Who Says Elephants Can't Dance: Inside IBM's Historic TurnaroundThorndike Press, 2003 - 527 páginas A 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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... become accus- tomed to immunity from things like reces- sions , price wars , and technology changes . And for the most part , they didn't even re- alize that this self - contained , insulated system . also worked against them . I was ...
... become accus- tomed to immunity from things like reces- sions , price wars , and technology changes . And for the most part , they didn't even re- alize that this self - contained , insulated system . also worked against them . I was ...
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... becomes very difficult to achieve ( unless one company re- ally falls apart ) . The computer industry , however , dances to ... become the standard , you effectively " own " a market . This is related to related to a " networking effect ...
... becomes very difficult to achieve ( unless one company re- ally falls apart ) . The computer industry , however , dances to ... become the standard , you effectively " own " a market . This is related to related to a " networking effect ...
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... become SO preoccupied with helping the small investor that , I'm sure un- wittingly , they have disconnected the large in- the owners most able to exert pressure on the board and management . vestors For example , shareholders ...
... become SO preoccupied with helping the small investor that , I'm sure un- wittingly , they have disconnected the large in- the owners most able to exert pressure on the board and management . vestors For example , shareholders ...
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Foreword | 9 |
Introduction | 13 |
GRABBING HOLD | 21 |
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