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Geeks, mush heads, and the IT revolution : how SRA International achieved success over nearly four decades / Ernst Volgenau.
Lippincott Library HD9696.A3 U58 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Volgenau, Ernst, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- SRA International, Inc--History.
- SRA International, Inc.
- Electronic industries--United States--History.
- Electronic industries.
- Information technology--United States--History.
- Information technology.
- Volgenau, Ernst.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 261 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
- Contents:
- Preface and acknowledgments
- Idealism and information technology
- Prologue
- Countdown and : delay launch
- Liftoff! : building a business based on ethics and performance
- Fiscal prudence and the search for leg room and talent
- Planning for emergencies
- Competing for weapons work
- Growing culturally and administratively
- Artificial intelligence, a torturous path forward
- Game-changers and legacies
- Innovations in contracting and health care
- Ethics, vision, and people
- Investments that always pay off
- Commercial : a new course for a while
- Going public
- Growth through acquisitions
- Big bids, big wins
- A time of troubles
- The board faces challenges
- The big decision
- The grind
- A new beginning under uncertain conditions
- Painful decisions as the market declines
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442242807
- 1442242809
- OCLC:
- 884808960
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