Reading Tasks
Reading Tasks
The Everything Store
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, the definitive story of the largest and most influential company in the world and the man whose drive and determination changed business forever.
Available in the LRC.
The Upstarts
Read The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley are Changing the World, a look deep inside the new Silicon Valley, from the author of The Everything Store.
Available in the LRC.
If I Could Tell You Just One Thing
If I Could Tell You Just One Thing by Richard Reed, is a collection of pearls of wisdom from some of the most remarkable, inspiring and game-changing people in the world, giving you a lesson in how to live, how to love, how to create and how to succeed.
Available in the LRC.
Empire State of Mind
Empire State of Mind: by Zack O’Malley Greenburg, explains just how Jay-Z propelled himself from the bleak streets of Brooklyn to the heights of the business world.
Available in the LRC.
Brick by Brick
Brick by Brick is the compelling story of Lego, a Danish family-owned company that enjoyed decades of success before its inability to keep in step with a rapidly changing market brought it crashing to earth. It's also the story of an extraordinary recovery.
Available in the LRC.
Tescopoly
Read the book Tescopoly: How One Shop came Out on Top and why it Matters. This book examines the inexorable rise of supermarkets and what this means for our daily lives.
Available in the LRC.
Exploring Corporate Strategy
Read the classic Exploring Corporate Strategy by Johnson, Scholes and Whittington, a classic textbook on this topic.
Elon Musk
Read the book Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future. This book gives us a fascinating insight into one of the world's most well known entrepreneur and innovator.
Available in the LRC.
Business Review
Read Business Review.
Available in the LRC.
Listening Tasks
Podcast Wake up to Money - Radio 5 live
News and views on business and the world of personal finance. Plus the very latest from the financial markets around the globe.
More or Less, Today
Radio 4 Podcasts. More or Less, Today
Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.
Watching Tasks
MoneyBall
Money Ball - Film on Netflix
A film about Billy Beane, a baseball manager of a team with the lowest salary constraint in baseball. If he ever wants to win the World Series, Billy must find a competitive advantage. Billy is about to turn baseball on its ear when he uses statistical data to analyse and place value on the players he picks for the team.
World Business Report - BBC iPlayer
Presenting not just the headlines, but the explanations behind the headlines, and an examination of the trends in technology and the world of business.
Talking Business - BBC iPlayer
On Talking Business BBC presenters, based in the world's most dynamic cities, discuss with the most important and influential people from the world of business and finance, the key issues of the day.
Dirty Money
Dirty Money - Documentary series on Netflix
From crippling payday loans to cars that cheat emissions tests, this investigative series exposes brazen acts of corporate greed and corruption.
Inside the Factory
Inside the Factory - BBC iPlayer
Gregg Wallace and Cherry Healey get exclusive access to some of the largest factories in Britain to reveal the secrets behind production on an epic scale.
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