http://www.ft.com/businesslife/businessbookshttp://www.ft.com/rss/businesslife/businessbooksFT.com - Business life, Business booksen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2008. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.support@ft.comWed, 2 Jul 2008 20:23 BSTWed, 09 Jul 2008 16:35:03 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/businesslife/businessbooks(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9b461a3a-4866-11dd-a851-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9b461a3a-4866-11dd-a851-000077b07658.htmlThere is a green revolution under way in business. After years of scepticism, big companies are starting to see the need for changeWed, 2 Jul 2008 20:23 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3a8c9978-42c9-11dd-81d0-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3a8c9978-42c9-11dd-81d0-0000779fd2ac.htmlOutsmart! does not give a road map to uniqueness but it does offer practical advice on how uniqueness may be achievedWed, 25 Jun 2008 19:06 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/529b91dc-3d46-11dd-bbb5-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/529b91dc-3d46-11dd-bbb5-0000779fd2ac.htmlLocal Heroes is an engaging little book that gives a stylish account of a seafood company based in the West Highlands of Scotland and is a handbook and manifesto for the gospel of employee ownershipWed, 18 Jun 2008 19:04 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/71459ea8-37c3-11dd-aabb-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/71459ea8-37c3-11dd-aabb-0000779fd2ac.htmlHere is a crisp new book on managing costs which urges its readers to be unflinching and persistent in their attack on costs Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:16 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e415b83a-324d-11dd-9b87-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e415b83a-324d-11dd-9b87-0000779fd2ac.htmlGroundswell illustrates both the opportunities and risks for businesses created by the evolution of the internet Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:46 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a0ecf7f4-2ccf-11dd-88c6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a0ecf7f4-2ccf-11dd-88c6-000077b07658.html'For goodness' sake don't screw up like these guys did' is the approach of Stall Points – a guide to learning from others' mistakesWed, 28 May 2008 20:21 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/51ef3e5c-229b-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/51ef3e5c-229b-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlCracking business stories have had more appeal than self-help titles when the FT/Goldman Sachs book Business Book of the Year Award has been judged. What will happen in 2008?Thu, 15 May 2008 19:37 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3cde5c34-21ae-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3cde5c34-21ae-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlEvery so often, a book comes along that demands to be read because of the author's reputation or the subject is important. In the case of The New Age of Innovation, both are trueWed, 14 May 2008 21:49 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cf68c0ee-1c4a-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cf68c0ee-1c4a-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlOnly chemicals and pharmaceuticals seem to profit from US property rights protection, say the authors of Patent Failure Thu, 8 May 2008 11:16 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/847495c6-16c9-11dd-bbfc-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/847495c6-16c9-11dd-bbfc-0000779fd2ac.htmlJean-Claude Larréché's The Momentum Effect may prove challenging for readers who struggle with the vision thingWed, 30 Apr 2008 23:30 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/72202878-1132-11dd-a93b-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/72202878-1132-11dd-a93b-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe worldwide web is at risk, argues Jonathan Zittrain in The Future of the Internet. Closed systems, designed by makers for a limited number of uses, forestall innovationWed, 23 Apr 2008 19:21 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4d9791a6-0bcb-11dd-9840-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4d9791a6-0bcb-11dd-9840-0000779fd2ac.htmlGeorges Doriot sailed to the US to become a brigadier general in the second world war and an influential professor at Harvard Business SchoolWed, 16 Apr 2008 17:38 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/febfe328-064b-11dd-802c-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/febfe328-064b-11dd-802c-0000779fd2ac.htmlIn The Game-Changer, A. G. Lafley, P&G chief executive, and Ram Charan, business consultant, lay out the thinking behind the turnround at P&G since Lafley took over in 2000Wed, 9 Apr 2008 20:28 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f63eb7e-00bf-11dd-a0c5-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f63eb7e-00bf-11dd-a0c5-000077b07658.html It can be difficult for a western company, even when it has the best of intentions, to find a reliable Chinese outsourcing partner that can produce safe productsWed, 2 Apr 2008 19:08 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f719b9c-fb5b-11dc-8c3e-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f719b9c-fb5b-11dc-8c3e-000077b07658.htmlAchieving 'no service' status, the premise behind The Best Service Is No Service, unleashes a hugely positive win-win with greater value for customers and companiesWed, 26 Mar 2008 19:56 GMT