militias and mercenaries. She traces the roots of corporate armed force to Cecil Rhodes and his British South Africa Company, [...]
VGM Business Portraits * BASIC BUSINESS CONCEPTS. Put into a format that intiques reluctant, young readers. * FULL COLOR. Creates a book that is not only easy to read, but fun to explore. * FOCUS ON FAMOUS COMPANIES. Helps students relate even more to the trials and successes of American business. * [...]
VGM Business Portraits * BASIC BUSINESS CONCEPTS. Put into a format that intiques reluctant, young readers. * FULL COLOR. Creates a book that is not only easy to read, but fun to explore. * FOCUS ON FAMOUS COMPANIES. Helps students relate even more to the trials and successes of American business. * [...]
From Booklist
In 1960 Harvard economics professor Edward Mason edited a landmark book, The Corporation in Modern Society, that investigated the U.S. corporate system and its role in society. One of the contributors to that work was Kaysen, then a Harvard professor but now a professor of political [...]
From Publishers Weekly
Stock options have been much maligned recently, mainly because of fatcat executives who’ve cashed them in for millions, before the share price tanks and average shareholders suffer. But stock options can be a very good thing if handled correctly, say Rutgers University professors Blasi and [...]
Featured in this first compendium of Ford Country are columns on topics as wide-ranging as Henry Fords diet and health and his various homes, members of the Ford family, advertising campaigns, and the reminisces of old-time employees. Sure to stir the memories of Lewis legions of devoted readers, this collection will also prove [...]
Why has the United States established a new technology transfer regime, and how does it actually perform? Lee and his contributors see it as a “set of new game rules” in which government, industry, and the academic community are allowed–authorized, in fact–to interact and collaborate toward the goal of successful technological innovation. Their [...]
Tells the real story of Harris Semiconductor’s Mountaintop plant as it went through a radical turnaround by adopting state-of-the-art quality management techniques. Helps you understand the active role of management needed during reorganization. DLC: Harris Semiconductor (Firm)
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“Fills an important gap in the literature of American business and economic history.” — Choice
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“Fills an important gap in the literature of American business and economic history.”–Choice
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