Book of Business Quotations
Published on 31. July 2012
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-118-18534-6 (ISBN)
Description
A collection of witty and entertaining business quotations brought together by the experts at The Economist
An inspirational, informative, and insightful compendium of business wisdom, Book of Business Quotations brings together a remarkable collection of business quotations. Going well beyond just the most common, widely-known remarks from major industry figures, the book unearths little known comments from forgotten experts, novelists, and other non-traditional sources, placing them alongside the words of business luminaries to craft a truly comprehensive volume.
Compiled partly from talking to businessmen, journalists, writers, and professors about quotations they have found particularly perceptive, and partly by trawling the reference sources, business publications, and The Economist itself, the book is structured alphabetically by subject, with approximately 50 sections.
Brings together words of wit and wisdom about business from a diverse range of sources, including CEOs, novelists, business gurus, and politicians
Includes remarks on all manner of current business topics, from global markets to e-commerce, from business history to consultants
Quotations grouped by subject for easy access
A helpful tool for anyone working in the world of business, Book of Business Quotations puts pearls of wisdom from a range of sources right at your fingertips.
An inspirational, informative, and insightful compendium of business wisdom, Book of Business Quotations brings together a remarkable collection of business quotations. Going well beyond just the most common, widely-known remarks from major industry figures, the book unearths little known comments from forgotten experts, novelists, and other non-traditional sources, placing them alongside the words of business luminaries to craft a truly comprehensive volume.
Compiled partly from talking to businessmen, journalists, writers, and professors about quotations they have found particularly perceptive, and partly by trawling the reference sources, business publications, and The Economist itself, the book is structured alphabetically by subject, with approximately 50 sections.
Brings together words of wit and wisdom about business from a diverse range of sources, including CEOs, novelists, business gurus, and politicians
Includes remarks on all manner of current business topics, from global markets to e-commerce, from business history to consultants
Quotations grouped by subject for easy access
A helpful tool for anyone working in the world of business, Book of Business Quotations puts pearls of wisdom from a range of sources right at your fingertips.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 185 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
290 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-18534-6 (9781118185346)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Bill Ridgers is a business writer and business education editor at The Economist.
Content
About this book xii
Introduction xiii
A Accountants and accountancy 1
Advertising 3
Advice 6
Agriculture business 9
The airline industry 9
Ambition 10
America 12
Appraisals 14
The arts 15
B Banks and bankers 18
Bills 20
The board 21
The boss 22
Branding 23
Bureaucracy 24
Business education 26
Business entertaining 27
Business travel 28
C Capitalism 29
The car industry 32
Change 33
Civility 36
Joking aside: five quotes from comedians 37
Committees 38
Communication 38
Communism and socialism 39
Competition 40
Complacency 43
Conferences 43
Conflict and the arms industry 44
Consultants and consulting 45
Consumerism 46
Corporations 49
Costs 50
Creativity 51
Credit 54
Crime 55
Culture 55
Customers and customer service 56
Cynicism 60
D Data, information and statistics 61
Debt 63
Decision-making 64
Delegation 66
Design 66
Development 67
Discipline 68
Dishonesty 68
Diversity 69
Downturns and economic turmoil 70
The drugs industry 70
E Economics 72
In brief: five epigrams 74
Education 76
Egotism 76
Emerging markets 77
Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurialism 77
The environment 80
Envy and jealousy 81
Ethics 82
Europe 85
Experience 86
Expertise 87
F Failure 89
Showing character: five quotes from film and TV 91
Family business 92
The film industry 93
Financial crises 93
Following the herd 94
Foot-in-mouth and blunt honesty 95
Friendship 96
Fulfillment 97
Fun 97
G Gambling 99
Globalisation 99
Greed 101
Growth 102
H Happiness 104
