Blockbusters: Hit-Making, Risk-Taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment by Anita Elberse
$49.99 AUD
Category: Economic History/ Global Business
Why the future of popular culture will revolve around ever bigger bets on entertainment products, by one of Harvard Business School's most popular professorsWhat's behind the phenomenal success of entertainment businesses such as Warner Bros., Marvel Entertainment, and the NFL--along with such stars as ...Show more
Our Iceberg Is Melting by John Kotter & H Rathgeber
$32.99 AUD
Category: Economic History/ Global Business
This charming story about a penguin colony in Antarctica illustrates key truths about how deal with the issue of change: handle the challenge well and you can prosper greatly; handle it poorly and you put yourself at risk. The penguins are living happily on their iceberg as they have done for many years ...Show more
Extreme Money by Satyajit Das
$24.99 AUD
Category: Economic History/ Global Business
Once, we built things - useful things. Now, we construct immense financial structures from thin air and lies. We have crafted a colossal worldwide financial machine that makes a few individuals staggeringly wealthy and sacrifices everyone else at its altar of risk. Bestselling author Satyajit Das draws ...Show more
The Hungry Spirit: Beyond Capitalism - A Quest for Purpose in the Modern World by Charles B. Handy
$29.99 AUD
Category: Economic History/ Global Business
An analysis of the author's philosophy of organizations and the individual in a dramatically changing social, business and political environment. It shows how materialist capitalism is self-limiting, how efficiency may be the enemy of a cohesive society, and examines the false certainties of science and ...Show more
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
$29.99 AUD
Category: Economic History/ Global Business | Reading Level: good
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical question ...Show more
Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth by Navi Radjou
$39.99 AUD
Category: Economic History/ Global Business
"Jugaad Innovation is the most comprehensive book yet to appear on the subject" -- The Economist A frugal and flexible approach to innovation for the 21st century Innovation is a key directive at companies worldwide. But in these tough times, we can't rely on the old formula that has sustained innovat ...Show more
Routledge Dictionary of Economics by Donald Rutherford
$70.00 AUD
Category: Economic History/ Global Business
New in paperback, the Routledge Dictionary of Economics covers every term that appeared in the hardback Dictionary of Economics , many of which have been updated in the light of recent economic scholarship. Compiled to meet the needs of students and professionals in economics, finance, accountancy and ...Show more
Make it in America: The Case for Re-inventing the Economy by Andrew Liveris
$29.99 AUD
Category: Economic History/ Global Business
The case for revolutionizing the U.S. economy, from a leading CEO America used to define itself by the things we built. We designed and produced the world's most important innovations, and in doing so, created a vibrant manufacturing sector that established the middle class. We manufactured our way to t ...Show more
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
$24.99 AUD
Category: Economic History/ Global Business | Reading Level: very good
When the crash of the U. S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already old news. The real crash, the silent crash, had taken place over the previous year, in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn't shine, and the SEC doesn't dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real ...Show more
Zombies, Bananas and Why There Are No Economists in Heaven The Economics of Real Life by Jessica Irvine
$24.99 AUD
Category: Economic History/ Global Business
Jessica Irvine presents Economics 101 and shows you how to use the power of economics to solve your everyday problems with this witty, accessible and entertaining guide.
Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Economic History/ Global Business | Reading Level: very good
Michael Lewis was fresh out of Princeton and the London School of Economics when he landed a job at Salomon Brothers, one of Wall Street s premier investment firms. During the next three years, Lewis rose from callow trainee to bond salesman, raking in millions for the firm and cashing in on a modern-da ...Show more