Giants of Enterprise - Hardcover

Tedlow, Richard S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 006662035X ISBN 13: 9780066620350

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2001

Synopsis

An acclaimed business historian provides a fascinating glimpse into the minds, lives, and strategies of seven extraordinary CEOs, including George Eastman, Thomas Watson, Henry Ford, and Andrew Carnegie, who successfully mastered cutting-edge technology and created lasting corporate empires. 29,000 first printing.

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Review:

One of the top ten business books of 2001 (Business Week)

“From Richard Tedlow’s insightful group portrait of seven American entrepreneurs...a rough formula for titanhood can be deduced.” (Atlantic Monthly)

Synopsis:

With the depth and clarity of a master, Richard S Tedlow illuminates the minds, lives and strategies behind the legendary successes of our times: George Eastman and his invention of the Kodak camera Thomas Watson of IBM Henry Ford and his automobile Charles Revlon and his use of television advertising to drive massive sales for Revlon Robert N Noyce, co-inventor of the integrated circuit and founder of Intel Andrew Carnegie and steel empire Sam Walton and his unprecedented retail machine Wal-mart Each of the seven titans profiled used their technological innovations to build great companies and amass great fortunes. In GIANTS OF ENTERPRISE, Tedlow explains how these men met seemingly impossible business challenges, mastered their innovations, and took them to stratospheric new heights of success - inspiring, entertaining reading for business innovators and history afficionados alike.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 006662035X
• ISBN 13: 9780066620350
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 518