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Berkshire beyond Buffett : the enduring value of values / Lawrence A. Cunningham ; cover design, Noah Arlow ; cover image, Steven Noble.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cunningham, Lawrence A., 1962- author.
- Series:
- Columbia Business School Publishing
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buffett, Warren, 1930-.
- Buffett, Warren.
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
- Corporate culture.
- Investments--United States.
- Investments.
- Mutual funds--United States.
- Mutual funds.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (333 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Chichester, England : Columbia Business School Publishing, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Berkshire Hathaway, the $33 00 billion conglomerate that Warren Buffett built, is among the world's largest and most famous corporations. Yet, for all its power and celebrity, few people understand Berkshire, and many assume it cannot survive without Buffett. This book proves them wrong. In a comprehensive portrait of the corporate culture that unites Berkshire's subsidiaries, Lawrence A. Cunningham unearths the traits that assure the conglomerate's continued prosperity. Riveting stories of each subsidiary's origins, triumphs, and journey to Berkshire reveal how managers generate economic value from intangibles like thrift, integrity, entrepreneurship, autonomy, and a sense of permanence. Rich with lessons for those wishing to profit from the Berkshire model, this engaging book is a valuable read for entrepreneurs, business owners, managers, family business members, and investors, and it is an important resource for scholars of corporate stewardship. General readers will enjoy learning how an iconoclastic businessman transformed a struggling textile company into a corporate legacy.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Foreword / Murphy, Tom
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART I
- 1. Origins
- 2. Diversity
- 3. Culture
- PART II
- 4. Budget-conscious and Earnest
- 5. Reputation
- 6. Kinship
- 7. Self-starters
- 8. Hands Off
- 9. Investor Savvy
- 10. Rudimentary
- 11. Eternal
- 12. All One
- 13. Berkshire's Portfolio
- PART III
- 14. Succession
- 15. Challenges
- 16. B.E.R.K.S.H.I.R.E.
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780231538695
- 0231538693
- OCLC:
- 892244193
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