Revolt in the Boardroom

Murray, Alan

ISBN 10: 0060882476 / ISBN 13: 9780060882471

Editore: HarperBusiness, 2007

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First printing. SIGNED, without inscription, by Alan Murray on the front endpaper. The volume is pushed at the spine ends. The unclipped dust jacket, sleeved in mylar, has light edge wear. Codice articolo 11080233

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Titolo: Revolt in the Boardroom

Casa editrice: HarperBusiness

Data di pubblicazione: 2007

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Near Fine

Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine

autografato: Signed

Edizione: First Edition.

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Riassunto:

A Wall Street Journal columnist traces a recent power shift in corporate America during which such chief executives as Michael Eisner, Carly Fiorina, and Hank Greenberg were involuntarily replaced--terminations that were influenced by the Internet and politicized shareholder groups. 40,000 first printing.

Recensione:

“Draw[s] insight from even the best-known corporate blow-ups.” (BusinessWeek)

“[Murray] takes us inside the boardrooms of companies such as GM, Enron, and WorldCom during periods of crisis.” (Booklist)

“A research-rich, well-reasoned analysis of the forces that swirled together...to shake the thrones of U.S. corporate empires.” (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Murray provides a useful history of the corporation and its role in the USA’s commercial dominance of the 20th century. (USA Today)