TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thorndike,William
TI  - The outsiders: eight unconventional CEOs and their radically rational blueprint for success 
SN  - 9781422162675 (alk. paper)
AV  - HD38.2 .T476 2012
U1  - 658.409 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Boston, Mass.
PB  - Harvard Business Review Press
KW  - Executive ability
KW  - Industrial management
KW  - Success in business
KW  - Chief executive officers
KW  - Biography
N1  - 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
ER  -