<![CDATA[Books for Business: Latest News]]> http://www.booksforbusiness.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:18:39 +0000 <![CDATA[2013 National Business Book Award]]> http://www.booksforbusiness.com/2013-national-business-book-award/ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:52:45 +0000 http://www.booksforbusiness.com/2013-national-business-book-award/  

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2013 National Business Book Award

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Chrystia Freeland wins National Business Book Award


$20,000 award recognizes the most outstanding Canadian business-related book

TORONTO, MAY 28, 2013 – Chrystia Freeland has been named the winner of this year's National Business Book Award for her book, Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else, published by Doubleday Canada. The announcement was made at a luncheon today in Toronto, hosted by co-sponsors PwC and BMO Financial Group. 

Plutocrats takes a reflective, insightful and well-researched look at the economic disparity that has emerged between the "super rich" – a small number of immensely wealthy people –    and the rest of society. Freeland describes how this divide began and what it signifies for each side of the gap. She examines how the convergence of technology and globalization has     created the greatest income gap of all time.
  
"The National Business Book Award consistently reflects the diverse range of topics relevant to the Canadian business community," says Gino Scapillati, National Managing Partner, Markets, PwC. "I'm pleased that the enthusiasm for the award is stronger than ever. It's a tribute to the quality of Canadian business writing and great business authors."


"Special thanks to the jury members for the dedication and focus they applied to the selection of this year's winner," said Barbara Dirks, Senior Vice-President & Chief Learning Officer, BMO Financial Group. "The caliber of talent was incredible, and to recognize just one author in particular was no small feat. So, congratulations to Ms. Freeland for winning this prestigious literary award for a truly insightful piece of business literature."


Now in its 28th year, the National Business Book Award has come to be recognized as one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards. The winning author is honoured with a $20,000 prize. 

Freeland is an acclaimed journalist and the Managing Director and Editor, Consumer News, for Thomson Reuters. She has served as a correspondent for the Financial Times, is the former deputy editor of The Globe and Mail and currently, has a regular column in the Report on Business.

Earlier this year, Freeland won the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize which recognizes the world's best non-fiction books on foreign affairs. Freeland is also the author of Sale of a Century: The Inside Story of the Second Russian Revolution (2000), which details Russia's journey from communism to capitalism. 

Freeland holds a B.A. in History and Literature from Harvard University and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University for her Master's degree. She was born in Peace River, Alberta and now lives in New York City.

The finalists for this year's National Business Book Award include:

  • Bernie Finkelstein, True North: A Life in the Music Business, published by McClelland & Stewart Ltd.
  • Douglas Hunter, Double Double: How Tim Hortons Became a Canadian Way of Life One Cup at a Time, published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
  • Amanda Lang, The Power of Why, Published by Collins, and imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
For more information, or to arrange an interview, please contact: 

Mary Ann Freedman
Freedman & Associates Inc. for the National Business Book Award
Tel: 416-868-1500
Email: mafreedman@freedmanandassociates.com
www.nbbaward.com

 

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National Business
Book Award

2013 National Business Book Award

nbba-banner.gif

Chrystia Freeland wins National Business Book Award


$20,000 award recognizes the most outstanding Canadian business-related book

TORONTO, MAY 28, 2013 – Chrystia Freeland has been named the winner of this year's National Business Book Award for her book, Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else, published by Doubleday Canada. The announcement was made at a luncheon today in Toronto, hosted by co-sponsors PwC and BMO Financial Group. 

Plutocrats takes a reflective, insightful and well-researched look at the economic disparity that has emerged between the "super rich" – a small number of immensely wealthy people –    and the rest of society. Freeland describes how this divide began and what it signifies for each side of the gap. She examines how the convergence of technology and globalization has     created the greatest income gap of all time.
  
"The National Business Book Award consistently reflects the diverse range of topics relevant to the Canadian business community," says Gino Scapillati, National Managing Partner, Markets, PwC. "I'm pleased that the enthusiasm for the award is stronger than ever. It's a tribute to the quality of Canadian business writing and great business authors."


"Special thanks to the jury members for the dedication and focus they applied to the selection of this year's winner," said Barbara Dirks, Senior Vice-President & Chief Learning Officer, BMO Financial Group. "The caliber of talent was incredible, and to recognize just one author in particular was no small feat. So, congratulations to Ms. Freeland for winning this prestigious literary award for a truly insightful piece of business literature."


