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A slice of the Chinese market

Three new books offer insights into the minds and spending habits of China’s middle classes

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Life lessons for the office

Clayton Christensen’s ‘How Will You Measure Your Life’ is a guide to finding fulfilment both at work and at home

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Chronicle of a premature death foretold

Traditional booksellers are fighting back

Lucy Kellaway May 2, 2012

A sober look at workplace scandal

Julie Berebitsky’s ‘Sex and the Office’ takes a prim and proper peek at professional hanky-panky

Apr 25, 2012

A talent spotter who loves the limelight

Compelling biography of Simon Cowell

Apr 18, 2012

Not all that glitters is gold

‘By Invitation Only’ is a jarring and superficial account of a start-up

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Book review: Women in Business - navigating career success

Two business school professors reveal how women can avoid missing out on the top jobs

Apr 11, 2012

The new markets for profitable ideas

‘Reverse Innovation’ depends on heroic assumptions about emerging market progress

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Professional kryptonite from a devil’s advocate

‘The End of Leadership’ questions the value of teaching management

Mar 28, 2012

The outsider who pulled Ford back from the brink

‘American Icon’ details Alan Mulally’s turnround of the US car company

Lucy Kellaway Mar 21, 2012

A compelling take on breaking bad habits

In ‘The Power of Habit’, Charles Duhigg explains the mysteries of habitual behaviour

Ravi Mattu Ravi Mattu Mar 14, 2012

Innovation clarion call has a familiar ring

‘Need, Greed and Speed’ is pitched as a manifesto for the power of humanity to solve its problems

Mar 7, 2012

A plain-speaking guide to modern management

‘Beyond Performance Management’ will challenge prejudices about management tools

Luke Johnson Feb 29, 2012

Just the three of us: married to an entrepreneur

Practical guide to living with a business junkie

Andrew Hill Feb 22, 2012

Antidote to pessimism of post-crisis world

Ideas about the future of capitalism that will enrage or enchant depending on your disposition

Andrew Hill Feb 8, 2012

Tale of a management guru as superhero

Comic-strip version of a business classic

Feb 1, 2012

At work, it’s who you know that matters

‘The start-up of You’ suggests networking is more important than ever

Lucy Kellaway Jan 25, 2012

Tales of humble braggarts

‘World Changers’ shows big ideas may be easier to realise than small

From BUSINESS EDUCATION Jan 25, 2012

Book review: Passion & Purpose

Idealistic ‘young leaders’ offer an insight into why people pursue MBAs

Jan 19, 2012

Learning the tricks of a magical company

‘Inside Apple’ tries to get behind the success of the company - and how it can achieve it after Steve Jobs

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