The trick of writing a memorable and durable business classic has proved hard to repeat
The
number of business books published in the US, the world’s biggest
market for such books, tops 10,000 annually. One reason why the
Financial Times set up the Business Book of the Year Award
in 2005, backed by Goldman Sachs, was to filter that wave of print. The
official mission of the judges, who will decide the 2012 winner on
Thursday in New York, is to identify the book that provides the “most
compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues, including
management, finance and economics”
