Books Recommended by Trung Phan
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The Prize
The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
Daniel Yergin
Source: "If you were to ask me what single business book most changed my perception of the world, it is [this one.]" - Trung Phan
4 recommendersThe World for Sale
Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources
Javier Blas
Source: "[Has] comparable breadth as The Prize in terms of globe-spanning industries." - Trung Phan
1 recommenderThe Box
How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
Marc Levinson
Source: "[Has] comparable breadth as The Prize in terms of globe-spanning industries." - Trung Phan
4 recommendersThe Making of the Atomic Bomb
Richard Rhodes
Source: "As good as it gets in describing the development of the nuclear industry." - Trung Phan
3 recommendersLords of Strategy
The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World
Walter Kiechel
Source: "About the Management consulting industry." - Trung Phan
1 recommenderHard Landing
The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos
Thomas Petzinger Jr.
Source: "About the Post-deregulation Airlines industry." - Trung Phan
3 recommendersThe $12 Million Stuffed Shark
The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
Donald N. Thompson
Source: "About the Contemporary Art industry." - Trung Phan
3 recommendersThe Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Robert A. Caro
Source: "About the Urban Planning industry." - Trung Phan
4 recommendersThe Elements of Power
Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age
David S. Abraham
Source: "About the Rare metals industry." - Trung Phan
1 recommenderThe Power Law
Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
Sebastian Mallaby
Source: "About the Venture Capital industry." - Trung Phan
4 recommendersThe Master Switch
The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
Tim Wu
Source: "About the Media Platforms industry." - Trung Phan
2 recommendersThe Emperors of Chocolate
Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars
Joël Glenn Brenner
Source: "About the Confectionary industry." - Trung Phan
1 recommenderSetting the Table
The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
Danny Meyer
Source: "About the Restaurants industry." - Trung Phan
The Fish That Ate the Whale
The Life and Times of America's Banana King
Rich Cohen
Source: "About the Bananas industry." - Trung Phan
Bad Pharma
How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
Ben Goldacre
Source: "About the Pharma industry." - Trung Phan
1 recommenderThe Goal
A Process of Ongoing Improvement
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Source: "About the Operations industry." - Trung Phan
3 recommendersCreativity, Inc.
Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Ed Catmull
Source: "About the Animation industry." - Trung Phan
Barbarians at the Gate
The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Bryan Burrough
Source: "About the Private Equity industry." - Trung Phan
Masters of Doom
How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
David Kushner
Source: "About the PC Gaming industry." - Trung Phan
More Money Than God
Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite
Sebastian Mallaby
Source: "About the Hedge Funds industry." - Trung Phan
2 recommenders
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