getAbstract
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| Type | Management-owned |
|---|---|
| Industry | Knowledge Compression |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Lucerne, Switzerland |
| Key people | Rolf Dobelli, Chairman Thomas Bergen, CEO Patrick Brigger, CFO |
| Products | Business book summaries |
| Website | www.getAbstract.com |
getAbstract (founded 1999) is a Swiss- and US-based corporation that is best known for creating abstracts (summaries) of business books (business book summaries). getAbstract delivers Abstracts of books -- currently more than 7000 titles.[1] Many companies offer their employees full access to getAbstract's library. Many media companies such as The Economist[2], Financial Times[3][4], Bloomberg Television[5] [6] [7] , Mint (newspaper)[8] (the Indian edition of The Wall Street Journal), Shanghai Daily[9], Die Weltwoche[10], The Press-Enterprise (California)[11][12], Neue Zürcher Zeitung [13] and others [14][15][16] regularly publish getAbstract's book reviews. The company hosts a regular book talk on Swiss National Television[17]. getAbstract offers thousands of summaries of the best books ever published.
Since 2008, getAbstract honors the most profound idea books of the year. The award ceremony always takes place at the first Wednesday of the Frankfurt Book Fair[18]. Winners of the prestigious getAbstract International Book Award[19] include Benoit Mandelbrot, Malcolm Gladwell, Robert Shiller[20], Paul Glen[21], Chris Anderson (writer), Nassim Taleb, Bill Bonner[22] & Lila Rajiva.
[edit] Overview
getAbstract was founded in 1999 by Rolf Dobelli, PhD, and Thomas Bergen. Later the same year, Patrick Brigger, PhD, joined as third co-founder. He currently serves as the company’s CTO. getAbstract employs a vast network of seasoned business journalists for the creation of its content.
[edit] References
- ^ [1] getAbstract Website
- ^ The Economist management reading page
- ^ Financial Times Germany Management Page English-language Top Business Books
- ^ Financial Times Germany Economics Page
- ^ Trailer to weekly book show on Bloomberg Television Germany
- ^ Interview Bloomberg Television at Frankfurt Book Fair with getAbstract Publisher: Schaeffer Poeschel
- ^ Interview Bloomberg Television at Frankfurt Book Fair with getAbstract Publisher: Hanser
- ^ http://www.livemint.com/sectionpages/bookreview.aspx Mint (newspaper), book review page
- ^ http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/list_opinion.asp?id=309&type=Opinion Shanghai Daily book review page
- ^ Swiss weekly Weltwoche
- ^ The Press Enterprise Newspaper book review page, Think it's bad? It'll get worse
- ^ The Press Enterprise Newspaper book review page, New economist scans oddities
- ^ NZZ book review page
- ^ BusinessJournalism.org
- ^ Chinese Business Portal 21cbh.com
- ^ Chinese Business Portal ceoonline.com
- ^ Book Talk on Swiss National Television Schweizer Fernsehen
- ^ Frankfurt Book Fair official website
- ^ Princeton University Press Akerlof/Shiller: Animal Spirits, finalist for the getAbstract International Book Award 2009
- ^ Princeton University Press. Robert Shiller: The New Financial Order
- ^ John Wiley & Sons. Paul Glen: Leading Geeks
- ^ John Wiley & Sons, December 9, 2008 scroll down to Professional/Trade (P/T)
