The Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award, now in its 20th year, is open for entries. The global competition offers a £30,000 prize to a book that delivers the most compelling and enjoyable insights into modern business challenges, spanning topics from management and technology to climate change, finance and economics. Shortlisted titles will each be awarded £10,000.
Publishers are encouraged to submit their works digitally, adhering to the specified submission deadlines.
For books published between 16 November 2023 and 31 May 2024, the deadline is 31 May 2024.
For titles released between 1 June 2024 and 15 November 2024, submissions must be made by 30 June 2024.
The longlist will be published on 19 August, and the shortlist on 17 September, via a livestream from New York. The winner of this year’s award will be announced at an event in London on 9 December.
Previous winners of the book award include: Amy Edmondson in 2023 for Right Kind of Wrong: Why Learning to Fail Can Teach Us to Thrive, which aims to reframe failure and promote intelligent risk taking; Chris Miller in 2022 for Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology, which explored the fight for semiconductors and the quest for supply chain resilience; Nicole Perlroth in 2021 for This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race, an analysis of the threat posed by the arms race between cyber criminals, spies and hackers fighting to infiltrate essential computer systems; Sarah Frier in 2020 for No Filter, on the rise of Instagram; Caroline Criado Perez in 2019 for Invisible Women, her exposé of gender bias; John Carreyrou in 2018 for Bad Blood, about the Theranos scandal; and Amy Goldstein in 2017 for Janesville, which looks at the impact of plant closures on a Wisconsin town.
For more information about this year’s Business Book of the Year Award, visit businessbook.live.ft.com and follow the conversation at #BBYA24.
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For more information please contact:
Katrina Power | +44 (0) 79639 62538 | katrinapowerpr@gmail.com
Catherine Goacher, Financial Times | +44 (0) 7711928513 | catherine.goacher@ft.com
Andy Pearce, Head of Media Relations, Schroders | +44 20 76582203 | Andy.Pearce@Schroders.com
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Schroders is a global investment management firm with £750.6 billion (€866.2 billion; $956.9 billion) assets under management, as at 31 December 2023. Schroders continues to deliver strong financial results in ever challenging market conditions, with a market capitalisation of circa £7 billion and over 6,400 employees across 38 locations. Established in 1804, the founding family remains a core shareholder, holding approximately 44% of Schroders’ shares.
Schroders has benefited from a diverse business model by geography, asset class and client type. It offers innovative products and solutions across four core growing business areas; asset management, solutions, Schroders Capital (private markets) and wealth management. Clients include insurance companies, pension schemes, sovereign wealth funds, high net worth individuals and foundations. Schroders also manages assets for end clients as part of its relationships with distributors, financial advisers and online platforms.
Schroders aims to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. It also channels capital into sustainable and durable businesses to accelerate positive change in the world. Schroders’ business philosophy is based on the belief that if we deliver for clients, we will deliver for our shareholders and other stakeholders.
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