This file lists the books which have inspired my actions when it came to execute and deliver on Corporate Growth, Turn-arounds and back to growth missions and mandates. I also share it with my students in the Entrepreneurship programs at GEM/Grenoble Graduate School of Business

1. SUBJECT TITLE AUTHOR EDITOR REMARKS
VALUATIONS
TECHNOLOGY LICENSING RUSSELL, PARR, SULLIVAN WILEY *****
VALUATION OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
SMITH, PARR WILEY *****
VALUATION MEASURING AND
MANAGING THE VALUE OF
COOMPANIES
COPELAND, KOLLER,,
MURRIN
MCKINSEY & COMPANY ****
VALUATION IN LIFE
SCIENCES
BOGDAN, VILLIGER SPRINGER *****
TERM SHEETS AND
VALUATIONS
WILMERDING ASPATORE *****
ENTREPRENEURIAL
FINANCE
ENTREPRENEURIAL
FINANCE
KIHOLM SMITH, SMITH WILEY ****
VENTURE CAPTIAL AND THE
FINANCE OF INNOVATION
MERRICK, YASUDA WWILEY ****
THE ZURICH AXIOMS GUNTHER HARRIMAN HOUSE *****
THE NEW VENTURE
ADVENTURE
LOOSER, SCHLÄPFER MCKINSEY *****
CORPORATE FINANCE
COST ACCOUNTING A
MAMAGERIAL EMPHASIS
HORNGREN PRENTICE HALL *****
PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE
FINANCE
BREALEY MYERS MCGRAWW HILL ****
MANAGERIAL FINANCE WESTON BRIGHAMS HOLT RINEHART WINSTON ****
LES MECANISMES
FONDAMENTAUX DE LA
COMPETITIVITE
BOSTON CONSULTING
GROUP (BCG)
HOMMES ET TECHNIQUES ****
KEY MANAGEMENT RATIOS WALSH FT PITMAN PUBLISHING ****
KEY PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS
MARR FT PUBLISHING PEARSON ****
REAL OPTIONS COPELAND, ANTIKAROV TEXERE **

2. SUBJECT TITLE AUTHOR EDITOR REMARKS
INNOVATION
THE SOUL OF A NEW
MACHINE
KIDDER MODERN LIBRARY *****
BUSINESS MODEL
GENERATION
OSTERWALDER WILEY *****
DEALING WITH DARWIN MOORE PORTFOLIO *****
THIRD GENERATION R&D ARTHUR D LITTLE HBS PRESS ****
ESCAPE VELOCITY MOORE *****
INNOVATION: ATTACKERS’
ADVANTAGE
MCKINSEY *****
MYTHS OF INNOVATION BERKUN O’REILLY *****
INNOVATOR’S DILEMNA CHRISTENSEN HARPER BUSINESS *****
DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS ROGERS FREE PRESS ****
MANAGING THE FLOW OF
TECHNOLOGY
ALLEN MIT PRESS *****
RIV PYRAMIDERNA
(RENVERSONS LAPYRAMIDE
CARLZON INTEREDITIONS ****

3. SUBJECT TITLE AUTHOR EDITOR REMARKS
TEAMS
THE 5 DYSFUNCTION OF
TEAMS
LENCIONI JOSSEY BASS *****
OVERCOMING THE 5
DYSFUNCTIONS OF TEAMS
LENCIONI JOSSEY BASS *****
HOW TO BECOME CEO FOX HYPERION ***
HOW TO BECOME A GREAT
BOSS
FOX HYPERION ****
ONE MINUTE MANAGER
BUILDS EFFECTIVE TEAMS
BLANCHARD HARPER COLLINS *****
THE WISDOM OF TEAMS KATZENBACH, SMITH HBS PRESS ***
WHY TEAMS DON T WORK
AND HOW TO MAKE IT RIGHT
ROBBINS, FINLEY B ****
DEALING WITH PEOPLE YOU
CAN’T STAND
BRINKMAN, KIRSCHNER MCGRAW HILL ***
WHY SHOULD ANYONE BE
LED BY YOU
GOFFEY,JONES HBS PRESS ****

