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Book Review: Goldstein, J., (2021), From Bronze to Bitcoin: The True Story of Made-up Things.
In recent months, I have been trying to understand more about decentralized encrypted digital currencies, including Bitcoin, as well as...
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Book Review: Wapshott, N. (2021), Samuelson Friedman: The Battle Over the Free Market.
This book chronicles key discussion between perhaps the two greatest economists from the end of World War II to the beginning of this...
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Book Review: Prashantham, Shameen (2022), Gorillas can Dance, Wiley by Peter Lorange
This book reports on a 15-year research effort to explore how large corporations might effectively partner with much smaller startups, so...
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Book Review: Dignity in a Digital Society: Making Tech Work for All of Us
This book discusses the dilemma of how to avoid too much regulation, or too little regulation, to impact economic growth. In the USA, we...
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Book Review: Baron, J. & Lachenauer, R., (2021), Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook.
This is indeed a useful book, both conceptually strong as well as full of practical insights and actions for leaders of family business...
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Book Review: Gunther, M. (1985), The Zürich Axioms, Harriman Classics by Peter Lorange
This is a relatively old book, first published in 1985. However, I find this to be highly relevant also today. So, even though my review...
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Book Review: Clyne, A.H. & Jaffe, D.T., (2021), Finding Her Voice & Creating Legacy
Introduction This book focuses on women leaders with large sources of wealth. The authors have interviewed some 34 women leaders, some...
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Reinventing the Family Firm - Chapter 1 - by Peter Lorange
Defining the Family Business Portfolio Firm Introduction A family business can be defined as when a family owns a significant share and...
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Book Review: Perdue, M., (2021), The Frank Perdue Way: Simple Steps. Super Success, Tremendous
This book is important for business management. It chronicles what Frank Perdue did, which made him so successful! While there are many...
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Book Review: Rüsen, T.A., Kleve, H., & von Schlippe, A., (2021), Managing Business Family Dynasties:
This book reports on research carried out by these members of the staff of Witten Institute of Family Business, Witten/Heidecke...
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Book Review: Clark, D. (2021), The Long Game, Harvard Business Review Press by Peter Lorange
This book deals with what has become one of the most important dilemmas facing most leading managers today, namely, how to be a long-term...
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Book Review: Paul Polman and Andrew Winston, (2021), Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive
In this seminal book, former Unilever CEO Paul Polman and sustainability expert Andrew Winston explore how corporations might fix world...
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YPO Webinar – 14th October 2021, Succession and Cooperation Between Generations in Family Business
Moderator: Per Lorange, Managing Director, S. Ugelstad Invest Panelists: Peter Lorange, Chairman S. Ugelstad Invest; ounder, Chairman &...
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Book Review: Lavin, F., (2021), The Smart Business Guide to China E-Commerce by Peter Lorange
This is a very good book, and is timely as well. Frank Lavin has more than 30 years of experience helping companies succeed in China, the...
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Book Review: Reid Hoffman, with June Cohen and Deron Triff (2021), Masters of Scale by Peter Lorange
This book is based on more than 100 interviews, most of them aired on Reid Hoffman’s podcast Masters of Scale. Mr. Hoffman is widely...
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Book Review: Konovalov, O. (2021), The Vision Code: How to Create and Execute a Compelling Vision
This short book “is a breakthrough book that sets the foundations for a new school of thought”, according to Marshall Goldman, in the...
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Book Review: Joel Greenblatt (2010), The Little Book that Still Beats the Market, Wiley
This book is a classic when it comes to pinpointing what it takes to come up with successful stock market investing. The formula that the...
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Book Review: David F. Svensen (2005), Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach
Introduction This book was published in 2005, but it has become a “classic” in the world of personal investing. While the book is...
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Book review: Mohnish Pabrai (2007), The Dhandho Investor, Wiley by Peter Lorange
This book deals with how individuals can make better investments, particularly in stocks, through so-called value-based stock picking....
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Lorange Network Webinar Summary: FastScaling, with Patrick Flesner, Tuesday, 7th September 2021
Dr. Patrick Flesner is a partner at the German growth capital fund LeadX Capital Partners, where he built one of the largest portfolios...
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