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Business: The Ultimate Resource

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The gold standard of business information for the twenty-first century, Business will also be a source of inspiration and insight, with original essays from more than 150 world-renowned business thinkers, leaders, academics, and practitioners such as Charles Handy, Warren Bennis, Jim Collins, Thomas Petzinger, Jr., Peter L. Bernstein, and John Seely Brown. Unprecedented in scope (2.5 million words, 2,200 pages), Business covers all significant intellectual, practical, and factual areas in the field of management. A major feature of Business is an authoritative world almanac featuring 26 industry sector surveys and profiles of 150 countries and all U.S. states. Lively biographies of the management thinkers who have shaped the world as we know it-from Adam Smith to Peter Drucker, from Henry Ford to Estée Lauder-will inform and entertain, while digests of the 70 most influential business books ever published are certain to spark debate. In addition, Business includes a comprehensive dictionary, an anthology of quotations, and an extensive source section covering nearly 200 topics from accounting to team building.Guided by an eminent team of editors and advisors, Business equips everyone who works with the tools necessary to learn from yesterday and prepare for tomorrow.Business is the first-ever comprehensive resource on business and management. A remarkable compendium of lively essays, inspiring biographies, and impressive source materials, Business features the following:Original Best-Practice Essays from 150 of Today's Thought LeadersFascinating Profiles of Top Management Thinkers and PioneersA Management Library-The 70 Most Important Business Books of All TimeIndispensable Management Checklists and Action ListsFirst-Class World Business AlmanacComprehensive Dictionary of 5,000 Business TermsBusiness Information Sources -Where to Go from HereVisit www.ultimatebusinessresource.com

2208 pages, Hardcover

First published August 15, 2002

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April 27, 2008
Actually a decent reference! One of the books from my MBA studies that I plan on keeping.
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January 23, 2016
This book is approximately 11x9 inches and 2172 pages. Suffice it to say it's a little heavy.
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