The Public Forum Institute


	The Past and Future of America’s Economy: Long Waves of Innovation that Power Cycles of Growth by Robert D. Atkinson Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2004

How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas By David Bornstein Cambridge: Oxford University Press, 2004

	Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage By Nicholas Carr. Cambridge: Harvard Business School Press, 2004.

Seeing What’s Next: Using Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change by Clayton M Christensen, Erik A. Roth, Scott D. Anthony, Harvard Business School Press, 2004.

	The Hidden Power of Social Networks: Understanding How Work Really Gets Done in Organizations by Rob Cross, Andrew Parker, Robert L. Cross, Harvard Business School Press, 2004.

They Made America: Two Centuries of Innovators from the Steam Engine to the Search Engine Harold Evans. Little Brown, 2004.

	The Flight of the Creative Class: The New Global Competition for Talent by Richard Florida. NY: Harper Business 2005.

The Rise of the Creative Class: and How It’s Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life by Richard Florida, Basic Books, 2004.

	Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcom Gladwell, Little Brown, 2005.

An Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power John Steele Gordon. HarperCollins, 2004.

	Public Policy and Economics of Entrepreneurship Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Harvey Rosen (eds.). MIT Press, 2004.

Think Big, Act Small: How America’s Best Performing Companies Keep the Start-Up Spirit Alive by Jason Jennings. New York: Portfolio, 2005

	The Medici Effect: Breakthrough Insights at the Intersections of Ideas, Concepts, Cultures by Frans Johansson, Harvard Business School Press, 2004.

The 21st Century at Work by Lynn A. Karoly and Constantijn W.A. Panis. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2004.

	The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki. Portfolio, 2004.

Running Money: Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets, and My Hunt for the Big Score by Andy Kessler, Collins, 2005.

	Blue Ocean Strategy: How To Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, Harvard Business School Press, 2005.

The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators by Charles Landry, Earthscan Publications, 2000)

	Deep Smarts: How to Cultivate and Transfer Enduring Business Wisdom by Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap. Harvard Business School Press, 2005.

Innovation and Its Discontents: How Our Broken Patent System is Endangering Innovation and Progress, and What To Do About It By Josh Lerner and Adam B. Jaffe. Princeton University Press, 2004.

	Innovation: The Missing Dimension by Richard K. Lester and Michael J. Piore. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004.

The Future of Work: How the New Order of Business Will Shape Your Organization, Your Management Style, and Your Life By Thomas W. Malone. Cambridge: Harvard Business School Press, 2004

	Fast Second: How Smart Companies Bypass Radical Innovation to Enter and Dominate New Markets by Constantinos C. Markides and Paul A. Geroski, Jossey-Bass, 2004.

Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation: University-Industry Technology Transfer before and after the Bayh-Dole Act by David C. Mowery, Richard R. Nelson, Bhaven N. Sampat, and Arvids A. Ziedonis. Stanford University Press, 2004.

	I Can’t Believe I Get Paid to Do This: Remarkable People Reveal 26 Proven Strategies for Making Your Dreams a Reality by Stacey Mayo. Gold Leaf Publishing, 2004.

A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age by Daniel H. Pink. Riverhead Books, 2005.

	Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself by David H. Pink, Warner Business Books New Edition, 2002.

The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits C.K. Prahalad, Wharton School Publishing, 2004

	The Highest Goal: The Secret that Sustains You Every Moment by Michael Ray and Jim Collins, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2004.

Outrageous Optimism: Wisdom for the Entrepreneurial Journey by Jack Roseman and Steve Czetli. Corbett Publishing, 2004.

	Equity: Why Employee Ownership is Good for Business by Corey Rosen, John Case and Martin Staubus. Cambridge: Harvard Business School Press, 2005.

Women’s Work: Gender Equality vs. Hierarchy in the Life Sciences by Laurel Smith-Doerr. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2004.

	Franchising: Path to Wealth Creation By Stephen Spinelli, Robert M. Rosenberg, and Sue Birley. New York: Prentice Hall, 2003.

Democratizing Innovation by Eric Von Hippel. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005

	The Old Girls’ Network: Insider Advice for Women Building a Business in a Man’s World By Sharon Whitely, Connie Duckworth, and Kathy Elliott. New York: Perseus Books Group, 2003.

War Paint: Madame Helena Rubenstein and Miss Elizabeth Arden, Their Lives, Their Times, and Their Rivalry by Lindy Woodhead. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2004.