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The Cult of We: WeWork and the Great Start-Up Delusion
Eliot BrownCurrent price €15.40Original price €17.50An amazing portrait of how grifters came to be called visionaries and high finance lost its mind. Charles Duhigg, bestselling author o...
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After Steve: How Apple became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul
Tripp MickleCurrent price €15.40Original price €17.50From the Wall Street Journals Tripp Mickle, the dramatic, untold story inside Apple after the passing of Steve Jobs by following his t...
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Norges Bank 1816-2016
Einar LieCurrent price €89.75Original price €101.99Norges Bank has been an integrated part of Norwegian economic development from the complicated birth of the new nation-state after the Napoleonic w...
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Asking for Suggestions from Employes at National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.a.: An Exhibit of What the System Is and What It Has Accomplished
Alfred Addison ThomasCurrent price €16.28Original price €18.50Current price €16.28Original price €18.50Save 12% -
Target Story: How the Iconic Big Box Store Hit the Bullseye and Created an Addictive Retail Experience
Bill ChastainCurrent price €17.59Original price €19.99The Target Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled the bi...
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Adam SmithCurrent price €28.60Original price €32.50Current price €28.60Original price €32.50Save 12% -
BONFIRE of HISTORY: The Lost Treasures, Trophies & Trivia of Madame Tussaud''s
Christopher JollCurrent price €31.99Original price €39.99On the evening of 18th March 1925, a devastating fire ripped through the Marylebone premises of Madame Tussauds. By the time the fire was extinguis...
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Black Diamonds from the Treasure State
R SchallaCurrent price €39.09Original price €45.99In the late 19th century, railroads played a crucial role in the development of Montana's economy. Robert A. Schalla examines early efforts to brin...
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Vision Accomplished
W GalliganCurrent price €39.09Original price €45.99The remarkable story of the Kansas City Southern tells of a company that from day 1 followed its own path, led by a succession of visionaries who w...
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A History of the United States Post Office to the Year 1829
Wesley Everett RichCurrent price €59.83Original price €67.99Current price €59.83Original price €67.99Save 12% -
Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History
Ben MezrichCurrent price €19.35Original price €21.99Gripping and darkly comic, Breaking Twitter takes readers inside the battle between one of the most intriguing, polarizing, influential men of our ...
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Chiriaco Summit: Built by Love to Last in the Desert
Mary Contini GordonCurrent price €15.00Original price €18.99Current price €15.00Original price €18.99Save 21% -
Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germanys Wealthiest Dynasties
David de JongCurrent price €28.60Original price €32.50Lucid and damning an absorbing and infuriating tale of complicity, coverup and denial PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, author of EMPIRE OF PAIN ...
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An Idea Whose Time Has Come: The Story Of The Indian School Of Business
Pramath Raj SinhaCurrent price €19.13Original price €21.99Current price €19.13Original price €21.99Save 13% -
The Bank That Lived a Little: Barclays in the Age of the Very Free Market
Philip AugarCurrent price €17.59Original price €19.99'A brilliantly readable account, based on exceptional access, of the transformation of the old Quaker bank into a hard-charging capitalist advent...
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The Hudson''s Bay Company as an Imperial Factor, 1821-1869
John S. GalbraithCurrent price €82.71Original price €93.99This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...
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Speed, Safety, and Comfort: The Origins of Delta Air Lines
James John HoogerwerfCurrent price €33.14Original price €38.99In Speed, Safety, and Comfort: The Origins of Delta Air Lines, former Delta Boeing 767 captain and aviation historian James John Hoogerwerf traces ...
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Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the fight to expose its toxic secrets
Jeff HorwitzCurrent price €23.32Original price €26.50'A penetrating portrait of one of the most significant companies in the world' Ronan Farrow, author of Catch and Kill'With the skill of an award-wi...
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Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History
Ben MezrichCurrent price €25.08Original price €28.50New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich pulls back the curtain on the most volatile, complex, and bizarre corporate takeover in history: Elon...
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Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of General Electric
William D. CohanCurrent price €21.11Original price €23.99A magisterial history of the astounding rise - and unimaginable fall - of America's most iconic corporationPerhaps no company reflects American ing...
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The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates and The Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
Rob CopelandCurrent price €23.66Original price €28.50'The most explosive, mind-blowing business book I've ever read' Bradley Hope, New York Times bestselling author of Billion Dollar Whale'Jaw-droppi...
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The Hudson''s Bay Company as an Imperial Factor, 1821-1869
John S. GalbraithCurrent price €51.91Original price €58.99This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...
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China Bound: John Swire & Sons and Its World, 1816 1980
Robert BickersCurrent price €35.19Original price €39.99From its origins in Liverpool in 1816, one unusual British firm has threaded a way through two centuries that have seen tumultuous events and epoch...
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It Takes Two Design: The Story of Kartell Through Its Innovations
Rafealla PolliniCurrent price €28.28Original price €32.50The narrative scheme of the book adopts an emotional approach while at the same time offering an in-depth exploration of the elements characterizin...
