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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... look them in the eye and hear them commit to the success of this effort , no matter what it was going to take . Interestingly , the meeting revealed that they had a parallel ob- jective . They were betting a big part of their future on ...
... look them in the eye and hear them commit to the success of this effort , no matter what it was going to take . Interestingly , the meeting revealed that they had a parallel ob- jective . They were betting a big part of their future on ...
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... motivation came into view . If customers were going to look to an inte- grator to help them envision , design , and build end - to - end solutions , then the compa- nies playing that role would exert tremendous influence over the 190.
... motivation came into view . If customers were going to look to an inte- grator to help them envision , design , and build end - to - end solutions , then the compa- nies playing that role would exert tremendous influence over the 190.
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... Look at our recent multibillion- dollar win with Cable and Wireless in the UK . People and teams from every continent , multiple industry units , staffs , product and development groups pulled that deal to- gether . Look at products ...
... Look at our recent multibillion- dollar win with Cable and Wireless in the UK . People and teams from every continent , multiple industry units , staffs , product and development groups pulled that deal to- gether . Look at products ...
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Foreword | 9 |
Introduction | 13 |
GRABBING HOLD | 21 |
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