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The 20 Most Influential Business Books
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September 09, 2002
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http://www.forbes.com/work/management/2002/09/30/0930booksintro.html
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Forbes.com assembled a panel of experts. Forbes.com assembled a preliminary list of 50 books and then asked the panelists to select from that list or select their own titles. Each panelist was given 25 votes, which they could distribute between the books as they wished, with a maximum of five votes on any single book.
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By Peters, Tom
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Amazon's customers rating 
An American business management "bible" since 1982, In Search of Excellence presents eight specific management principles common to successful companies.
Ranking at Amazon 506553
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Warner Books
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August 1988 - Paperback
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Corporate Strategy
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By Champy, James
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A guide to remaking a company's processes, organization structure, and management systems through reengineering shows companies how to make money in the 1990s by improving speed, productivity, ...
Ranking at Amazon 104709
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HarperCollins
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May 1993 - Hardcover
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Process Management Improvement
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By Burrough, Bryan
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Over six months on the New York Times bestseller list, Barbarians at the Gate is the definitive account of the largest takeover in Wall Street history. Bryan Burrough and John...
Ranking at Amazon 291192
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HarperCollins
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January 1991 - Paperback
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Food, Beverage & Tobacco Industries
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By Gladwell, Malcolm
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This celebrated New York Times bestsellernow poised to reach an even wider audience in paperbackis a book that is changing the way North Americans think about selling products and disseminating ideas.
Ranking at Amazon 112
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Back Bay Books
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January 2002 - Paperback
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Personal Success
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By Chernow, Ron
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The winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty. Acclaimed by The Wall Street...
Ranking at Amazon 55332
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Publishers' Group West
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September 2001 - Paperback
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Financial Services Industry
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By Pande, Peter
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Six Sigma is a system for improving the quality of organizational processes. It was originally developed at Motorola in the 1980's and has become one of the most widely discussed and reported trends...
Ranking at Amazon 70723
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McGraw Hill
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April 2000 - Hardcover
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Quality & Six Sigma
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By Lewis, Michael
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In fiction there was Bonfire of the Vanities; in reality, there is Liar's Poker--the fascinating insider's account of what really happens on Wall Street. This irreverent and hilarious birds-eye view...
Ranking at Amazon 122
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Penguin Books
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October 1990 - Paperback
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Scandals and Fraud
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By Ishinomori, Shotaro
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They are burning Japanese cars in Detroit. The top management at Toyosan Motors must decide whether to begin offshore production of its cars in the U.S. But our hero Mr. Kudo fears that offshore...
Ranking at Amazon 400223
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University of California Press
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May 1988 - Paperback
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Business in Japan
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By Drucker, Peter
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Father of modern management, social commentator, and preeminent business philosopher, Peter F. Drucker has been analyzing economics and society for more than sixty years. Now for readers everywhere...
Ranking at Amazon 355204
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HarperCollins
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July 2003 - Paperback
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General Management
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By Hamel, Gary
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Hamel and Prahalad offer a masterful blueprint for what a company must be doing today if it is to occupy the competitive high ground of tomorrow. By showing that the key to future industry leadership...
Ranking at Amazon 73431
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Harvard Business School Press
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April 1996 - Paperback
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Competition
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By Hagstrom, Robert
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"Simply the most important new stock book of the 1990s, to date. Buy it and read it." —Kenneth L. Fisher Forbes The runaway bestseller—updated with new material included for the first time!
Ranking at Amazon 431841
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John Wiley & Sons
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October 1995 - Paperback
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Investing
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By Welch, Jack
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As CEO of General Electric for the past twenty years, he has built its market cap by more than $450 billion and established himself as the most admired business leader in the world. His championing of
Ranking at Amazon 436607
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Warner Books
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September 2001 - Hardcover
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Business Leaders
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By Lewis, Michael
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As American capitalism undergoes a seismic shift, Michael Lewis, author of the bestselling Liar's Poker, sets out on a Silicon Valley safari to find the true representative of the coming ...
Ranking at Amazon 1106
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Penguin Books
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January 2001 - Paperback
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Information Technology & Telecom Industries
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