Now in its 28th year, the National Business Book Award has come to be recognized as one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards. The winning author is honoured with a $20,000 prize. 

Freeland is an acclaimed journalist and the Managing Director and Editor, Consumer News, for Thomson Reuters. She has served as a correspondent for the Financial Times, is the former deputy editor of The Globe and Mail and currently, has a regular column in the Report on Business.

Earlier this year, Freeland won the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize which recognizes the world's best non-fiction books on foreign affairs. Freeland is also the author of Sale of a Century: The Inside Story of the Second Russian Revolution (2000), which details Russia's journey from communism to capitalism. 

Freeland holds a B.A. in History and Literature from Harvard University and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University for her Master's degree. She was born in Peace River, Alberta and now lives in New York City.

The finalists for this year's National Business Book Award include:

  • Bernie Finkelstein, True North: A Life in the Music Business, published by McClelland & Stewart Ltd.
  • Douglas Hunter, Double Double: How Tim Hortons Became a Canadian Way of Life One Cup at a Time, published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
  • Amanda Lang, The Power of Why, Published by Collins, and imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
For more information, or to arrange an interview, please contact: 

Mary Ann Freedman
Freedman & Associates Inc. for the National Business Book Award
Tel: 416-868-1500
Email: mafreedman@freedmanandassociates.com
www.nbbaward.com

 

]]> <![CDATA[National Business Book Award Announces Finalists ]]> http://www.booksforbusiness.com/national-business-book-award-announces-finalists/ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:37:36 +0000 http://www.booksforbusiness.com/national-business-book-award-announces-finalists/
The National Business Book Award
 

NATIONAL BUSINESS BOOK AWARD ANNOUNCES FINALISTS

TORONTO, April 22, 2013 –The finalists for this year’s National Business Book Award, one of Canada’s most prestigious literary awards, were announced today by co-sponsors PwC and BMO Financial Group. The $20,000 prize is awarded to the author of the most outstanding Canadian business-related book published in 2012.

This year’s book submissions demonstrated Canada’s talent in top-quality business writers. An independent jury evaluates eligible nominations based on five key criteria including originality, relevance, excellence of writing, thoroughness of research and depth of analysis.

This year’s finalists are:

  • Bernie Finkelstein, True North: A Life in the Music Business, published by McClelland & Stewart. Finkelstein, a producer, record-label owner and entrepreneur, recounts his personal story and shares his experiences as he built his career in the beginnings of the Canadian music business. This engaging memoir offers a vivid glimpse into the 1960s and early 1970s music and entertainment scene.
  • Chrystia Freeland, Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else, published by Doubleday Canada. Freeland, a journalist, editor and author, explores the economic divide that has emerged between the small number of extremely wealthy individuals and the rest of society. Bringing together the role of technology and globalization, she examines how the combination has created the greatest income gap of time.
  • Douglas Hunter, Double Double: How Tim Hortons Became a Canadian Way of Life One Cup at a Time, published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Hunter, an author, chronicles the evolution of Tim Hortons, a franchise operation that has become a part of the Canadian landscape. He sheds light on how the company has evolved into one of the most respected consumer brands in Canada.
  • Amanda Lang, The Power of Why, published by Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Lang, senior business correspondent for CBC News, demonstrates the importance of curiosity and how asking the right questions can lead to creative thinking and innovation, and change in both our business and personal lives. Citing real-life examples of how Canadian companies and organizations have applied creativity to shift their focus, she raises thought-provoking questions encouraging readers to challenge the status-quo.

The National Business Book Award jury is chaired by Roger Martin, Dean, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. The panel includes Jane Cooney, Founder, Books for Business; William Dimma, Chairman Emeritus, Home Capital Group, Inc., Peter Mansbridge, Chief Correspondent, CBC Television Network; Deirdre McMurdy, Adjudicator; and The Honourable Pamela Wallin, Senator.

In its 28th year, the National Business Book Award is an annual celebration of Canadian authors of exceptional non-fiction, business-related books. It continues to gain attention from not only the Canadian business world, but also publishers, authors, journalists, academics, economists, politicians and business leaders around the world.

