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An essential update on globalisation, its successes and discontents. The author describes some of the greatest changes taking place at lightning-speed and challenges the rest of us to run even faster just to stay in place.
 
Freakonomics
Authors: Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner
Publisher: William Morrow
Price: Rs 252
ISBN: 0061143308
 
Many apparent mysteries of everyday life don't need to be so mysterious: they can be illuminated and made even more fascinating by asking the right questions and drawing connections.
 
The Greatness Guide
Author: Robin S Sharma
Publisher: Jaico Publishing
Price: Rs 175
ISBN: 8179925765
 
How to experience remarkable results in different aspects of life while enjoying the journey of living. You will discover the personal practices of successful people, and learn necessary tools for achieving work-life balance.
 
Winning
Authors: Jack Welch and Suzy Welch
Publisher: Harper Collins
Price: Rs 295
ISBN: 0007197675
 
Winning looks at leadership to picking winners. The second section is about the competition and the last section is about managing your career "" from finding the right job to achieving work-life balance.
 
The Undercover Economist
Author: Tim Harford
Publisher: Time Warner
Price: Rs 560
ISBN: 0195189779
 
How supermarkets, airlines and coffee chains "" to name just a few "" are extracting money from customers' wallets.
 
Blue Ocean Strategy
Authors: W Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Price: Rs 1,475
ISBN: 1591396190
 
Cut-throat competition results in nothing but a bloody red ocean of rivals fighting over a shrinking profit pool. Lasting success comes not from battling competitors, but from creating "blue oceans": untapped new market spaces ripe for growth.
 
Good To Great
Author: Jim Collins
Publisher: Harper Collins
Price: Rs 720
ISBN: 100066620996
 
Shedding light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice and understanding the type of leadership required to achieve greatness.
 
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Author: Robert Kiyosaki
Publisher: Warner Books
Price: Rs 260
ISBN: 0446611093
 
The story of the author's father and his best friend's dad to illustrate the need for a new financial paradigm.
 
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Author: C K Prahalad
Publisher: Wharton School Publishing
Price: Rs 499
ISBN: 8129707125
 
Collectively, the world's billions of poor people have immense entrepreneurial capabilities and buying power "" or, why you can't afford to ignore "bottom of the pyramid" markets.
 
The Google Story
Author: David A Vise
Publisher: Macmillan Books
Price: Rs 295
ISBN: 0330440055
 
The definitive account of the world's most advanced technology that has revolutionised access to information about everything for everybody everywhere.
 
Hot Commodities
Author: Jim Rogers
Publisher: Random House
Price: Rs 984
ISBN: 1140006337X
 
The low-down on the most lucrative markets for today and tomorrow "" commodities.
 
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Author: Stephen Covey
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Price: Rs 375
ISBN: 0743408853
 
A step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, service, and human dignity.
 
Execution
Authors: Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan and Charles Burck
Publisher: Random House
Price: Rs 650
ISBN: 0712625984
 
How to get the job done and deliver results. The authors show the importance of being engaged in an organisation and the need to robust dialogues about people, strategy, and operations result in a business based on intellectual honesty and realism.
 
The Intelligent Investor
Author: Benjamin Graham
Publisher: Harper Business Essentials
Price: Rs 540
ISBN: 0060555661
 
Sound and safe principles for investing "" principles that have worked for more than the half century since the first edition was published in 1949.

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