Hard work 105
Hiring 108
Honesty 109
Hubris 111
I Innovation 112
Insurance 118
The internet 118
Intuition 119
Investing 120
K Knowledge 124
Knowledge workers 125
L Labour 127
Novel thoughts: five quotes from literature 130
Lawyers and the law 131
Laziness 133
Leadership 135
Luck 138
M Management speak and jargon 140
Management thinking 142
Managers and management 142
Words ffrom the wise: five quotes from management gurus 143
Manufacturing 147
Market research 147
Marketing 148
Markets 151
The media 152
Meetings 154
Mergers, demergers and acquisitions 155
Money 156
Motivation / 159
The music industry 160
N Negotiation and dealmaking 162
O Obsession 163
Obstacles 163
Office life 164
The oil and gas industry 166
The oldest profession 168
Operations 169
Optimism 170
P Performance 171
Philanthropy 171
Philosophy 172
Planning 172
Poverty 173
Power 174
Predictions 175
Price 175
Procrastination 176
Products / 177
The despatch box: five quotes from politicians 178
Progress 179
Promotion 180
Purpose 181
R Regulation 182
Remuneration 183
Reputation 185
Responsibility 186
Retirement 186
Risk 187
S The sack 189
Science 190
Secretaries 190
Self-employment 191
Self-interest 191
Selling 192
Show business 193
Small and medium-sized businesses 194
Sport 194
Start-ups 195
Strategy 196
Success 200
Supply chains 204
T Talent 205
Taxes 207
Teamwork 208
Technology 210
The tobacco industry 214
Training 214
U Unemployment 215
Unions and industrial relations 216
V Value 219
W Wealth 221
Women in business 225
Work-life balance 227
Acknowledgements 229
Index 230
Introduction xiii
A Accountants and accountancy 1
Advertising 3
Advice 6
Agriculture business 9
The airline industry 9
Ambition 10
America 12
Appraisals 14
The arts 15
B Banks and bankers 18
Bills 20
The board 21
The boss 22
Branding 23
Bureaucracy 24
Business education 26
Business entertaining 27
Business travel 28
C Capitalism 29
The car industry 32
Change 33
Civility 36
Joking aside: five quotes from comedians 37
Committees 38
Communication 38
Communism and socialism 39
Competition 40
Complacency 43
Conferences 43
Conflict and the arms industry 44
Consultants and consulting 45
Consumerism 46
Corporations 49
Costs 50
Creativity 51
Credit 54
Crime 55
Culture 55
Customers and customer service 56
Cynicism 60
D Data, information and statistics 61
Debt 63
Decision-making 64
Delegation 66
Design 66
Development 67
Discipline 68
Dishonesty 68
Diversity 69
Downturns and economic turmoil 70
The drugs industry 70
E Economics 72
In brief: five epigrams 74
Education 76
Egotism 76
Emerging markets 77
Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurialism 77
The environment 80
Envy and jealousy 81
Ethics 82
Europe 85
Experience 86
Expertise 87
F Failure 89
Showing character: five quotes from film and TV 91
Family business 92
The film industry 93
Financial crises 93
Following the herd 94
Foot-in-mouth and blunt honesty 95
Friendship 96
Fulfillment 97
Fun 97
G Gambling 99
Globalisation 99
Greed 101
Growth 102
H Happiness 104
Hard work 105
Hiring 108
Honesty 109
Hubris 111
I Innovation 112
Insurance 118
The internet 118
Intuition 119
Investing 120
K Knowledge 124
Knowledge workers 125
L Labour 127
Novel thoughts: five quotes from literature 130
Lawyers and the law 131
Laziness 133
Leadership 135
Luck 138
M Management speak and jargon 140
Management thinking 142
Managers and management 142
Words ffrom the wise: five quotes from management gurus 143
Manufacturing 147
Market research 147
Marketing 148
Markets 151
The media 152
Meetings 154
Mergers, demergers and acquisitions 155
Money 156
Motivation / 159
The music industry 160
N Negotiation and dealmaking 162
O Obsession 163
Obstacles 163
Office life 164
The oil and gas industry 166
The oldest profession 168
Operations 169
Optimism 170
P Performance 171
Philanthropy 171
Philosophy 172
Planning 172
Poverty 173
Power 174
Predictions 175
Price 175
Procrastination 176
Products / 177
The despatch box: five quotes from politicians 178
Progress 179
Promotion 180
Purpose 181
R Regulation 182
Remuneration 183
Reputation 185
Responsibility 186
Retirement 186
Risk 187
S The sack 189
Science 190
Secretaries 190
Self-employment 191
Self-interest 191
Selling 192
Show business 193
Small and medium-sized businesses 194
Sport 194
Start-ups 195
Strategy 196
Success 200
Supply chains 204
T Talent 205
Taxes 207
Teamwork 208
Technology 210
The tobacco industry 214
Training 214
U Unemployment 215
Unions and industrial relations 216
V Value 219
W Wealth 221
Women in business 225
Work-life balance 227
Acknowledgements 229
Index 230