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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Leaving Application Software For most of its modern history , IBM made and sold hundreds of business applications , for customers in industries like manufacturing , financial services , distribution , travel , insurance , and health ...
Leaving Application Software For most of its modern history , IBM made and sold hundreds of business applications , for customers in industries like manufacturing , financial services , distribution , travel , insurance , and health ...
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Because customers often bought the application first , then looked to that software provider to tell them which hardware ... One example : The segment of IBM that produced applications for distribution and manufacturing customers set a ...
Because customers often bought the application first , then looked to that software provider to tell them which hardware ... One example : The segment of IBM that produced applications for distribution and manufacturing customers set a ...
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that we were prepared to work with the leading application software developers . ... we will work with you to make sure your applications run superbly on our hardware , and we will support your applications with our services group .
that we were prepared to work with the leading application software developers . ... we will work with you to make sure your applications run superbly on our hardware , and we will support your applications with our services group .
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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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