Walmart
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The largest retailer in the world; the literature splits between Sam Walton's operating story and critical work on supplier and labor power.
10 books
Start here
- Sam Walton: Made in AmericaSam Walton, John Huey, 1992
- The Wal-Mart EffectCharles Fishman, 2006
- In Sam We TrustBob Ortega, 1998
Books 10
Sam Walton, John Huey · 1992 · Insider account: the founder's memoir, dictated as he was dying.
Charles Fishman · 2006 · How the buying power reshapes suppliers, prices and wages.
Bob Ortega · 1998 · First major critical history by a WSJ Walmart reporter.
Anthony Bianco · 2006 · Business-press account of supplier and wage pressure.
Nelson Lichtenstein · 2006 · Edited volume on the supply chain and logistics model.
Nelson Lichtenstein · 2009 · Labor historian on Walmart as a new template for capitalism.
Bethany Moreton · 2009 · How the company's culture and labour model were actually built.
Liza Featherstone · 2004 · The Dukes v. Wal-Mart sex discrimination litigation.
Don Soderquist · 2005 · Insider account by the long-serving chief operating officer.