Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Business groups in east Asia Business groups in east Asia Sea-Jin Chang "This book examines these East Asian business groups and their subsequent restructuring following the Asian Crisis. East Asian nations embarked on very different trajectories to this common external … OL16929657W
Restructuring 'Korea Inc.' Restructuring 'Korea Inc.' Jang-Sup Shin This snappy, informative and readable book has a broad historical overview and is an important contribution not only to Asian Studies, but also to the study of financial crises and the political econ… OL16946461W
A Man in Full A Man in Full Tom Wolfe A satire on America featuring a capitalist trying to avoid ruin. The hero is Charlie Croker of Atlanta whose plantation and skyscraper face repossession by banks for non-repayment of a loan. One way … OL1925466W
Big Deal Big Deal Bruce Wasserstein Big Deal is a penetrating look at the world of mergers and acquisitions. Bruce Wasserstein has worked on over 1,000 deals and reveals the inside story of the billion dollar deals that shape America's… OL2725215W
Total control Total control David Baldacci Sidney Archer has it all: a husband she loves, a job at which she excels, and a cherished young daughter. Then, as a plane plummets into the Virginia countryside, everything changes. And suddenly the… OL41255W
Scorch Scorch A. D. Nauman In the future world of Scorch, America is run by a “corporacracy.” Three conglomerates have taken control not by force but by manipulating common beliefs and values through the media, and particularl… OL5755410W