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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financial wherewithal to do that once the deal closed ) , then you've spent a spent a lot of money for some buildings , office equipment , and access to a customer - installed base . That part of the deal didn't scare me .
financial wherewithal to do that once the deal closed ) , then you've spent a spent a lot of money for some buildings , office equipment , and access to a customer - installed base . That part of the deal didn't scare me .
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By Sunday the boards on both sides had approved the deal . In one week we had wrapped up the biggest software deal in history . This was also the first hostile takeover enacted by IBM as well as something of a novelty in the business ...
By Sunday the boards on both sides had approved the deal . In one week we had wrapped up the biggest software deal in history . This was also the first hostile takeover enacted by IBM as well as something of a novelty in the business ...
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My preceding comments deal with the inevitable challenges that all leaders face to maintain an environment of fairness and principled judgment . I did not think it was necessary here to deal with dishonesty and law - breaking , or with ...
My preceding comments deal with the inevitable challenges that all leaders face to maintain an environment of fairness and principled judgment . I did not think it was necessary here to deal with dishonesty and law - breaking , or with ...
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Foreword | 9 |
Introduction | 13 |
PART I GRABBING HOLD | 21 |
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| Título | Who Says Elephants Can't Dance: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround Core Series Thorndike Core Thorndike Large Print Nonfiction Thorndike Large Print Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series |
| Autor | Louis V. Gerstner |
| Edición | en letra grande |
| Editor | Thorndike Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0786252553, 9780786252558 |
| N.º de páginas | 527 páginas |
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