"With an average annual rainfall of 1,170 mm, India is one of the wettest countries in the world. Still, even with its rich natural water resources, with more than 300,000 square meters of bodies of water, the country is plagued by environmental issues such as water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides (Sharma, 2005). Another major problem is that tap water is not potable throughout the country. This implies that people, especially those from the lower income bracket, cannot avail of clean drinking water, since these have to be bought. Repugnant as it may sound, it is a reality that millions of Indians queue up everyday at public taps for one of life's most precious commodity — water." -ADB

Thursday 1 February 2007

Some Must Read Books

source:http://whymba.blogdrive.com/archive/10.html
Wall Street/Investing:

• Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
By Bryan Burrough and John Helyar
• Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
By Michael Lewis
• Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle
By John Rolfe and Peter Troob
• A Random Walk Down Wall Street
By Burton Malkiel
• Understanding Wall Street
By Jeffrey B. Little and Lucien Rhodes
• The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money & Investing
By Kenneth M. Morris, Virginia B. Morris, and Alan M. Siegel

Internet/E-Commerce:

• Internet: The Complete Reference
Edited by Margaret Levine Young
• Net Gain: Expanding Markets Through Virtual Communities
By John Hagel and Arthur G. Armstrong
• Net Worth
By John Hagel and Marc Singer

Marketing:

• The Brand You 50: Fifty Ways to Transform Yourself From an "Employee" Into a Brand That Shouts Distinction, Commitment, and Passion!
By Tom Peters
• Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
By Geoffrey A. Moore and Regic McKenna
• Inside the Tornado: Marketing Strategies From Inside Silicon Valley's Cutting Edge
By Geoffrey A. Moore
• Unleashing the Ideavirus
By Seth Godin (www.ideavirus.com)

Consulting:

• Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors
By Michael Porter

Pre MBA Must Read Books :

1. Snapshots from Hell : The Making of an MBA by Peter Robinson
2. Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street by Michael Lewis
3. Barbarians at the Gate : The Fall of RJR Nabisco by Bryan Burrough, John Helyar
4. Fiasco by Stanislaw Lem, Michael Kandel
5. Monkey Business : Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle by John Rolfe, Peter Troob
6. Investment Banking : A Tale of Three Cities by Samuel L., Iii Hayes, Philip M. Hubbard
7. The Predators' Ball : The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders by Connie Bruck
8. SOROS: The Unauthorized Biography, the Life, Times and Trading Secrets of the World's Greatest Investor by Robert Slater
9. The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story by Michael Lewis
10. Everything I Know about Dating I Learned in Business School by A. K. Crump
11. The Fifth Discipline : The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge
12. The Art of War by Sun Tzu
13. Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun? : How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion Dollar Business Empire by Reginald F. Lewis, et al
14. The Minto Pyramid Principle : Logic in Writing, Thinking, & Problem Solving by Barbara Minto
15. Age of Unreason by Charles Handy, Warren G. Bennis
16. Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer Johnson, Kenneth H. Blanchard
17. Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by James C. Collins, Jerry I. Porras
18. Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
19.. What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School by Mark H. McCormack
20. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox
21. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
22. The Future of Success by Robert B. Reich
23. Iacocca : An Autobiography by Lee Iacocca, William Novak
24. My Years With General Motors by Alfred P. Sloan
25. The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
26. Sam Walton : Made in America : My Story by Sam Walton
27. Made in Japan : Akio Morita and Sony by Akio Morita
28. Losing my Virginity : Autobiography of Richard Branson

29 High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove
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