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The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works - and How It's Transforming the American Economy

by Charles Fishman
The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works - and How It's Transforming the American Economy - Thryft
The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works - and How It's Transforming the American Economy - Thryft

Revealing the impact of the world's most powerful company.

This book could be a good read for you if you're curious about the real impact behind the global giant that is Wal-Mart. With unprecedented access and a wealth of staggering data, Charles Fishman takes you behind the scenes to reveal the true effects of this company on its customers, workers, and suppliers. Through intimate interviews and insightful analysis, he uncovers the ways Wal-Mart is reshaping our lives and the American economy. Prepare to be informed and shocked by the power of this retail giant.

  • Financial Times Business Book of the Year Nominee for Shortlist (2006)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works - and How It's Transforming the American Economy

by Charles Fishman
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ISBN: 9780143038788
Author: Charles Fishman
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 2006-12-26
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, Economics, Sociology, History, Business
Related Topics: Sociology, History, Sociology, Politics, History, Economics, Politics, Leadership, Management
Goodreads rating: 3.83
(rated by 3740 readers)

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"Highly readable, incisive, precise, and even elegant." — San Francisco Chronicle"Insightful." — BusinessWeekWal-Mart isn’t just the world’s biggest company, it is probably the world’s most written-about. But no book until this one has managed to penetrate its wall of silence or go beyond the usual polemics to analyze its actual effects on its customers, workers, and suppliers. Drawing on unprecedented interviews with former Wal-Mart executives and a wealth of staggering data (e.g., Americans spend $36 million an hour at Wal-Mart stores, and in 2004 its growth alone was bigger than the total revenue of 469 of the Fortune 500), The Wal-Mart Effect is an intimate look at a business that is dramatically reshaping our lives.
 

Revealing the impact of the world's most powerful company.

This book could be a good read for you if you're curious about the real impact behind the global giant that is Wal-Mart. With unprecedented access and a wealth of staggering data, Charles Fishman takes you behind the scenes to reveal the true effects of this company on its customers, workers, and suppliers. Through intimate interviews and insightful analysis, he uncovers the ways Wal-Mart is reshaping our lives and the American economy. Prepare to be informed and shocked by the power of this retail giant.

  • Financial Times Business Book of the Year Nominee for Shortlist (2006)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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