Corporate Biographies
Topic suggested by badri raghavan on Thu Sep 10 17:19:34 .
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Many of us would be familiar with John Sculley's Odyessey and Watson's "Father, Son and company" there are many books on management which convey a practical insight into the success or failure of organisations.
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- From: badri raghavan (@ 206.103.12.125)
on: Thu Sep 10 23:38:55
i recently read "riding a runaway horse" on the rise and fall of wang labs, a pioneer in the IT industry. the book is well researched and more importantly interestingly written. there are hardly any instances where the author's own opinions
are expressed. the book chronicles the life of an wang, an immigrant chinese, his accomplishments, his ego, arrogance, vision et al. his decision to make the company a family heirloom cost him dear and the once darling of the customers and wall street sank into oblivion.
the main characters are an wang, john cunningham (the man who built the marketing and PR side of wang labs) and fred wang ( the eldest son of an wang).
is available for Rs.295/- at fountainhead, chennai (hardbound edition). a must for anybody seriously interested in the evolution of IT.
- From: shankar (@ webgate0.mot.com)
on: Mon Sep 21 05:22:28
badri,
have u read lee iococca's (chrysler) book.terrific!!
- From: joans redding (@ 204.134.127.215)
on: Sun Nov 1 19:22:41
here lays old blue beard
- From: pragyan (@ )
on: Mon Oct 16 05:08:26
i want the life history of lee iococca
- From: JayBee (@ 202.151.224.71)
on: Wed Oct 18 23:30:05 EDT 2000
There is a thread on Lee Iacocca.
There are actually two books by Iacocca:
Autobiograpy
Talking Straight
- From: JayBee (@ 202.151.224.71)
on: Wed Oct 18 23:31:27 EDT 2000
Anyone read 'For God, King...and Coca Cola'?
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