See this book on Amazon

Adland: A Global History of Advertising
by Mark Tungate
London: Kogan Page, 2007
The worldwide spend on advertising currently stands at overUS$400 billion a year, and – love it or hate it – it …

See this book on Amazon

Billy, Alfred, and General Motors: The Story of Two Unique Men, a Legendary Company, and a Remarkable Time in American History
by William Pelfrey
New York: American Management Association, 2006
The two men …

See this book on Amazon

The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
by Marc Levinson
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2006
In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried …

See this book on Amazon

Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2011
Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, …

See this book on Amazon

The Capitalist Philosophers: The Geniuses of Modern Business — Their Lives, Times, and Ideas
by Andrea Gabor
New York: Crown Business, 2000
In The Capitalist Philosophers, critically acclaimed writer Andrea Gabor tells the …

See this book on Amazon

Foundations of Corporate Empire: Is History Repeating Itself?
by Karl Moore and David Lewis
London: Financial Times, 2000
Foundations of Corporate Empire sketches the history of international business from the emergence of ancient …

See this book on Amazon

Control through Communication: The Rise of System in American Management
by JoAnne Yates
Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989
Caught in the midst of an information revolution, today’s business managers and scholars …

See this book on Amazon

Blood, Sweat & Tears: The Evolution of Work
by Richard Donkin
New York: Texere, 2001
Work — a process as familiar to everyone as their daily routines — has changed radically in nature …

See this book on Amazon

The Anatomy of a Business Strategy: Bell, Western Electric, and the Origins of the American Telephone Industry
by George David Smith
Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985
By 1880, the American Bell …

See this book on Amazon

Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R&D, 1902-1980
by David A. Hounshell and John Kenly Smith, Jr.
London: Cambridge University Press, 1988
Based on voluminous corporate records and extensive interviews with key employees, …