december 2003

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Alumni Bookshelf

Straight Talk on Investing
coauthored by John J. (“Jack”) Brennan (MBA ’80) (John Wiley & Sons)

Brennan, chairman and CEO of The Vanguard Group, provides a hands-on, straight-forward guide to investing.

Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest
by Linda Carlson (MBA ’80) (University of Washington Press)

Drawing from residents’ reminiscences, newspaper accounts, company newsletters and histories, and local records, Carlson looks at towns in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho and the impact that companies have had on them.

Restructuring for Growth
by John C. Michaelson (MBA ’80) (McGraw-Hill)

Using case studies and analyses of major corporations, Michaelson offers an in-depth view of common techniques of restructuring and discusses how to deliver increased value.

A Manager’s Guide to Creative Cost Cutting
(McGraw-Hill)

Techniques of Management Accounting
(McGraw-Hill)

Management Accounting in Health Care Organizations
by David W. Young (DBA ’77) (Jossey-Bass)

Young, a member of the faculty at Boston University’s School of Management who will teach next semester at IESE Business School in Barcelona, specializes in management accounting and health-care policy.

Send information about new alumni-authored books to bulletin@hbs.edu.