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International Directory of Business Biographies. Ed. by Neil Schlager. Detroit: St. James Press, 2005. 4 vols. $425 (ISBN 1-55862-554-2).
Many resources provide basic biographical information on prominent businesspeople. Yet finding an impartial, narrative overview of an executive's life can be challenging, particularly if that executive has not been in the news lately. St. James Press' publication of The International Directory of Business Biographies (IDBB), a companion to the Press' popular International Directory of Company Histories, is a welcome solution. The IDBB is intended to provide "information about the people leading the world's biggest and most influential companies" (vii). The intended audience includes business students, librarians, and educators, but could easily include anyone interested in business or current events.
The editors of the IDBB...