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The Watson dynasty : the fiery reign and troubled legacy of IBM's founding father and son / Richard S. Tedlow.
Lippincott Library HD9696.2.U64 I258 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tedlow, Richard S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International Business Machines Corporation--History.
- International Business Machines Corporation.
- Family-owned business enterprises--United States--Case studies.
- Fathers and sons--United States--Case studies.
- Fathers and sons.
- Family-owned business enterprises.
- History.
- United States.
- Executives--United States--Biography.
- Executives.
- Watson, Thomas John, 1874-1956.
- Watson, Thomas J., 1914-1993.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 340 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperBusiness, [2003]
- Summary:
- A leading business historian explores the dynamics of family succession through the extraordinary story of father, son, and company IBM.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Defining Moments 1
- Chapter 2 The Early Years of the "Man of Men" 9
- Chapter 3 Watson and National Cash 23
- Chapter 4 Crime and Punishment 43
- Chapter 5 High Water and Hell 59
- Chapter 6 Down and Out 69
- Chapter 7 Terrible Tommy Watson 79
- Chapter 8 Thomas J. Watson Sr. in 1893 and Thomas J. Watson Jr. in 1933 89
- Chapter 9 The Searing Insight 93
- Chapter 10 The Watson Way 103
- Chapter 11 The Big Payoff 113
- Chapter 12 High Time to Grow Up 127
- Chapter 13 Watson at War 141
- Chapter 14 Father, Son, and Charley Kirk 149
- Chapter 15 God Damn You, Old Man! 155
- Chapter 16 Siblings: A Brief Introduction 167
- Chapter 17 Awakening the Electronic Brain 177
- Chapter 18 Death of a Salesman 193
- Chapter 19 On His Own 203
- Chapter 20 The New Thomas Watson's New IBM 209
- Chapter 21 Threats from Without and from Within 219
- Chapter 22 The System/360 229
- Chapter 23 The Destruction of Dick Watson 243
- Chapter 24 Denouement for Dick and for Jane 253
- Chapter 25 Denouement for Tom 259
- Chapter 26 Denouement for IBM 265.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-325) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0060014059
- OCLC:
- 52471764
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