THE BIG FELLA. The Rise and Rise of BHP Billiton.
Peter Thompson and Robert Macklin
Language: English
Published by William Heinemann, Sydney, 2009
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- Title
- THE BIG FELLA. The Rise and Rise of BHP Billiton.
- Author
- Peter Thompson and Robert Macklin
- Publisher
- William Heinemann, Sydney
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1741667100
- ISBN 13
- 9781741667103
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 748 grams
- Dimensions
- 4.45 centimeters width by 16.51 centimeters height by 24.13 centimeters depth
This is the compelling story of how BHP and its partner Billiton rose from the humblest beginnings in the Australian Outback and on the Indonesian island of Belitung to starry heights on the great stock exchanges of the world. Based on more than 60 exclusive interviews, it rips away the superficial gloss to expose the political and industrial forces that really drive big business in the 21st century. In an investigative tour de force, authors Peter Thompson and Robert Macklin reveal the visions, the schemes, the scandals, and the corporate life-and-death struggles that have characterized BHP's evolution from the first lucky strike by the mysterious Charles Rasp at Broken Hill in 1883 to its merger with Billiton in 2001 to its daring $150 billion bid for Rio Tinto six years later. The result is a gripping story of foresight and blunder, of nation-building and rampant ego, of greed and of grace, written by two master storytellers with, for the first time, access to the key players themselves
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