Business's most wanted : the top 10 book of corporate greed, eccentric entrepreneurs, and management oddities / Jim Romeo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Romeo, Jim, 1961- author.

Series:

Most Wanted

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Businesspeople--United States--Biography.

Businesspeople.

Business enterprises--United States--History.

Business enterprises.

Business--United States--Miscellanea.

Business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Potomac Books Inc., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Business's Most WantedTM chronicles the best and worst of American business, explores the quirks of commerce, and provides an informative and sometimes amusing look at Wall Street. For an industry devoted to the serious matter of money management, this book provides a lighter look at business history, offering readers an entertaining guide to fascinating trivia about such topics as the ten largest family-owned businesses, former presidents with a business background, and unusual sales strategies, both successful and not, employed by eager store managers. Which Wall Street wizards were avid card

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; THE PEOPLE; The Darkest Chambers of Industrial Society; Financial Name Droppers; Rest in Peace; Businessmen Philanthropists Worth Talking About; The Different Drummers; Presidential Business Oddities; Card Sharks; Fore!; The Coming of the African American Business; If You Can Make It There, You'll Make It Anywhere; It's a Hard-Knock Life . . .; It's All in the Family; Leaders Say the Darndest Things; Built to Last; The School of Hard Knocks; Pool Sharks; Be Prepared; Major Figures before the Great Crash; Better Left Unsaid!

Technology of a Different ColorTen Economists You Really Should Know About; The Southpaws; The Long Gray Line; White-Collar Criminals You May Never Forget; Good Fellows Club; Female Edisons; A Few Words about Wealth, Money, and Power; The Under-Forty Set; THE PRODUCTS; Dot-Com Bombs to Tell Your Children About; Innovation Creations; Adults and Their Toys; Show 'Em the Factory; Doing Business with Uncle Sam; From the Laboratory; Getting It There; Work from Home and Make a Gazillion Dollars; Kids' Play; Creating a Monopoly; The Good Guys; The Big Store; The Corporate Culture

The Oldest CorporationsBanks off the Beaten Path; THE CLIMATE; Street-Smart Lexicon; Safety First; Cocktail Conversation for Accountants; Valuable Stock (Certificates); Jobs to Watch; Precursors to Progress; Busted Flat; The Organization of Labor; Neither a Borrower nor a Lender Be; Dot Cons; Employment and the Law; Welcome to the Gilded Age; It Makes the World Go 'Round; The Slide of Entitlements; Blazing the Trail; Family-Friendly Finesse; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61234-255-8

1-4294-9008-X

OCLC:

782877828