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Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy

Raghuram G. Rajan - 2010 - Business & Economics - No preview available
Raghuram Rajan was one of the few economists who warned of the global financial crisis before it hit. Now, as the world struggles to recover, it's tempting to blame what happened on just a few greedy bankers who took irrational risks and left the ...
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought ...

Andrew Ross Sorkin - 2010 - Business & Economics - No preview available
Brand New for 2018: an updated edition featuring a new afterword to mark the 10th anniversary of the financial crisis The brilliantly reported New York Times bestseller that goes behind the scenes of the financial crisis on Wall Street and in ...
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Learning from Catastrophes: Strategies for Reaction and Response

Howard Kunreuther, Michael Useem - 2009 - Limited preview
Events ranging from Hurricane Katrina to the global economic crisis have taught businesspeople an unforgettable lesson: if you don’t plan for “extreme risk,” you endanger your organization’s very survival. But how can you plan for events that go ...
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Where Good Ideas Come From

Steven Johnson - 2010 - Business & Economics - No preview available
A fascinating deep dive on innovation from the New York Times bestselling author of How We Got To Now and Unexpected Life The printing press, the pencil, the flush toilet, the battery--these are all great ideas. But where do they come from? What ...
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The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion

John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, Lang Davison - 2010 - Business & Economics - Limited preview
In a radical break with the past, information now flows like water, and we must learn how to tap into its stream. Individuals and companies can no longer rely on the stocks of knowledge that they've carefully built up and stored away. Information ...
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Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance

Boris Groysberg - 2010 - Business & Economics - Limited preview
It is taken for granted in the knowledge economy that companies must employ the most talented performers to compete and succeed. Many firms try to buy stars by luring them away from competitors. But Boris Groysberg shows what an uncertain and ...
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Clever: Leading Your Smartest, Most Creative People

Robert Goffee, Gareth Jones - 2009 - Business & Economics - Limited preview
"Leadership and change experts Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones call these invaluable individuals 'clevers'. They can be brilliant, difficult - and sometimes even dangerous. Your organization's competitiveness depends on how well you lead them, but ...
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Clutch: Excel Under Pressure

Paul Sullivan - 2010 - Business & Economics - Limited preview
Is clutch performance innate-or can it be learned? Sooner or later everyone encounters a situation in which the stakes are high and the outcome is crucial. And even top performers can crumble when faced with such extreme pressure. Consider the ...
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Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face--and What to Do ...

Richard S. Tedlow - 2011 - Business & Economics - No preview available
"Wise. Relevant. Riveting." -Jim Collins, author of Good to Great Denial is the unconscious belief that a certain fact is too terrible to face and therefore cannot be true. It turns challenges into crises, dilemmas into catastrophes. It's the ...