The outsiders :
Thorndike, William.
The outsiders : eight unconventional CEOs and their radically rational blueprint for success / William N. Thorndike, Jr. - Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, c2012. - xix, 251 p. ; ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: Singletonville -- Introduction: an intelligent iconoclasm -- A perpetual motion machine for returns : Tom Murphy and capital cities -- Broadcasting -- An unconventional conglomerateur : Henry Singleton and teledyne -- The turnaround : Bill Anders and General Dynamics -- Value creation in a fast moving stream : John Malone and tele-communications (TCI) -- A public LBO : Bill Stiritz and ralston Purina -- Optimizing the family firm : Dick Smith and general cinema -- The widow takes the helm : katherine graham and the washington post -- Company -- The investor as CEO : Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway -- Radical rationality : the mind of the outsider -- Epilogue: an example and a checklist -- Acknowledgements.
9781422162675 (alk. paper)
2012012451
Executive ability.
Industrial management.
Success in business.
Chief executive officers--Biography.
HD38.2 / .T476 2012
658.409 / 39914
The outsiders : eight unconventional CEOs and their radically rational blueprint for success / William N. Thorndike, Jr. - Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, c2012. - xix, 251 p. ; ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: Singletonville -- Introduction: an intelligent iconoclasm -- A perpetual motion machine for returns : Tom Murphy and capital cities -- Broadcasting -- An unconventional conglomerateur : Henry Singleton and teledyne -- The turnaround : Bill Anders and General Dynamics -- Value creation in a fast moving stream : John Malone and tele-communications (TCI) -- A public LBO : Bill Stiritz and ralston Purina -- Optimizing the family firm : Dick Smith and general cinema -- The widow takes the helm : katherine graham and the washington post -- Company -- The investor as CEO : Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway -- Radical rationality : the mind of the outsider -- Epilogue: an example and a checklist -- Acknowledgements.
9781422162675 (alk. paper)
2012012451
Executive ability.
Industrial management.
Success in business.
Chief executive officers--Biography.
HD38.2 / .T476 2012
658.409 / 39914
