Business/Industry from Gilt Edge Books

The author takes us behind the lines of six major corporate battles of the 70's and 80's to illustrate ways in which war is calculated, planned and waged: Ted Turner vs The Networks, Coke vs Pepsi, Penthouse vs Playboy, People Express vs The Airlines and General Motors vs The Japanese. Illustrated price-intact dust jacket.

This is the inspiring story of the origins and growth of one of the most famous organizations in the world - The American Express Company. A 100 years of history. 287 pp includes index. Illustrated with two sections of b/w photographs on semi-gloss stock. A list of illustrations provided. An Advance of Publication card laid in. Illustrated eps. Price intact… Saber más sobre este artículo

Spanning six generations and more than two hundred years, the Molson Saga tells the story of the Brewery line of the Molson family. Illustrated with 64 b/w photographs and a family tree. Gift inscription to ffep. Bruise to lower corner of front board. Price intact dust jacket..

We are all intrigued by the wealthy, curious to know who they are, how they acquired their money and property, how they live in the kind of prosperity we can only read about or watch from afar. The rich may inspire in the rest of us admiration, envy or even disgust; they almost always fascinate. This book examines the wealthiest… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Summit Books, 1981. Stated First but is BOMC. Paper Money is a brilliant and tremendously important work. From this book the reader will understand how the age of paper money arrived, what it means, and how it has changed our lives.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1981. 512pp including index. A permanent program that will protect you against inflation and depression. It shows you how to design your own investment program, one that suits your needs and objectives. With the ideas in this book, you can prepare for the future without knowing what the future will bring. Price-clipped… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: John Wiley & Sons Canada Limited, 1989. Fred Harmon offers a timely strategy to put you back in the driver's seat of your career....a strategy that can help you achieve any level of corporate success you want, no matter how oppressive the prevailing business climate seems. You'll learn that you don't have to become a workaholic… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Heywood & Company Ltd., 1955. Preface to Fifth Edition.... Foreword to Sixth Edition by G.F. Andrews (with errata). A. Selwyn's book has proved to be indispensable to the person entering the jewellery trade, and a convenient and reliable book of reference for the more experienced. For this sixth edition, chapters on clocks and watches have been added and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: Methuen, 1985. The Thompson empire is the complete saga of an international corporate giant with assets of over 10 billion dollars in fourteen countries. It offers a telling portrait of the major executives and advisors and the family members who make up the Thompson network.A clean bright book in a price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good.… Saber más sobre este artículo

North Vancouver: J.J. Douglas Ltd., 1977. The story of that extraordinary expansion of the West Coast of Canada is closely connected to the careers of two extraordinary men : the Englishman Edward Stamp, Crimean veteran, merchant sailor and instigator of innumberable business ventures and the "enterprising Mr. Moody," a tenacious and self-effacing American. Illustrated with a section of b/w… Saber más sobre este artículo

Massachusetts: Addison- Wesley Publishing Company, 1983. The Fifth Generation: A new breed of supercomputers so fast they can surpass today's machines a thousand times over, so smart that they can outthink humans. Science Fiction? Not quite. An immaculate bright book in a price-clipped dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Ottawa: DSS, 1984. Foreword by J.C. Corkery. This book is filled with an unprecedented wealth of information, certain to fascinate any reader who has felt the lure of coins and their story. It's a book of history and of people. John Cabot walk its pages as well as Winston Churchill, Earl Grey etc. Highly illustrated in b/w and color.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: MacFarlane Walter & Ross, 1992. Illustrated with b&w photos. Canada's state oil company ranks as one of the great financial disasters in the long and messy history of Government intrusion into private enterprise. Self-Serve puts the Petrocan story in its international context, tracing the conflicts between oil companies and governments since the turn of the century. Remainder mark… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1982. What this book is about is to show how careless policies in Canada over-rewarded the multinationals and why it is so important that Canadians, at a minimum manage to reach the target of 50 percent control of production revenues by 1990. A bright clean copy in an illustrated price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition, First… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Mayflower Books, 1978. This book provides brilliant insights into how a business actually makes its impact on markets, society and itself.... and how it should. It is aimed primarily at managers and will also be of interest to young people who are thinking of going into business. Preface by the author. Profusely illustrated.... in b/w and much… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1963. Inscription reads " With best philatelic wishes Herman Herst Jr" written in ink to ffep. One of America's leading stamp collectors and dealers has packed hundreds of anecdotes, stories, memories, all true, into this generous chronicle. Not only does the reader receive Mr. Herst's personal history but also rare items… Saber más sobre este artículo

Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 1979. This outstanding biography deals with the remarkable career of Donald Gordon, who came to Canada from Scotland as a twelve-year old immigrant and rose from a first position as bank clerk to be a deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, chairman of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board during World War II, president of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: Stoddart, 2001. The e-commerce gurus trumpet the message daily: to flourish in the new economy, business must expand their operations into cyberspace. The author argues in this forward-looking book the internet is going to have only a minor impact. Expert systems - essentially a new kind of intellectual software - are whats going to transform business as we know… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Chalmers Publishing Company, 1927. John F. Barry, A.B., B.S., A.M.,.... Director of the Public Theatre Managers Training School; organizer and Director of the Paramount Theatre Managers Training School. One of the leading authorities on the subject of theatre management. Thirty-six chapters provided which includes Introduction and Appendix. A sample of the contents: The Motion Picture Theatre.... The… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Copyright 1928 Later Print...Aug 1929. Elliott Dunlap Smith, A.B., LLB...Division Manager, Dennison Mfg. Co. and Lecturer, Harvard College. Preface by the author. Introduction by Henry S. Dennison. It has been seen with growing clearness that the executives who manage men are the key men in the bettering of company efficiency. Learning to… Saber más sobre este artículo