The winner of the National Business Book Award will be announced on May 28, 2013 at a luncheon in Toronto, hosted by PwC and BMO Financial Group.

Last year’s National Business Book Award winner was Bruce Philp for his book Consumer Republic: Using Brands to Get What You Want, Make Corporations Behave, and Maybe Even Save the World.



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The National Business Book Award
 

NATIONAL BUSINESS BOOK AWARD ANNOUNCES FINALISTS

TORONTO, April 22, 2013 –The finalists for this year’s National Business Book Award, one of Canada’s most prestigious literary awards, were announced today by co-sponsors PwC and BMO Financial Group. The $20,000 prize is awarded to the author of the most outstanding Canadian business-related book published in 2012.

This year’s book submissions demonstrated Canada’s talent in top-quality business writers. An independent jury evaluates eligible nominations based on five key criteria including originality, relevance, excellence of writing, thoroughness of research and depth of analysis.

This year’s finalists are:

  • Bernie Finkelstein, True North: A Life in the Music Business, published by McClelland & Stewart. Finkelstein, a producer, record-label owner and entrepreneur, recounts his personal story and shares his experiences as he built his career in the beginnings of the Canadian music business. This engaging memoir offers a vivid glimpse into the 1960s and early 1970s music and entertainment scene.
  • Chrystia Freeland, Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else, published by Doubleday Canada. Freeland, a journalist, editor and author, explores the economic divide that has emerged between the small number of extremely wealthy individuals and the rest of society. Bringing together the role of technology and globalization, she examines how the combination has created the greatest income gap of time.
  • Douglas Hunter, Double Double: How Tim Hortons Became a Canadian Way of Life One Cup at a Time, published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Hunter, an author, chronicles the evolution of Tim Hortons, a franchise operation that has become a part of the Canadian landscape. He sheds light on how the company has evolved into one of the most respected consumer brands in Canada.
  • Amanda Lang, The Power of Why, published by Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Lang, senior business correspondent for CBC News, demonstrates the importance of curiosity and how asking the right questions can lead to creative thinking and innovation, and change in both our business and personal lives. Citing real-life examples of how Canadian companies and organizations have applied creativity to shift their focus, she raises thought-provoking questions encouraging readers to challenge the status-quo.

The National Business Book Award jury is chaired by Roger Martin, Dean, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. The panel includes Jane Cooney, Founder, Books for Business; William Dimma, Chairman Emeritus, Home Capital Group, Inc., Peter Mansbridge, Chief Correspondent, CBC Television Network; Deirdre McMurdy, Adjudicator; and The Honourable Pamela Wallin, Senator.

In its 28th year, the National Business Book Award is an annual celebration of Canadian authors of exceptional non-fiction, business-related books. It continues to gain attention from not only the Canadian business world, but also publishers, authors, journalists, academics, economists, politicians and business leaders around the world.

The winner of the National Business Book Award will be announced on May 28, 2013 at a luncheon in Toronto, hosted by PwC and BMO Financial Group.

Last year’s National Business Book Award winner was Bruce Philp for his book Consumer Republic: Using Brands to Get What You Want, Make Corporations Behave, and Maybe Even Save the World.



]]> <![CDATA[Chrystia Freeland's Plutocrats Wins the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize]]> http://www.booksforbusiness.com/chrystia-freelands-plutocrats-wins-the-2013-lionel-gelber-prize/ Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:40:37 +0000 http://www.booksforbusiness.com/chrystia-freelands-plutocrats-wins-the-2013-lionel-gelber-prize/ For Immediate Release: March 25, 2013 (Toronto and Washington)Patricia Rubin, President of the Lionel Gelber Prize Board and niece of Lionel Gelber, announced

plutocrats.jpgtoday that Chrystia Freeland (New York City, USA) has won the 2013 Prize for Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else, published by Doubleday Canada and The Penguin Press. 

"This year's shortlist offered a wealth of opportunity to the jury,” said Jury Chair William Thorsell: “These are immensely erudite and creative books about where the world has been, and how it is becoming. Anyone who is curious about the world in play should read each one of these Lionel Gelber Prize finalists. Plutocrats took the prize for its immediacy and authority about the future —the world that we must comprehend and hope to manage in radically new circumstances. We are proud to announce that the winner of the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize is Chrystia Freeland.”

