business enterprises

Mike, a fourteen-year-old boy with a math learning disability, is sent to rural Pennsylvania for the summer to work on an engineering project, and while his plans to impress his mathematician father fall flat when Mike discovers the project has nothing to do with engineering, he learns much more valuable lessons while working with his eccentric, elderly aunt, a homeless man, and a punk rock girl as part of a town-wide effort to adopt a Romanian orphan.

Even though his father is Senior Executive Vice President of Interflux, Simon leads his high school classmates in thwarting the giant corporation's plan to build a new complex and take over some city land.

Discusses how young people can make money by starting their own business.

Argues that society needs to develop new standards to measure and reward business performance and explains how businesses can restructure their companies to become more socially responsible and less concerned with their bottom line.

Scat, 6, and Sneaky Pete, three young people with a burning desire to be famous, set out to discover whether a kid with nothing but a bright idea can really hit the big time.

Presents an introduction to entrepreneurship, discussing how to take an idea and make it a success, how different people changed the world with their businesses and more.

Chicago Cubs fan "Mac" Barrett, a fifth-grade "Godfather" who runs a favor-granting business out of the fourth stall of the boys' bathroom, is challenged by the bullying teenaged leader of a gambling ring.

Contains the success stories of various entrepreneurs and offers advice on how to create a successful business.

Michelle and her two best friends try to start a business by selling lunches as a class project.

A comprehensive narrative history of 350 years of American business.