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The dark arts of Nimby campaigns
In ‘Nimby Wars’, a look is taken at the local political shenanigans and Machiavellian manipulation that happen when corporations fight to win zoning and land use battles
Echoes from history
There is a forceful lesson for economics policymakers in Lords of Finance, winner of the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Book of the Year Award
Breaker of the curse
Andrew Ross Sorkin’s book on the financial crisis of 2008 is an extraordinary achievement that will be hard to surpass as the definitive account, writes John Gapper
A prophet of collaborative leadership
In ‘The Essential Bennis’, Patricia Ward Biederman collects works by the prolific author and leadership theorist Warren Bennis
From mystery to innovation
Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, argues in ‘The Design of Business’ that the key to success is ‘design thinking’
Making the most of a crisis
In ‘The Upside of Turbulence’, author Donald Sull looks at the importance of companies’ ability to adapt in the face of economic crisis and take aggressive positions
Why start-ups must plan to change plans
‘Getting to Plan B’ has good and bad news for entrepreneurs: 60 per cent of the new businesses still operating are no longer based on their initial ideas
Is the customer always right? Yes, she is
It’s female customers who are going to spend their way out of this recession, according to the authors of ‘Why She Buys’ and ‘Women Want More’ – so listen to them
The shortlist: Reading past and present financial runes
The shortlist for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award looks eclectic. But the six books together sum up what went wrong in the crisis and may provide a route map away from the error-strewn past, writes Andrew Hill
Why Twitter is embraced by business
In ‘Twitterville’, Shel Israel makes a convincing case that the messaging service’s worth is not just the ability to broadcast short messages, but the ongoing and transformative conversations that these tweets ignite