Chrystia Freeland is the Managing Director and Editor of Consumer News at Thomson Reuters, following years of service at the Financial Timesin New York, London, Moscow and Kiev. She was the deputy editor of The Globe and Mail and has written for the Financial Times, The Economist, The Washington Post, The New Yorker and The Atlantic. Freeland’s last book wasSale of the Century: Russia’s Wild Ride from Communism to Capitalism. She was born in Peace River, Alberta, Canada and lives in New York City, USA.

Free Public Lecture: Chrystia Freeland will be in Toronto to deliver the annual Lionel Gelber Prize free public lecture on Monday, April 15, 2013, at the Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility in the Munk School of Global Affairs, at the University of Toronto. 

Interview Podcast: Robert Steiner, Director of the Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, interviewed Chrystia Freeland for the Lionel Gelber Prize Longlist Podcast Series on iTunes. Listen here. 

Jurors William Thorsell (Chair), Daniel W. Drezner, Gaynor Lilian Johnson, Walter Russell Meade, and Margaret Wente wrote the following citation about Plutocrats for the longlist announcement: 

“In Plutocrats, Chrystia Freeland describes the evolution of a new global elite of unprecedented economic, social and political power. This mobile, denaturalized community affects the lives of billions as its wealth and values distance it from even the wealthiest of societies. Freeland explores consequent issues of equity and accountability with fluency and intimacy, capturing the human dimension of a powerful and disturbing phenomenon.” They chose the winning book from their previous five-book shortlist and twelve-book longlist. 

About the Lionel Gelber Prize: The Lionel Gelber Prize is a literary award for the world’s best non-fiction book in English on foreign affairs that seeks to deepen public debate on significant international issues. It was founded in 1989 in the memory of Canadian diplomat Lionel Gelber (1907 – 1989). A prize of $15,000 is awarded to the winner. The award is presented annually by the Lionel Gelber Foundation, in partnership withForeign Policy Magazine and the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.


About the Jurors for the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize:

William Thorsell, Jury Chair, is currently Associate Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto, and Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. After more than 10 years as editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail in Toronto, Mr. Thorsell was appointed Director and CEO of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto in August, 2000. He was invested into the Order of Ontario in January of 2008 and also invested as Chevalier, Order of Arts and Letters, in France in 2010.

Daniel W. Drezner, is professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a contributing editor at Foreign Policy. Prior to Fletcher, he taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has previously held positions with Civic Education Project, the RAND Corporation and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He is an editorial board member ofPerspectives on Politics.

Gaynor Lilian Johnson, Ph D. is currently Reader in International History and Member of the University of Salford’s European Security Research Centre. A specialist in the history of the British Foreign Office, she is a member of the editorial board of Diplomacy and Statecraft and book reviews editor of The International History Review.

Walter Russell Mead is professor of Foreign Affairs and the Humanities at Bard College, the Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and one of the country’s leading students of American foreign policy. His book, Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World, was widely hailed as an important study that will change the way Americans and others think about American foreign policy. Special Providence was awarded the Lionel Gelber Prize in 2002. Mr. Mead writes regularly on international affairs for the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, Washington Post, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, New Yorker, Atlantic, Harper’s and Esquire.

Margaret Wente is among the best-read columnists in Canada. She writes on a range of subjects, from social policy to politics, the changing roles of men and women, the future of higher education, and the evolution of the post-welfare state. Prior to becoming a full-time columnist with The Globe and Mail in 1999, she was the editor of several leading business publications, including the Globe's Report on Business. She has won a variety of journalism awards, and is the author of two books, An Accidental Canadian and You Can't Say That in Canada. She has a BA in English from the University of Michigan, and an MA from the University of Toronto. She is a deep admirer and frequent critic of both countries.

 

]]> For Immediate Release: March 25, 2013 (Toronto and Washington)Patricia Rubin, President of the Lionel Gelber Prize Board and niece of Lionel Gelber, announced

plutocrats.jpgtoday that Chrystia Freeland (New York City, USA) has won the 2013 Prize for Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else, published by Doubleday Canada and The Penguin Press. 