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Unsustainable: Amazon, Warehousing, and the Politics of Exploitation
Ellen ReeseCurrent price €28.60Original price €32.50From famously humble origins, Amazon has grown to become one of the most successful businesses in history. In its effort to provide its trademark f...
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Faster, Higher, Farther: The Inside Story of the Volkswagen Scandal
Jack EwingCurrent price €18.25Original price €21.99A shocking exposé of Volkswagens fraud by the New York Times reporter who covered the scandal.Updated with a New Afterword by the Author.When news ...
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Radical Simplicity: How simplicity transformed a loss-making mega brand into a world-class performer
Ken AllenCurrent price €23.32Original price €26.50The key to rising to the top of your company lies in a simple message and philosophy. The ultimate inspirational story for ambitious innovators, ma...
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Becoming the World''s Biggest Brewer: Artois, Piedboeuf, and Interbrew (1880-2000)
Eline PoelmansCurrent price €100.31Original price €113.99AB InBev is today's uncontested world leader of the beer market. It represents over 20% of global beer sales, with more than 450 million hectolitre...
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IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon
James W. CortadaCurrent price €42.23Original price €47.99Current price €42.23Original price €47.99Save 12% -
Your Face Belongs to Us: The Secretive Startup Dismantling Your Privacy
Kashmir HillCurrent price €23.32Original price €26.50A parable for our times' FINANCIAL TIMES Best Books of 2023'In a gripping and sometimes creepy book, Hill explores the repercussions of [facial r...
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Volvo Cars: 1945-1995
Trevor AlderCurrent price €22.09Original price €25.99A comprehensive pictorial history of Volvo cars produced from 1945 up to and including models in production in 1995. This really is the 'go-to' pub...
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The Caesars Palace Coup: How A Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Street
Max FrumesCurrent price €20.23Original price €22.99It was the most brutal corporate restructuring in Wall Street history. The 2015 bankruptcy brawl for the storied casino giant, Caesars Entertainmen...
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Centennials: The 12 Habits of Great, Enduring Organisations
Professor Professor Alex HillCurrent price €17.59Original price €19.99Start-ups rarely survive their second birthday. Even established firms in the UK and the US average a life of only fifteen years. So how can your c...
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Centennials: The 12 Habits of Great, Enduring Organisations
Professor Professor Alex HillCurrent price €28.60Original price €32.50Start-ups rarely survive their second birthday. Even established firms in the UK and the US average a life of only fifteen years. So how can your c...
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Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul: AS SEEN ON NETFLIX
Jamie DucharmeCurrent price €14.53Original price €17.50**Now adapted as the Netflix documentary - Big Vape tells the story of how a cigarette start-up became a multibillion-dollar company until an epide...
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More Awesome Than Money: Four Boys, Three Years, and a Chronicle of Ideals and Ambition in Silicon Valley
Jim DwyerCurrent price €16.39Original price €19.99Current price €16.39Original price €19.99Save 18% -
The Wanda Way: The Managerial Philosophy and Values of One of China''s Largest Companies
Jianlin WangCurrent price €28.15Original price €31.99In 1998, and following 17 years in the army, Jianlin Wang formed a property company in the north-eastern Chinese city of Dalian using a loan of $80...
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Wedgwood: A Story of Creation and Innovation
Alice RawsthornCurrent price €49.58Original price €56.99This is the definitive book on Wedgwood, the preeminent luxury china brand in the world and the essence of English design and craftsmanship. Founde...
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Investment: A History
Jesse DowningCurrent price €25.08Original price €28.50Investing-the commitment of resources to achieve a return-affects individuals, families, companies, and nations, and has done so throughout history...
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Gripped: My Story
Jordan DaykinCurrent price €16.28Original price €18.50Jordan Daykin hit the headlines at the age of 18 when he became the youngest ever person to win investment in the Dragons' Den for his invention Gr...
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Faster, Higher, Farther: How One of the World''s Largest Automakers Committed a Massive and Stunning Fraud
Jack EwingCurrent price €16.71Original price €18.99Faster, Higher, Farther chronicles a corporate scandal that rivals those at Enron and Lehman Brothersone that will cost Volkswagen more than $22 b...
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The Man Behind the Wheel: How Onkar S. Kanwar Created a Global Giant
Tim BouquetCurrent price €32.12Original price €36.50Current price €32.12Original price €36.50Save 12% -
Courtaulds and the Hosiery and Knitwear Industry: A Study of Acquisition, Merger and Decline
Bramwell G. RuddCurrent price €28.60Original price €32.50Current price €28.60Original price €32.50Save 12% -
Pyramid of Lies: The Prime Minister, the Banker and the Billion-Pound Scandal
Duncan MavinCurrent price €14.53Original price €17.50An epic true story of ambition, greed and hubris the collapse of Greensill Capital is a billion pound scandal that shredded the reputation of a Br...
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Bottled: How Coca-Cola Became African
Sara ByalaCurrent price €35.19Original price €39.99Travel to virtually any African country and you are likely to find a Coca-Cola, often a cold one at that. 'Bottled' asks how this carbonated drink ...
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