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Co-Opetition : A Revolution Mindset That Combines Competition and Cooperation : The Game Theory Strategy ... 46 reviews Adam M. Brandenburger, Barry J. Nalebuff
Doubleday Business, 1997
Business Strategy: The Art of War for the 21st Century
This book could've been easily titled as "Business Strategy: The Art of War for the 21st Century". It is an excellent book for gaining a better understanding of today's complex business landscape where the traditional rules of Business success do not apply. The game and the battlefield have both, ...
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Natural Right and History (Walgreen Foundation Lectures) 14 reviews Leo Strauss
University Of Chicago Press, 1999
Societies good vs. individual rights
+ An actual attempt to tell you what the book is about. + Review
Leo Strauss was a 20th century philosopher who spent his life studying and espousing the teachings of classical philosophical ideas. "Natural Right and History" delineates the fight between those who believe in the predominance of societal rights over individual rights. Here are a few quotes that ...
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage 390 reviews Alfred Lansing
Basic Books, 1999
Remedy
+ Just Incredible Account ,Absolutely Incredible + Amazing Testament into the Power of Leadership + Endurance: Shakleton's Voyage + Endurance:Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity 441 reviews David Allen
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002
De-clutter your office and your mind!
+ Defniitely worth the buy + good time management ideas + Great encouraging and motivating content, but redundant...
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The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company 5 reviews John Keay
HarperCollins UK, 1993
Tea, Silk, Spices and Stiff Upper Lips
+ A Grand Society + good writer - book could have been better + A daunting task admirably done... + Detailed, analytical and entertaining history
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Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation 11 reviews James M. Utterback
Harvard Business School Press, 1996
Scholarly analysis in an eminently readable enjoyable book
+ My favorite book on innovation + Excellent information, eye-opening + Scholarly analysis in an eminently readable enjoyable book
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Between Father and Son: Family Letters 6 reviews V.S. Naipaul
Vintage, 2001
First-class letters.
+ An insight into the mind of a genius + Can understand Naipaul better + The Real Mr. Biswas?
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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business ... 158 reviews Clayton M. Christensen
Collins Business, 2003
Disrupt your competitors, not your customers!
+ every product manager must read this + No Dilemma Here
With the Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton Christensen delivers a very powerful analysis of the role of innovation in gaining market leadership. The question raised is whether market leadership can be sustained through innovation alone. Indeed, the core of the Innovator's Dilemma illustrates how ...
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Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman 52 reviews James Gleick
Vintage, 1993
Memorable, extremely well written.
+ Is this genius? + The mystery of intelligence + Fascinating life, very good biography
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Cargill: Trading the World's Grain Wayne G. Broehl Jr.
Dartmouth, 1992
Leading business historian Wayne G. Broehl, Jr. offers the first full-scale history of Cargill and its rise to international leadership among the "big five" grain traders, a group whose distinctions are private ownership and a passion for secrecy, even though they deal in the most "public" of commodities, the grains that feed the world. In Broehl's account the Cargill story becomes a grand ...
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Out of the Crisis 43 reviews W. Edwards Deming
The MIT Press, 2000
Antidote to the Crisis
+ Simply the Best! + Every business person MUST read this book. + Out of the Crisis + A Classic Masterpiece On Quality
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation 539 reviews Lynne Truss
Gotham, 2006
I Like the Audio Better than the Hard Cover
+ Entertaining but poorly punctuated!
Since 531 people have already reviewed Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation and a gozillian people have reacted with comments when they voted, I am being assertive by thinking I can add something. By the way, the other reviews are entertaining.
When I bought my ...
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The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge 20 reviews Peter L. Berger, Thomas Luckmann
Anchor, 1967
An important work on how people come to know
+ Profound but sobering impact + The most important book ever written. + Social Construction: a concept who's time has come
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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk 151 reviews Peter L. Bernstein
Wiley, 1998
Very Interesting!
+ History of Statistics + Just Great! + A must
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Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life 40 reviews Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff
W. W. Norton & Company, 1993
yeahhhhhhhh
+ Great introduction to game theory applied to business strategy + Great + A book on how think strategically
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The Anatomy of Revolution 18 reviews Crane Brinton
Vintage, 1965
GREAT BOOK. VALUABLE IDEAS
+ Not bad, but hard to follow at times + THE GRANDDADDY OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF REVOLUTIONS + Thought Provoking + A prequisite for activists
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The Evolution of Cooperation: Revised Edition 33 reviews Robert Axelrod
Basic Books, 2006
A tough slog at times but worth it
+ A useful reference for those interested in human cooperation + A Beautiful Book
I'm not the first reviewer so I won't provide a summary. This book can be a bit dense at times, especially if you're not a quant or charts person. I am, but you may not be. If you're not but are still interested in a descriptive discussion then you'd likely give it a 4-star due to skipping over a ...
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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk 151 reviews Peter L. Bernstein
Wiley, 1998
Very Interesting!
+ History of Statistics + Just Great! + A must
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Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life 40 reviews Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff
W. W. Norton & Company, 1993
yeahhhhhhhh
+ Great introduction to game theory applied to business strategy + Great + A book on how think strategically
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Between Father and Son: Family Letters 6 reviews V.S. Naipaul
Vintage, 2001
First-class letters.
+ An insight into the mind of a genius + Can understand Naipaul better + The Real Mr. Biswas?
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