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s+b Exclusive: s+b Selects the Best Business Books of 2004

  • 1.  s+b Exclusive: s+b Selects the Best Business Books of 2004

    Posted 12-09-2004 14:53
    I subscribe to Booz-Allen's Strategy + Business. They've sent out their
    list of the best business books of 2004. Thought I'd pass it along.

    Regards,

    Fred Nickols
    nickols@att.net

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    From: strategy-business editors [mailto:editors@strategy-business.com]
    Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 6:14 PM
    To: Fred Nickols
    Subject: s+b Exclusive: s+b Selects the Best Business Books of 2004

    Welcome to s+b's enews, a strategy+business exclusive.

    Best Business Books 2004

    New York, N.Y., Dec. 7, 2004 -- strategy+business has selected the nine best
    business books of 2004. The winners, along with 26 other works on strategy,
    management, innovation, and other timely topics, are explored, debated, and
    recommended in nine essays by some of the world's most prominent business
    thinkers.

    The top books in each category are:

    Strategy: "Confronting Reality: Doing What Matters to Get Things Right," by
    Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
    http://www.strategy-business.com/article/5910898?gko=ccd54-1876-5910898

    Management: "The Real Thing: Truth and Power at the Coca-Cola Company," by
    Constance L. Hays
    http://www.strategy-business.com/article/5910959?gko=f1c3c-1876-5910959

    IT & Innovation: "The Keystone Advantage: What the New Dynamics of Business
    Ecosystems Mean for Strategy, Innovation, and Sustainability," by Marco
    Iansiti and Roy Levien
    http://www.strategy-business.com/article/5911123?gko=1ef56-1876-5911123

    Leadership: "Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating
    Lasting Value," by Bill George
    http://www.strategy-business.com/article/5911186?gko=f5995-1876-5911186

    Governance: "Back to the Drawing Board: Designing Corporate Boards for a
    Complex World," by Colin B. Carter and Jay W. Lorsch
    http://www.strategy-business.com/article/5955702?gko=8b1ab-1876-5955702

    Change Management: "Change Without Pain: How Managers Can Overcome
    Initiative Overload, Organizational Chaos, and Employee Burnout," by Eric
    Abrahamson
    http://www.strategy-business.com/article/5955765?gko=580de-1876-5955765

    The Bubble: "Rational Exuberance: Silencing the Enemies of Growth and Why
    the Future Is Better Than You Think," by Michael J. Mandel
    http://www.strategy-business.com/article/5956580?gko=1a4c4-1876-5956580

    Behavioral Economics: "The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of
    Economic Life," by Paul Seabright
    http://www.strategy-business.com/article/5956751?gko=beb69-1876-5956751

    The New Consumer: "The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value
    Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness," by Virginia Postrel
    http://www.strategy-business.com/article/5956839?gko=b99bb-1876-5956839

    To read the complete essay in each category, use the links in the list
    above.

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