4. SUBJECT TITLE AUTHOR EDITOR REMARKS
LEADERSHIP
THE 21 QUALITIES OF A
LEADER
MAXWELL NELSON ***
HOW TO BECOME CEO FOX HYPERION ***
THE 5 TEMPTATIONS OF
CEOS
LENCIONI JOSSEY BASS *****
ACT LIKE A CEO BENTON MCGRAW HILL ****
ONE MINUTE MANAGER
SERIALS
BLANCHARD MORROW *****
WHO MOVED MY CHEESE JOHNSON PUTNAM *****
ZEN OR THE ART OF
MOTORCYCLE REPAIR
*****
NOW DISCOVER YOUR
STRENGTHS
BUCKINGHAM , CLIFTON FP ****
THE PETER PRINCIPLE PETER, HULL PAN *****
EMOTIONALL INTELLIGENCE GOLEMAN BLOOMSURY ****
LES 100 DISCOURS QUI ONT
MARQUE LE 20E SCIECLE
ANDRE VERSAILLE ****
WHAT THE CEO WANTS
YOU TO KNOW
RAM CHARAN CROWN BUSINESS

5. SUBJECT TITLE AUTHOR EDITOR REMARKS
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
THE 80/20 PRINCIPLE
(PARETO)
KOCH CURRENCY DOUBLEDAY *****
CREATING SHAREHOLDER
VALUE
RAPPAPORT FP FREE PRESS ***
THERMODYNAMICS REED, MODEL PRENTICE HALL ****
PHYSICS FEYNMANN ****
MORE THAN A MOTORCYCLE
(TURN AROUND AT HARLEY
DAVIDSON)
TERLINK, OZLEY HBS PRESS ****
ONE BILLION DOLLAR
MOLECULE
WERTH
TOUCHSTONE.SIMON,
SCHUSTER
*****
THE 10 UNWEALTHY HABITS CASTILLO-HOLLEY ACH **
VOSTOK LE DERNIER
SECRET DE L ANTARCTIQUE
PETIT PAULSEN *****
EXECUTION BOSSIDY, CHARAN CROWN BUSINESS *****

6. SUBJECT TITLE AUTHOR EDITOR REMARKS
MARKETING
MARKETING HIGH
TECHNOLOGY
DAVIDOW FP *****
POSITIONING RIES TROUT MCGRAW HILL *****
THE FALL OF ADVERTISING,
THE RISE OF PR
RIES & RIES HARPER BUSINESS ****
HBR REVIEW ON CRM HBR HBS PRESS ****
THE NEW RULES OF
MARKETING
SCOTT WILEY ***
MARKETING MANAGEMENT &
STRATEGY
KOTLER, COX PRENTICE HALL *****
TEN DEADLY MARKETING
SINS
KOTLER WILEY *****
SIX TIMELESS MARKETING
BLUNDERS
SHANKLIN LEXINGTON BOOKS ****

7. SUBJECT TITLE AUTHOR EDITOR REMARKS
SELLING
STORY TELLING EN ACTION CLODONG CHETOCHINE EYROLLES ***
LES 10 PRINCIPES DE
LACOMMUNICATION
INDUSTRIELLE
SZAPIRO EDITIONS D’ORGANISATION ***
THE NEW CONCEPTUAL
SELLING
HEIMAN, SANCHEZ, TULEJA WARNER BUSINESS BOOKS ****
THE NEW STRTEGIC SELLING HEIMAN, SANCHEZ, TULEJA WARNER BUSINESS BOOKS *****
SELLING THE INVISIBLE BECKWITH BUSINESS PLUS *****
THE INVISIBLE TOUCH BECKWITH BUSINESS PLUS ****
WHAT CLIENTS LOVE BECKWITH BUSINESS PLUS ****
CROSSING THE CHASM MOORE HARPER *****
INSIDE THE TORNADO MOORE HARPER *****
THE CHASM COMPANION WIEFELS HARPER ****
THE LEAD LADDER SCHALLER MCGRAW HILL *****
THE NEW SUCCESSFUL
LARGE ACCOUNT
MANAGEMENT
MILLER, HEIMAN, TULEJA WARNER BUSINESS ****
MAJOR ACCOUNT SALES
STRATEGY
RACHAM MCGRAW HILL ****
KEY ACCOUNT
MANAGEMENT AND
PLANNING
CAPON FP ***
THE 12 CLICHES OF SELLING
AND WHY THEY WORK
FARBER WORKMAN ****
PROFITABLE GROWTH RAM CHARAN CROWN BUSINESS ****

