
- The Age of Turbulence, by Alan Greenspan - live and times of Allan Greenspan
- The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Book on how we underestimate the risk of highly improbable events
- Immigrants, by Philippe Legrain - touching one of the most emotive subjects in recent times (already in my shopping cart)
- The Last Tycoons, William D Cohan - story on the rise of Lazard Frere's investment bank
- Wikinomics, by Don Tapscott and Anthony D Williams - Book on how internet collaboration leads to better content/products/services (already in my shopping cart)
- Zoom, by Iain Carson and Vijay V Vaitheeswaran - book on challenges faced by big oil and car making companies in developing new fuels and technologies.
Today's FT also mentions a list of evergreen all time favorites:
- Good To Great by Jim Collins (somehow I did not like this one at all!)
- The Effective executive by Peter Drucker
- The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen
- Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Heylar
- The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith (How many times I wanted to read this one at the Uni but never got round to it???)
Here are some links which you can helpful:
FT article on Business book awards click here
2006 finalists - click here
2005 finalists - click here
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