"This year's shortlist offered a wealth of opportunity to the jury,” said Jury Chair William Thorsell: “These are immensely erudite and creative books about where the world has been, and how it is becoming. Anyone who is curious about the world in play should read each one of these Lionel Gelber Prize finalists. Plutocrats took the prize for its immediacy and authority about the future —the world that we must comprehend and hope to manage in radically new circumstances. We are proud to announce that the winner of the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize is Chrystia Freeland.”

Chrystia Freeland is the Managing Director and Editor of Consumer News at Thomson Reuters, following years of service at the Financial Timesin New York, London, Moscow and Kiev. She was the deputy editor of The Globe and Mail and has written for the Financial Times, The Economist, The Washington Post, The New Yorker and The Atlantic. Freeland’s last book wasSale of the Century: Russia’s Wild Ride from Communism to Capitalism. She was born in Peace River, Alberta, Canada and lives in New York City, USA.

Free Public Lecture: Chrystia Freeland will be in Toronto to deliver the annual Lionel Gelber Prize free public lecture on Monday, April 15, 2013, at the Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility in the Munk School of Global Affairs, at the University of Toronto. 

Interview Podcast: Robert Steiner, Director of the Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, interviewed Chrystia Freeland for the Lionel Gelber Prize Longlist Podcast Series on iTunes. Listen here. 

Jurors William Thorsell (Chair), Daniel W. Drezner, Gaynor Lilian Johnson, Walter Russell Meade, and Margaret Wente wrote the following citation about Plutocrats for the longlist announcement: 

“In Plutocrats, Chrystia Freeland describes the evolution of a new global elite of unprecedented economic, social and political power. This mobile, denaturalized community affects the lives of billions as its wealth and values distance it from even the wealthiest of societies. Freeland explores consequent issues of equity and accountability with fluency and intimacy, capturing the human dimension of a powerful and disturbing phenomenon.” They chose the winning book from their previous five-book shortlist and twelve-book longlist. 

About the Lionel Gelber Prize: The Lionel Gelber Prize is a literary award for the world’s best non-fiction book in English on foreign affairs that seeks to deepen public debate on significant international issues. It was founded in 1989 in the memory of Canadian diplomat Lionel Gelber (1907 – 1989). A prize of $15,000 is awarded to the winner. The award is presented annually by the Lionel Gelber Foundation, in partnership withForeign Policy Magazine and the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.


About the Jurors for the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize:

William Thorsell, Jury Chair, is currently Associate Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto, and Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. After more than 10 years as editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail in Toronto, Mr. Thorsell was appointed Director and CEO of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto in August, 2000. He was invested into the Order of Ontario in January of 2008 and also invested as Chevalier, Order of Arts and Letters, in France in 2010.

Daniel W. Drezner, is professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a contributing editor at Foreign Policy. Prior to Fletcher, he taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has previously held positions with Civic Education Project, the RAND Corporation and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He is an editorial board member ofPerspectives on Politics.

Gaynor Lilian Johnson, Ph D. is currently Reader in International History and Member of the University of Salford’s European Security Research Centre. A specialist in the history of the British Foreign Office, she is a member of the editorial board of Diplomacy and Statecraft and book reviews editor of The International History Review.

Walter Russell Mead is professor of Foreign Affairs and the Humanities at Bard College, the Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and one of the country’s leading students of American foreign policy. His book, Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World, was widely hailed as an important study that will change the way Americans and others think about American foreign policy. Special Providence was awarded the Lionel Gelber Prize in 2002. Mr. Mead writes regularly on international affairs for the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, Washington Post, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, New Yorker, Atlantic, Harper’s and Esquire.

Margaret Wente is among the best-read columnists in Canada. She writes on a range of subjects, from social policy to politics, the changing roles of men and women, the future of higher education, and the evolution of the post-welfare state. Prior to becoming a full-time columnist with The Globe and Mail in 1999, she was the editor of several leading business publications, including the Globe's Report on Business. She has won a variety of journalism awards, and is the author of two books, An Accidental Canadian and You Can't Say That in Canada. She has a BA in English from the University of Michigan, and an MA from the University of Toronto. She is a deep admirer and frequent critic of both countries.