9. SUBJECT TITLE AUTHOR EDITOR REMARKS
M&AS
MASTERING THE MERGER HARDING, ROWIT
HARVARD BUSINESS
SCHOOL PRESS
****
MERGERS AND
ACQUISITIONS
WESTON WEAVER MCGRAW HILL ****
ERNST & YOUNG
MANAGEMENT GUIDE TO
M&AS
WILEY ****
PARTNERSHIP FOR PROFIT LEWIS FREE PRESS ****

10. SUBJECT TITLE AUTHOR EDITOR REMARKS
VARIA
THE THINKER’S TOOLKIT,
TECHNIQUES FOR PROBLEM
SOLVING
D.JONES THREE RIVERS PRESS ***
DECISION MAKING AND
PROBLEM SOLVING
STRATEGIES
ADAIR KOGAN PAGE ***
MY YEARS AT GENERAL
MOTORS
SLOAN PENGUIN BUSINESS LIBRARY
(HOW IT WAS IN LARGE
CORPORATIONS) *****
THE ART OF WAR SUN TZU
NEVER EAT ALONE FERRAZZI CURRENCY DOUBLEDAY ****

11. SUBJECT TITLE AUTHOR EDITOR REMARKS
NEGOTIATION
GETTING TO YES FISHER, URY PENGUIN *****
GETTING PAST NO URY BANTAM BOOKS ****
NEGOTIATING RATIONNALLY BAZERMAN, NEALE FP ****
CONVAINCRE EN MOINS DE
20 MINUTES (HOW TO
CONNECT IN BUSINESS IN 90
SECONDS OR LESS)
BOOTHMAN
MARABOUT / WORKMAN
PUBLISHING
****
LITTLE BOOK OF COACHING BLANCHARD HARPER ****
METHODE DE NEGOCIATION LEMPEREUR, COLSON DUNOD *****

12. SUBJECT TITLE AUTHOR EDITOR REMARKS
COMMUNICATION
LES 10 PRINCIPES DE
LACOMMUNICATION
INDUSTRIELLE
SZAPIRO EDITIONS D’ORGANISATION ***
WRITE TO SELL MASLEN MAVERICK BUSINESS ****
IMPROVE YOUR
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
BARKER KOGAN PAGE ***
HBR ON EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION
HBS PRESS ***
HOW TO GET YOUR POINT
ACROSS IN 30 SECONDS OR
LESS
FRANK COX WYMAN ***

13. SUBJECT TITLE AUTHOR EDITOR REMARKS
STRATEGY
WHY FIRMS SUCCEED KAY OXFORD ****
ART OF WAR SUN TZU ****
ON WAR CLAUSEWITZ ****
VALUE MIGRATION SLYWOTZKY HBS PRESS ***
COMPETITIVE STRATEGY PORTER FP *****
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE PORTER FP *****
IN SEARCH OF
ECXCELLENCE
PETERS, WATERMAN HARPER ****
IT S NOT THE BIG THAT EAT
THE SMALL
JENNINGS,HAUGHTON HARPER ***
GOOD STRATEGY BAD
STRATEGY
RUMELT CROWN BUSINESS ***