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New ideas from dead CEOs : lasting lessons from the corner office / Todd Buchholz.
Lippincott Library HC102.5.A2 B77 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buchholz, Todd G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chief executive officers--United States--Biography.
- Chief executive officers.
- Businesspeople.
- History.
- United States.
- Businesspeople--United States--History--20th century.
- Entrepreneurship--United States--Case studies.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Success in business--United States--Case studies.
- Success in business.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 300 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Collins, [2007]
- Summary:
- The author of the bestselling "New Ideas from Dead Economists" brings to life history's greatest CEOs--from Ray Kroc to Este Lauder--and shows how their lives, leadership, and lessons can teach and inspire modern leaders.
- Contents:
- A.P. Giannini : Bank of America, the gladiator of banking
- Thomas Watson, Sr. and Jr. : IBM, a tale of two Watsons
- Mary Kay Ash and Estee Lauder : the most beautiful balance sheets
- Mary Kay Ash
- Estee Lauder, even the rich like freebies
- David Sarnoff : the road to 30 Rock
- Ray Kroc, McDonalds king of the road
- Akio Morita : Sony, the sound of the people
- Walt Disney : Disney, the imagination machine
- Sam Walton : Wal-Mart, a penny saved is a billion earned.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-285) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780061197628
- 0061197629
- OCLC:
- 78893774
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