Who Says Elephants Can't Dance: Inside IBM's Historic TurnaroundA New York Times BestsellerIn 1990, IBM had its most profitable year ever. By 1993, the company was on its way to extinction, a victim of its lumbering size, an insular corporate culture, and the PC era it had helped invent. Then Lou Gerstner was brought in. Now he offers a blow-by-blow account of IBM's competitive and cultural transformation -- the first-hand story of an extraordinary turnaround. |
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I wanted IBMers to think and act like longterm shareholders to feel the pressure from the marketplace to deploy assets and forge strategies that create competitive advantage . The market , over time , represents a brutally honest ...
I wanted IBMers to think and act like longterm shareholders to feel the pressure from the marketplace to deploy assets and forge strategies that create competitive advantage . The market , over time , represents a brutally honest ...
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First , stock options were offered to tens of thousands of IBMers for the first time . In 1992 , only 1,300 IBMers ( almost all high - level executives ) received stock options . Nine years later , 72,500 IBMers had received options ...
First , stock options were offered to tens of thousands of IBMers for the first time . In 1992 , only 1,300 IBMers ( almost all high - level executives ) received stock options . Nine years later , 72,500 IBMers had received options ...
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This has involved great sacrifice on the part of IBMers and their families everywhere . I know that tens of thousands of us have changed our holiday plans so we can pitch in during these final days .
This has involved great sacrifice on the part of IBMers and their families everywhere . I know that tens of thousands of us have changed our holiday plans so we can pitch in during these final days .
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Foreword | 9 |
Introduction | 13 |
PART I GRABBING HOLD | 21 |
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Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic ... Louis V. Gerstner Vista previa restringida - 2003 |
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