Monturiols dream

the extraordinary story of the submarine inventor who wanted to save the world

The challenge of chance

fifty years of business economics

A groundbreaking management book to enable managers and their companies to cope with and thrive in this age of uncertainty and great change, by one of the country#s leading business authors. In this fascinating and instructive collection, fifteen influential economists including Charles Goodhart, Roger ...

Futurewise

six faces of global change. A personal and corporate guide to survival and success in the third millennium

This is an extraordinary time to be alive. The world is being transformed before our eyes from a technological twenty-first century society into something altogether new and different. Everyone wants to know what the future holds. On an individual, corporate and world scale, how society ...

The fish rots from the head

the crisis in our boardrooms : developping the crucial skills of the competent director

In this book -now fully revised and updated- Bob Garratt clarifies and integrates the roles and tasks of the director. He argues that directors must develop a broader mindset to deal with the uncertainty of higher- level issues such as policy formulation, strategy, supervision of ...

Developing strategic thought

a collection of the best thinking on business strategy

An essential reference and guide on business strategy and the art of strategic thinking # written by some of the most respected experts on strategy. Creating the future of your company requires an imaginative brain and a capacity to take strategic decisions in times of uncertainty ...

Heloise & Abelard

a twelfth-Century love story

The character of a corporation

How your company's culture can make or break your business

Coca-Cola, Disney, Nike and Hewlett Packard all have it: a positive corporate culture that powerfully affects their bottom line. Yet despite its ability to make or break a business, corporate culture remains the most underutilized resource in business today. Internationally renowned academics and consultants Rob ...

Brands and branding

The struggle for Europe

the turbulent history of a divided Continent 1945-2002

The company of the future

meeting the management challenges of the communications revolution

No turning back

the history of femininism and future of women

Feminism has reached a critical momentum from which there is no turning back. A truly global movement as dynamic in the developing world as it is in the West, feminism has helped women achieve authority in politics... sports and business, and has mobilised public concern ...

The rise and fall of Marks & Spencer

Seafaring and civilization

Maritime perspectives on world history

Reflections of Osiris

lives from ancient Egypt

The glass bathyscaphe

World in figures

2003 edition

Wall Street

the markets, mechanisms and players

Wall Street is the world's leading financial centre. What it does and how it fares has a huge impact on the American economy and also on that of the rest of the world. But what exactly is Wall Street? How has it developed? What ...

The 24 hour society.

The 22 immutable laws of marketing