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Финалисты FT and Goldman Sachs Book Award
Финалисты конкурса на лучшую бизнес-книгу (скорее, нон-фикшн о бизнесе).
Кратко про авторов и книжки. Via Bloomberg, дай ему Бог здоровья.
Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Pulitzer Prize winners Thomas Friedman and James B. Stewart were named as two of eight finalists for the inaugural Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.
The award, which carries a prize of 30,000 pounds ($54,175), will be announced Nov. 21.
Friedman was nominated for ``The World Is Flat,'' in which the New York Times columnist argues that the 21st century is ushering in a new era of globalization. The book, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Allen Lane, looks at the explosion of technology and outsourcing and concludes that it's ``flattening'' our world.
Stewart, a former Wall Street Journal editor and co-author of ``Den of Thieves,'' was nominated for ``DisneyWar,'' which offers an inside look at Roy Disney's battle with Michael Eisner at Walt Disney Co., the second-biggest U.S. media company. Published by Simon & Schuster, the book offers an exhaustive study of the reign of Eisner, who has led Disney since 1984 and plans to step down as chief executive officer on Sept. 30.
Other finalists include Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner for ``Freakonomics.'' The HarperCollins and Allen Lane book turns conventional economics upside down by puzzling out everyday conundrums, including why drug dealers still live with their mothers.
Google and T-shirts
John Battelle was named for ``The Search,'' a book published by Nicholas Brealey and Portfolio that explores the rise of Google Inc., owner of the most-used Internet search engine.
Pietra Rivoli made the cut with ``The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy,'' a Wiley book tracing the progress of a T- shirt, from a cotton field in Texas to a factory in China.
Constantinos C. Markides and Paul A. Geroski were named for ``Fast Second.'' The book, published by Jossey-Bass, shows how established companies capitalize on developing markets that others created.
Goldman Sachs, the biggest U.S. securities firm by market value, and the Financial Times created the award to highlight books that, in the opinion of the judges, provided ``the most compelling and enjoyable insights into modern business issues.''
Finalists will receive 5,000 pounds for each of the five books that made the short list without winning the top prize.
To contact the writer of this review:
James Pressley in Brussels at jpressley@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: September 20, 2005 04:37 EDT
Финалисты конкурса на лучшую бизнес-книгу (скорее, нон-фикшн о бизнесе).
Кратко про авторов и книжки. Via Bloomberg, дай ему Бог здоровья.
Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Pulitzer Prize winners Thomas Friedman and James B. Stewart were named as two of eight finalists for the inaugural Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.
The award, which carries a prize of 30,000 pounds ($54,175), will be announced Nov. 21.
Friedman was nominated for ``The World Is Flat,'' in which the New York Times columnist argues that the 21st century is ushering in a new era of globalization. The book, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Allen Lane, looks at the explosion of technology and outsourcing and concludes that it's ``flattening'' our world.
Stewart, a former Wall Street Journal editor and co-author of ``Den of Thieves,'' was nominated for ``DisneyWar,'' which offers an inside look at Roy Disney's battle with Michael Eisner at Walt Disney Co., the second-biggest U.S. media company. Published by Simon & Schuster, the book offers an exhaustive study of the reign of Eisner, who has led Disney since 1984 and plans to step down as chief executive officer on Sept. 30.
Other finalists include Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner for ``Freakonomics.'' The HarperCollins and Allen Lane book turns conventional economics upside down by puzzling out everyday conundrums, including why drug dealers still live with their mothers.
Google and T-shirts
John Battelle was named for ``The Search,'' a book published by Nicholas Brealey and Portfolio that explores the rise of Google Inc., owner of the most-used Internet search engine.
Pietra Rivoli made the cut with ``The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy,'' a Wiley book tracing the progress of a T- shirt, from a cotton field in Texas to a factory in China.
Constantinos C. Markides and Paul A. Geroski were named for ``Fast Second.'' The book, published by Jossey-Bass, shows how established companies capitalize on developing markets that others created.
Goldman Sachs, the biggest U.S. securities firm by market value, and the Financial Times created the award to highlight books that, in the opinion of the judges, provided ``the most compelling and enjoyable insights into modern business issues.''
Finalists will receive 5,000 pounds for each of the five books that made the short list without winning the top prize.
To contact the writer of this review:
James Pressley in Brussels at jpressley@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: September 20, 2005 04:37 EDT
