Sugestões de Leitura
Biografias
Am I Being Too Subtle? Straight Talk From a Business Rebel
Autor: Sam ZellAno: 2017
Self-made billionaire Sam Zell consistently sees what others don’t. From finding a market for overpriced Playboy magazines among his junior high classmates, to buying real estate on the cheap after a market crash, to investing in often unglamorous industries with long-term value, Zell acts boldly on supply and demand trends to grab the first-mover advantage.
Principles: Life and Work
Autor: Ray DalioAno: 2017
In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine.
Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
Autor: Roger LowensteinAno: 2016
Starting from scratch, simply by picking stocks and companies for investment, Warren Buffett amassed one of the epochal fortunes of the twentieth century — an astounding net worth of US$62 billion, and counting.
Damn Right! Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger
Autor: Janet LoweAno: 2003
Charlie Munger, whose reputation is deep and wide, based on an extraordinary record of brilliantly successful business strategies, sees things that others don′t. There is a method to his mastery and, through this book, we get a chance to learn about this rare individual.
Finanças Comportamentais
Beyond Greed and Fear: Understanding Behavioral Finance and the Psychology of Investing
Autor: Hersh ShefrinAno: 2006
This book provides a comprehensive treatment of behavioural finance. With the use of the latest psychological research, Shefrin helps us to understand the human behaviour that guides stock selection, financial services, and corporate financial strategy.
Gestão Empresarial
Creating Shareholder Value: A Guide for Managers and Investors
Autor: Alfred RappaportAno: 1997
The shareholder value approach presented here has been widely embraced by publicly traded as well as privately held companies worldwide. Brilliant and incisive, this is the one book that should be required reading for managers and investors who want to stay on the cutting edge of success in a highly competitive global economy.
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
Autor: James C. CollinsAno: 2004
This is not a book about charismatic visionary leaders. It is not about visionary product concepts or visionary products or visionary market insights. Nor is it about just having a corporate vision. This is a book about something far more important, enduring, and substantial. This is a book about visionary companies.
Management Challenges for the 21st Century
Autor: Peter F. DruckerAno: 1999
Peter F. Drucker discusses how the new paradigms of management have changed and will continue to change our basic assumptions about the practices and principles of management. Forward-looking and forward-thinking, Management Challenges for the 21st Century combines the broad knowledge, wide practical experience, profound insight, sharp analysis, and enlightened common sense that are the essence of Drucker's writings and "landmarks of the managerial profession.
The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
Autor: William N. ThorndikeAno: 2012
What makes a successful CEO? Most people call to mind a familiar definition: “a seasoned manager with deep industry expertise.” Others might point to the qualities of today’s so-called celebrity CEOs—charisma, virtuoso communication skills, and a confident management style. But what really matters when you run an organization? What is the hallmark of exceptional CEO performance? Quite simply, it is the returns for the shareholders of that company over the long term.
Investimentos
The Education of a Value Investor
Autor: Guy SpierAno: 2014
This book traces the arc of a transformation. Author Guy Spier started his career as a Gordon Gekko wannabe. Then, a series of transformations and self-realizations led him from an investment banking job with a third-rate firm to managing his own fund, which has generated tremendous returns for his investors.
The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns
Autor: Mohnish PabraiAno: 2007
In a straightforward and accessible manner, The Dhandho Investor lays out the powerful framework of value investing. Written with the intelligent individual investor in mind, this comprehensive guide distills the Dhandho capital allocation framework of the business savvy Patels from India and presents how they can be applied successfully to the stock market.
Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment
Autor: David F. SwensenAno: 2009
Swensen offers clear and incisive advice, especially when describing a counterintuitive path. Conventional investing too often leads to buying high and selling low. Trust is more important than flash-in-the-pan success. Expertise, fortitude, and the long view produce positive results where gimmicks and trend following do not.
Negócios
Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy
Autor: Bruce GreenwaldAno: 2007
Bruce Greenwald, one of the nation?s leading business professors, presents a new and simplified approach to strategy that cuts through much of the fog that has surrounded the subject. Based on his hugely popular course at Columbia Business School, Greenwald and his coauthor, Judd Kahn, offer an easy-to-follow method for understanding the competitive structure of your industry and developing an appropriate strategy for your specific position.
Tecnologia
The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies
Autor: Erik BrynjolfssonAno: 2016
A fundamentally optimistic book, The Second Machine Age will alter how we think about issues of technological, societal, and economic progress.
The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands
Autor: Eric TopolAno: 2016
In The Patient Will See You Now, Eric Topol, one of the nation's top physicians, shows why medicine does not have to be that way. Instead, you could use your smartphone to get rapid test results from one drop of blood, monitor your vital signs both day and night, and use an artificially intelligent algorithm to receive a diagnosis without having to see a doctor, all at a small fraction of the cost imposed by our modern healthcare system.