Investment bankers were known as the "masters of the universe" during the 1980s. In the 1990s, that title has been usurped by the major consulting firms: McKinsey, the Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, CSC Index, Gemini, Deloitte Touche and Andersen Consulting. All exercise enormous power and influence in international business and ...
The era of the big-city newspaper as a dependable beacon for the American people is over. A few stalwarts, including the New York Times and the Washington Post, remain true to the mission that has defined them for more than a century, but even they are in jeopardy. And what's happened to the others? Charles Madigan's -30- is the story of the ...
The first detailed evaluation of the business of management consulting, this "BusinessWeek" and "New York Times" bestseller is certain to make the reader ask the critical question: What is the true price of advice, and who pays?
Once known for gangsters and meatpacking, Chicago was virtually synonymous with the rough and tumble side of the industrial era. Today, however, Chicago has outgrown even national prominence to become a truly global city - one of the most famous and most important in the world. "Global Chicago" is the first book to describe Chicago's ...
One of America's most respective executives offers his management insights on how to do business now and into the next century. Greenwald discusses such pressing issues as an aging workforce, corporate ethics, dealing with layoffs, building trust with employees, and office politics.
The leader of one of the fastest turnarounds of any major corporation in history--Sears CEO Arthur Martinez--provides invaluable lessons from the company's near-death experience.
Emphasizing the revealing experiences of representative Americans from around the country, who tell how the previous eight years of failed policies shaped their personal fate and prompted them to vote for a newcomer blazing the banner of change, Destiny Calling traces a political campaign that fulfilled Lincoln's promise even as it illuminated for ...
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