 

]]> <![CDATA[Private Empire by Steve Coll wins the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012!]]> http://www.booksforbusiness.com/private-empire-by-steve-coll-wins-the-financial-times-and-goldman-sachs-business-book-of-the-year-award-2012/ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:40:46 +0000 http://www.booksforbusiness.com/private-empire-by-steve-coll-wins-the-financial-times-and-goldman-sachs-business-book-of-the-year-award-2012/ Steve Coll today won the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012 for Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power, published by The Penguin Press and Allen Lane. The book is a hard-hitting investigation of the notoriously secretive ExxonMobil Corporation, beginning with the Exxon Valdez accident in 1989 and closing with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.      

The award, which recognises the book that provides 'the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues', was presented this evening to Steve Coll in New York by Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times and chair of the panel of judges, and Lloyd C. Blankfein, chairman and chief executive officer, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.       

Steve Coll saw off strong competition to win the £30,000 prize. Each of the five runners-up received a cheque for £10,000.     

Lionel Barber said, "Private Empire is forensic, nuanced and extremely well written.  It is the story of ExxonMobil, one of the world's most powerful companies. Through a series of compelling narratives, it covers Exxon's huge geopolitical footprint and its influence. No other book on this year's shortlist exposes so much information that we did not know." 

Lloyd C. Blankfein commented, "Steve Coll's meticulous reporting led to a compelling work on one of the world's most important and impressive companies. We congratulate him for his effort."      

The distinguished judging panel for the 2012 award included:   
·         Vindi Banga, Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice   

·         Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice, London Business School   

·         Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action Forum   

·         Arthur Levitt, former Chairman, United States Securities and Exchange Commission    

·         Jorma Ollila, Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell    

·         Shriti Vadera, Director of Shriti Vadera Ltd, Non-Executive Director, BHP Billiton  and AstraZeneca

 

Finalist Included:

·        The Hour Between Dog and Wolf - John Coates

·        Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson

·        Volcker - William M. Silber

·        What Money Can't Buy - Michael J. Sandel

·        Why Nations Fail - Daren Acemoglu

]]> Steve Coll today won the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012 for Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power, published by The Penguin Press and Allen Lane. The book is a hard-hitting investigation of the notoriously secretive ExxonMobil Corporation, beginning with the Exxon Valdez accident in 1989 and closing with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.      

The award, which recognises the book that provides 'the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues', was presented this evening to Steve Coll in New York by Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times and chair of the panel of judges, and Lloyd C. Blankfein, chairman and chief executive officer, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.       

Steve Coll saw off strong competition to win the £30,000 prize. Each of the five runners-up received a cheque for £10,000.     

Lionel Barber said, "Private Empire is forensic, nuanced and extremely well written.  It is the story of ExxonMobil, one of the world's most powerful companies. Through a series of compelling narratives, it covers Exxon's huge geopolitical footprint and its influence. No other book on this year's shortlist exposes so much information that we did not know." 

Lloyd C. Blankfein commented, "Steve Coll's meticulous reporting led to a compelling work on one of the world's most important and impressive companies. We congratulate him for his effort."      

The distinguished judging panel for the 2012 award included:   
·         Vindi Banga, Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice   

·         Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice, London Business School   

·         Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action Forum   

·         Arthur Levitt, former Chairman, United States Securities and Exchange Commission    

·         Jorma Ollila, Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell    

·         Shriti Vadera, Director of Shriti Vadera Ltd, Non-Executive Director, BHP Billiton  and AstraZeneca

 

Finalist Included:

·        The Hour Between Dog and Wolf - John Coates

·        Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson

·        Volcker - William M. Silber

·        What Money Can't Buy - Michael J. Sandel

·        Why Nations Fail - Daren Acemoglu

]]> <![CDATA[Save 25%, 50% or 75% on Overstocked Books]]> http://www.booksforbusiness.com/save-25-50-or-75-on-overstocked-books/ Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:31:21 +0000 http://www.booksforbusiness.com/save-25-50-or-75-on-overstocked-books/

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Books for Business is overstocked on one-of-a-kind and specialty books so for a limited time, we're selling this extra inventory at deep discounts! Save up to 75% on overstock books on a wide variety of subjects. 

Note: Quantities are limited to inventory on hand, first-come first-served. 

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