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The outsiders : eight unconventional CEOs and their radically rational blueprint for success / William N. Thorndike, Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, c2012.Description: xix, 251 p. ; ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781422162675 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.409 23 39914
LOC classification:
  • HD38.2 .T476 2012
Contents:
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.
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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.

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