Biografier over: Charles Babbage, Alan Turing, John von Neumann, Claude Shannon, Konrad Zuse, John V. Atanasoff, John V. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, Howard Aiken, Jay W. Forrester, Thomas J. Watson, William Norris, H. Ross Perot, William Shockley, Robert Noyce, Jack Kilby, Ma…
This book compares key strategic decisions by Sony and Samsung Electronics with respect to technology, marketing, and globalization from the mid 1990s to 2006, and then analyzes these firms' organizational process and top executives to examine the context of how those functional…
This book compares key strategic decisions by Sony and Samsung Electronics with respect to technology, marketing, and globalization from the mid 1990s to 2006, and then analyzes these firms' organizational process and top executives to examine the context of how those functional…
Allan H. Meltzer's critically acclaimed history of the Federal Reserve is the most ambitious, most intensive, and most revealing investigation of the subject ever conducted. Its first volume, published to widespread critical acclaim in 2003, spanned the period from the instituti…
This books explores the shaping of the brewing industry in the years from 1950-1990, and shows how it has moved from being largely concerned with the technical issues of production to being a key part of the retail industries. The brewing industry, through its network of public …
Since the 16th century, Paris has been a leading arbiter of taste and the ultimate source of luxury goods for Europe and the world. This text examines the origins of the luxury trades of Paris and their role in the wider economic development of France and Europe. It aims to prov…
Since the 16th century, Paris has been a leading arbiter of taste and the ultimate source of luxury goods for Europe and the world. This text examines the origins of the luxury trades of Paris and their role in the wider economic development of France and Europe. It aims to prov…
This work is a narrative about greed, money, power, and the moguls and dynasties that have defined business: from St Godric, the 12th century monk reviled for his love of money, to Bill Gates, today's embodiment of money and power.