Must read book for business major

College Majors Business Major
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>Could any fellow CCers recommend any good books you have read specifically on the topics of Negotiation, Networking &/or Entrepreneurship?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>College Confidential Business Major Forum is the only must read for business majors that I know of :P</p>

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<p>Come on, I need a book that I can read and hold in my hands. lol</p>

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<p>Does anyone read books here?</p>

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<p>^Answer: No, most of the posters on the business major forum look for an easy way to get out of college, get Ibanking jobs, and make loads of money.</p>

<p>Books on that are useless.</p>

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<p>Subscribe to and read: Newsweek and Harvard Business Review</p>

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<p>The Economist, The Wall Street Journal</p>

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<p>^ I second that.</p>

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<p>For Negotiations, I’ve heard Getting to Yes is a good one, though I myself have not read it.</p>

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<p>The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker
The Future of Management by Gary Hamel
Judgement by Noel M. Tichy & Warren Bennis</p>

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<p>When Genius Failed by Roger Lowenstein
House of Cards by William D. Cohan</p>

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<p>The intelligent investor (fundamental groundwork)
A random walk down Wall Street
Investment Banking: Valuation, leveraged buyouts, and Mergers & Acquisitions (by Rosenbaum and Pearl)</p>

<p>For fun:
Monkey Business
Damn it feels good to be a banker</p>

<p>Also read the WSJ and FT every day</p>

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<p>Liar’s Poker is a great one too.</p>

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<p>Subscription to the Economist.</p>

<p>If there’s money left over, subscription to Harvard Business Review.</p>

<p>Occasionally check Bloomberg online for free, and also Wall Street Journal online for free, just to keep up with the news and market data. Don’t read the analysis, as their columns are second tier and often pitched to a lower reading level compared to the articles you’ll find in the Economist and HBR.</p>

<p>That’s it. Don’t waste your time with Newsweek, Financial Times, Business Week, Forbes or other ad-laden junk.</p>

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<p>the only must read book is Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War.” It’s not only for business, but for politics and competition in general. </p>

<p>Other good business books that I recommend (but not really must read) is “dot.con” and the “ethical imperitive”</p>

<p>[Amazon.com:</a> The Ethical Imperative: Why Moral Leadership Is Good Business (9780738201306): John Dalla Costa: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Ethical-Imperative-Moral-Leadership-Business/dp/0738201308/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1260232321&sr=1-1-spell]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Ethical-Imperative-Moral-Leadership-Business/dp/0738201308/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1260232321&sr=1-1-spell)</p>

<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Dot.con: How America Lost Its Mind and Money in the Internet Era (9780060008819): John Cassidy: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Dot-con-America-Lost-Money-Internet/dp/0060008814/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260232253&sr=1-1]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Dot-con-America-Lost-Money-Internet/dp/0060008814/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260232253&sr=1-1)
I also subsribe to newswwek, businesswekk, and forbes</p>

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<p>if this one haven’t been mentioned.</p>

<p>Against the God By Peter Bernstein
and maybe Good to Great if you are looking into management.<br>
the World is Flat is a cool one to read.</p>

<p>those are the ones i can think of on the fly.</p>