The outsiders : eight unconventional CEOs and their radically rational blueprint for success / William N. Thorndike, Jr.
By: Thorndike, William
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TextPublisher: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, c2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xix, 251 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781422162675 (hbk. : alk. paper); 1422162672 (hbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Executive ability | Industrial management | Success in business | Chief executive officers -- BiographyDDC classification: 658.4/09 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 658.409 T393 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003620770 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Singletonville -- Introduction : an intelligent iconoclasm -- A perpetual motion machine for returns : Tom Murphy and Capital Cities Broadcasting -- An unconventional conglomerateur : Henry Singleton and Teledyne -- The turnaround : Bill Anders and General Dynamics -- Value creation in a fast-moving stream : John Malone and TCI -- The widow takes the helm : Katharine Graham and the Washington Post Company -- A public LBO : Bill Stiritz and Ralston Purina -- Optimizing the family firm : Dick Smith and General Cinema -- The investor as CEO : Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway -- Radical rationality : the outsider's mind-set -- An example and a checklist -- Appendix. The Buffett test.
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