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| BUSINESS |
This category is for books about individual businesses (like Pipe Dreams by Robert Bryce) and about the rules of business (like The Divine Right of Capital by Marjorie Kelly.) |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR |
TITLE (Linked to review) |
RATING (0-5) |
REVIEW DATE |
ONE-LINE DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce, Robert | Pipe Dreams | 5.0 | 12/30/2005 | Aftershocks from Enron's 2001 collapse are still being felt throughout the nation. Texas journalist Bryce tells us what brought the high-flying energy trading company down. |
| Dorsey, Gary | Silicon Sky | 4.5 | 2/18/2000 | Gary Dorsey takes us inside space startup OrbComm as it struggles to be "first with the best." |
| Frenkel, Sheera | An Ugly Truth | 5.0 | 7/24/2022 | Fifteen years of research on Facebook, with a focus on the period from 2015 to 2020, disclose unpleasant truths for the company's management. |
| Kelly, Marjorie | The Divine Right of Capital | 5.0 | 9/01/2011 | Cofounder of the journal Business Ethics, Ms. Kelly makes the case for a new, more equitable form of corporate governance with passion, cogency and impeccable scholarship. |
| Krantzler, Mel | Down and Out in Silicon Valley | 4.0 | 6/30/2011 | Although it's worth reading, this book about the downside of the computer revolution contains little originality or insight. |
| Loomis, Erik | Out of Sight | 4.5 | 8/25/2019 | This book presents am overview of United States and some overseas labor-management history, with emphasis on globalization. |
| Morris, Charles R. | The Sages | 5.0 | 6/18/2011 | You think economists know what they're talking about? This book presents three very successful investors who beg to disagree. |
| The books are rated from 0 to 5 in increments of 0.5. Colors represent the following quality ranges: | ||||
| 4.0 to 5.0 | Quality: | HIGH | (Color = Aqua) | Competent to exceptional; well worth the money |
| 2.0 to 3.5 | Quality: | FAIR | (Color = Lime) | Useful despite some flaws; may or may not be worth buying. |
| 0.5 to 1.5 | Quality: | POOR | (Color = Yellow) | Seriously flawed; read it if you wish, but don't buy it. |
| 0.0 to 0.0 | Quality: | YUCK | (Color = Fuchsia) | Avoid this book at all costs! |
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