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Family Business: Gier, Geld, Geheimnisse erzählt die Geschichten großer Familien und schillernder Dynastien. Die Schwestern Anna Dushime und Amélia Umuhire geben Einblicke in das Innere von Familien, die über Jahrzehnte oder gar Jahrhunderte Unternehmen und Imperien gelenkt haben. Denn die ganz großen Dramen der Weltgeschichte um Macht, Geld und Einfluss spielen sich nicht selten in Familien ab.

Top 10 Corporate Scandals: That Rocked the Business World is a gripping deep dive into the most infamous cases of greed, deception, and ethical collapse in modern history. Spanning industries, continents, and decades, this book exposes the corporate disasters that shattered public trust, wiped out fortunes, and reshaped the rules of business forever.

Most of us have a limited understanding of the powerful role economics has played in shaping human civilization. This makes economic history - the study of how civilizations structured their environments to provide food, shelter, and material goods - a vital lens through which to think about how we arrived at our present, globalized moment. Designed to fill a long-empty gap in how we think about modern history, these 48 lectures are a comprehensive journey through more than 600 years of economic history.

A great business story thoroughly researched and brought to life by Caemin. New episode released every Wednesday .

It’s the history of business. How did Hitler’s favorite car become synonymous with hippies? What got Thomas Edison tangled up with the electric chair? Did someone murder the guy who invented the movies? Former Planet Money hosts Jacob Goldstein and Robert Smith examine the surprising stories of businesses big and small and find out what you can learn from those who founded them.

Napoleon Hill interviewed and studied the 500 greatest wealth-makers of his time. From their examples, he uncovered the universal laws of success—principles that will work for anyone willing to put them into practice. The result, first published in 1938, was Think and Grow Rich. Napoleon Hill pointed the way out of the Great Depression and towards a prosperous future.

Here are three classics that must be in any business person's library: The Art of War by Sun Tzu, The Prince by Machiavelli, and A Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi. This impressive collection is accompanied by one hour of Zen-inspired Japanese music, performed on authentic instruments.

Welcome to Strange Business History — the podcast that explores the dramatic rise and fall of iconic businesses, beloved brands, and once-ubiquitous products that shaped our culture… and then disappeared.From legendary empires that defined entire eras to everyday favorites we all grew up with, each episode uncovers the fascinating, often strange stories behind their spectacular success, unexpected decline, and ultimate fate. Some vanished completely. Others still linger in our memories — or even make surprising comebacks.If you love tales of ambition, innovation, hubris, cultural shifts,...

In the early 1900s, womens roles were evolving, and Ida Tarbell brilliantly captures this transformation in her engaging series of essays. She highlights a growing unease among modern women regarding the significance and dignity of their roles as defined by both Nature and society. Drawing from her extensive observations of womens professional, political, and domestic lives in the United States and France, Tarbell presents compelling insights into the most pressing aspects of the woman question today. This book also includes a powerful footnote featuring the Declaration of Sentiments, which ...

Business in Great Waters: Wild, Wonderful, Authentic Gloucester, Massachusetts.

For the truly well-rounded "intellectual," nothing fascinates so much as the subversive, the contrarian, the suppressed, and the bizarre. Richard Zacks has unloosed his admittedly strange mind and astonishing research abilities upon the entire spectrum of human knowledge, ferreting out endlessly fascinating facts, and stories guaranteed to make you laugh, gasp in wonder, and occasionally shudder at the depths of human depravity. The result of his labors is this quasi-encyclopedia that provides alternative takes on art, business, crime, science, medicine, sex (lots of that), and many other facets of human experience.

In order to reach Lanka, Rama began to build a bridge. A little squirrel wanted to contribute its mite to this effort. It began to jump into the water and then roll on the sand and then run to where the bridge was coming up to shed the sand. Amazed at this unusual activity, Rama asked the squirrel what it was up to. The squirrel replied that it was doing what it could, to help build the bridge. There must be many who, like that squirrel, have contributed quietly to our independence. They also have their own stories to tell. Kala Shahani too, has a story of her own. Learn more about SPARROW ...

"You Can't Do Business With Hitler" was a World War II propaganda radio series produced by the U.S. Office of War Information (OWI). It was based on Douglas Miller's book, which detailed his experiences as the American commercial attaché in Berlin and warned against the dangers of Nazi Germany's economic and social policies. The program aired on hundreds of stations to help the war effort by exposing the Nazi regime's deceitful trade practices and human rights abuses, according to WNYC, The Unwritten Record, and Old Time Radio Catalog.

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Data not only provides a more accurate view of things; it can also tell better stories. In a world of catchphrases and memes, we'd all like a more researched and robust picture of the business world. What factors were most significant for the meteoric rise and fall of certain companies, and was their trajectory truly meteoric? How true are the organizational narratives we've all been conditioned to believe? Were the most celebrated advertising campaigns actually as successful as everyone thinks they were? Every month in The Data Behind the Business, we'll look at hard numbers and statistics to...

Are you tired of business theories that feel disconnected from reality? Do you crave stories that unravel the secrets of success, unveil the challenges, and reveal the true essence of the business world? Well, look no further!"Monkey Business" takes you on a thrilling journey through the captivating world of commerce. Each episode is an in-depth investigation, combining real-world stories, historical accounts, and cutting-edge research to reveal the hidden truths behind the scenes.Each episode, we dissect the headlines, analyse the trends, and bring you the latest developments directly from ...

Business Origins explores the brief history of the founding of the most iconic brands and businesses in the world.

Welcome to Deeply Driven, a podcast exploring business history and the journeys of entrepreneurs. We exist to share success stories and lessons from the world of business.

Interviewing the long-time small business owners in the greater Boston area. Hear the about how and why they got started and the details associated with the grind.

This is the story of publishing as you've never heard it before, told by one of the most provocative and informed voices building its future. It's the tale of prophets and storytellers, of entrepreneurs and shop-owners, of those who fashioned the world of book publishing as we know it.