Books Archives - Conerly Consulting

25 Apr 2014

Consumers In Moderate Mode

Books Business Strategy

Consumers are feeling better about current conditions and prospects for the future, but the improvement is gradual and subject to short-term swings. Business leaders reading the papers or watching TV might think that "consumers are …

10 Feb 2012

The Economics of Pricing New Technology: A Gun Story

Books Business Strategy Economy

Read about it on my Forbes.com page: Pricing Technology Breakthroughs: The Glock Lesson.

5 Sep 2011

Benjamin Franklin on Economic Disasterists

Books Business Strategy Economy

I was reading the Declaration of Independents, a really fun read, and they mentioned the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. I had not read it, but thought maybe I should be familar with it, so I …

28 Jun 2011

Economic Causes of the Decline of Rome

Books Economy Public Policy

Will Durant sums it up well: "The economic causes of Rome's decline have already been stated as prerequisite to the understanding of Diocletioan's reforms; they need only a reminding summary here. The precarious dependence upon …

21 May 2011

The Future of Books and Libraries–and Education?

Books

Seth Godin has a stunningly useful commentary on books, libraries and librarians. "The librarian isn't a clerk who happens to work at a library. A librarian is a data hound, a guide, a sherpa and …

6 Apr 2011

The Economics of Cities

Books Business Strategy Economy

Every business leader should understand the role that cities play in economic–and corporate–growth. A good way to get that understanding is Ed Glaeser's new book, The Triumph of Cities. Glaeser makes the critical point that …

11 Mar 2011

Businomics Interview: Business Cycles and Management

Books Business Strategy

Here’s a video of me discussing the best book on economics and management.

31 Dec 2010

Smart Pricing: New Ideas on an Old Problem

Books Business Strategy

Very few of us do a good job setting prices. I have seen several companies, large and small, set prices, and it's not nearly as rational and analytic as it should be. And when it …

27 Dec 2010

Many Prices for One Product

Books Business Strategy Economy

The Christmas tree included a great book that got me thinking about the economics of pricing. No, my family did not bless me with an economics text. However, my son Peter gave me a delightful …

22 Aug 2010

Good Book on Manufacturing Management: The Goal

Books Business Strategy

The lessons of Eliyahu Goldratt's The Goal are broader than manufacturing management, but that's the context for the lessons. The book is fairly old, first published in 1984, and I'm not sure how I missed …

17 Jun 2010

Austrian Economics Follow Up

Books Economy

Two days ago I wrote "Austrian Economics: What Business Executives Should Know." Today the Wall Street Journal's blog Real Time Economics has an article about Friedrich Hayek's The Road to Serfdom. So I guess it …

29 Apr 2010

A History of Interest Rates

Books Economy Investments

If interest rates matter to you, and you have an inquiring mind, pick up a copy of Sydney Homer's A History of Interest Rates. (The latest editions were co-authored with Richard Sylla and include more …