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Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause
Tom Gjelten
Viking Adult, 2008
Exceptional Book
I am Cuban-born, and have throughly enjoyed this book and am buying copies to send to all my children, one of which is NPR's Baghdad Bureau Chief. It is historically accurate, very well written, and portrays Cuba and the Bacardi family with knowledge and understanding. ...
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The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, Second Edition
Warren E. Buffett
The Cunningham Group, 2008
Topical and timely additions
Without a doubt, The Essays of Warren Buffett : Lessons for Corporate America was a definitive and clear insight into the mind of a genius - just see my review for this first edition. The Second Edition, however, adds another dimension reflective of today's business ...
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
Jim Collins
Collins Business, 2001
Worth for its price
I don't need much to write here as hundreds of people has written review for this book.
In simple terms the book is easy to read & understand. Analyze how best companies manage to retain their position by innovative & intelligent leadership. Research is sound & ...
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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Alice Schroeder
Bantam, 2008
Extremely Interesting
this was my first audio book purchase, i bought it because i drive 1 hour to work each way, so i figured I would make the best of my time. I found this so captivating that at times, when i had arrived to my destination, i would keep driving so i could hear more of the ...
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The Toyota Way
Jeffrey Liker
McGraw-Hill, 2003
To understand this company's success, first understand its DNA
I read this book when it was first published in 2004 and recently re-read it, curious to know how well Jeffrey Liker's explanation of Toyota's management principles and lean production values have held up. My conclusion? Very well.
No good purpose would be served ...
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The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs
Charles D. Ellis
Penguin Press HC, The, 2008
A History Of A Survivor
In his massive history of Goldman Sachs (over 700+ pages), Mr. Ellis gives a glowing and comprehensive history of the the investment bank. He writes as the insider he is (a former consultant to the firm) and is not as critical of Goldman Sachs as he could be. Founded ...
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Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements: The Search for the Company with a Durable ...
Mary Buffett, David Clark
Scribner, 2008
Read financial statements like Buffett
The authors of this book did an outstanding job describing how Warren Buffett reads a company's financial statement to find a long term durable advantage. The book is brief and to the point with short chapters examining the income statement, balance sheet, and ...
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Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
Michael Lewis
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1990
Liar's Mortgage
Michael Lewis' Liar's Poker is a must read for anyone trying to understand the 2008 crisis in mortgage lending and home ownership. In fact, a new edition of the book should be published with a forward by Ben Bernake or Hank Paulson. The autobiography describes a ...
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Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great
Jim Collins
HarperCollins, 2005
Taking a non-profit from Good to Great
As a social entrepreneur and current business school student, I was fascinated by Collins' work in Good To Great, and I am thrilled that he has provided this monograph to answer the questions that many of us the social sector have been wrestling with since his Good To ...
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Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney
Lee Cockerell
Doubleday Business, 2008
Lee knows, People make the Magic
In telling his story, Lee also humbly tells the story of thousands of Disney Cast Members who believe in his vision. As one of those Cast Members I can assure you, if not for his leadership, there would have been far less Disney Magic. He led us through the most ...
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Results That Last: Hardwiring Behaviors That Will Take Your Company to the Top
Quint Studer
Wiley, 2007
Results-Driven Leadership > Outstanding Organizational Performance
In the Introduction to this book, Quint Studer makes the following assertion: "Standardize the right leadership practices and you will find that organizational performance improves across the board...and stays improved." More specifically, results-driven leadership at ...
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Fast Food Nation
Eric Schlosser
Harper Perennial, 2005
The true world of Fast Food opens before your eyes!
This book is truly interesting in that it explains a process that many consumers thought that they were already familiar with.
This book will explain why:
1) it always seems the person at the register is being "trained".
2) kids flock to most fast food ...
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Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)
David Cay Johnston
Portfolio Hardcover, 2007
Free Lunch
Everyone should read this book.Find who is getting a free lunch and most are only getting table scraps!
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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras
Collins Business, 2004
The "Core Values" of Corporate Business of the Yesterday and Today
Let me just say, I have read two books by Jim Collins and his research team and I have not been at all disappointed. All chapters were explained without complex sentence writings and without all the extra stuff. For example, "Resiliency (not perfection) is the ...
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The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
Robert I. Sutton
Business Plus, 2007
A great book ... why you do not want jerks on your team
It is inevitable that we all have to deal with jerks at the workplace or on your team. Sutton does an excellent job of pointing out the consequences of having these individuals in your organization. He also gives you the tools to handle these jerks.
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