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Business Literature Archive

Books in Brief
May 28, 2013

Toward a Better-Informed Cynicism

A review of The Org: The Underlying Logic of the Office, by Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan.
Books in Brief
May 28, 2013

Many-to-Many Manufacturing

A review of Makers: The New Industrial Revolution, by Chris Anderson.
Books in Brief
May 28, 2013

The Practitioner’s Tale

A review of Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Markets, Speculation, and the State, by William H. Janeway.
Books in Brief
May 28, 2013

Skill or Luck?

A review of The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing, by Michael J. Mauboussin.
Author's Choice
May 6, 2013

The Manager as Maker

Don Tapscott, who has written 15 books, most recently Radical Openness: Four Unexpected Principles for Success, introduces an excerpt that demonstrates how openness to new business practices and work settings can unleash human capital, from The Soul of Design: Harnessing the Power of Plot to Create Extraordinary Products, by Lee Devin and Robert D. Austin.
Author's Choice
March 29, 2013

A Mind-Set for Success

Judith E. Glaser, author of Creating WE: Change I-Thinking to We-Thinking and Build a Healthy Thriving Organization, introduces a passage illuminating the drivers of success from Leadership and the Art of Struggle: How Great Leaders Grow through Challenge and Adversity, by Steven Snyder.
Author's Choice
March 1, 2013

You Gotta Serve Somebody

Jeff Thull, author of Mastering the Complex Sale: How to Compete and Win When the Stakes Are High, introduces a passage that overturns negative stereotypes about sales from To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth about Moving Others, by Daniel H. Pink.
Books in Brief
February 26, 2013

Need Skills? Start Training

A review of Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do about It, by Peter Cappelli.
Books in Brief
February 26, 2013

Fill ’er Up

A review of Private Empire, by Steve Coll.
Books in Brief
February 26, 2013

Betting against the Fragilistas

A review of Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Books in Brief
February 26, 2013

Sourcing Growth

A review of Build, Borrow, or Buy, by Laurence Capron and Will Mitchell.
Author's Choice
February 1, 2013

How Much Is Enough?

James A. Ogilvy, author of Creating Better Futures: Scenario Planning as a Tool for a Better Tomorrow, introduces a passage on the limits of executive compensation from Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business, by John Mackey and Raj Sisodia.
Author's Choice
January 4, 2013

More Than Words

George S. Yip, co-author of Strategic Transformation: Changing While Winning, introduces an excerpt from Management in 10 Words: Practical Advice from the Man Who Created One of the World’s Largest Retailers, by Terry Leahy, that explores the anchoring effect of business values.