Fall of an icon: Polaroid after Edwin H. Land : an insider's view of the once great company.
Published by Whitman, Mass.: Riverhaven Books, 2012
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Dentch, Milton P., 1942-. Fall of an icon: Polaroid after Edwin H. Land : an insider's view of the once great company. Whitman, Mass.: Riverhaven Books, 2012, 308pp., PAPERBACK, very good, fresh unused copy, slight tile from shelving at a slight angle. INSCRIBED on title page to a recipient with first name only and SIGNED by Milt. Fall of an Icon provides rare and unique insight into the cultural strengths and weaknesses contributing to both the growth and demise of Polaroid as a once great company. This book is applicable to many successful contemporary companies, where historical strengths are becoming current weaknesses. Carl J. Yankowskl, CEO and Founder, Westerham Group // Milt has done a wonderful Job in Fall of an Icon of capturing the full range of challenges that Dr. Land, and the leadership that followed, faced and where they were successful and where they missed opportunities to preserve the company’s future Milt has done a superb job of getting behind the "images" and outlined the real dynamics and challenges that took a company from the basement lab in the South End of Boston to a multi-billion dollar industry. -Paul Hegarty, former Polaroid employee // About the Author: Milt Dentch was bom and raised in the Worcester, Massachusetts area. He is a graduate of Saint John’s High School; he has a B. S. in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1964) and an M.S. in Total Quality Management from Anna Maria College (1998) - all in Worcester. After college, he worked as an engineer in the paper industry for five years, then he worked for twenty-seven years as an engineer and manager at the Polaroid Corporation in Waltham, Massachusetts. Upon leaving Polaroid in 1996, he managed the Custom Coating and Laminating plant in Worcester for the Furon Corporation for three years. Milt currently provides consulting, training, and auditing related to the International Standards Organizations requirements for Quality, Environmental and Safety Management Systems. He has conducted over 500 audits for large and small companies on a worldwide basis. His clients have been as diverse as a floating oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico to an electronics manufacturer in the Ukraine with 4,000 employees. Milt and his wife of forty-nine years, Susan, share their time between Shrewsbury, Massachusetts and Falmouth on Cape Cod. ISBN 9781937588137.…
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- Fall of an icon: Polaroid after Edwin H. Land : an insider's view of the once great company.
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- Dentch, Milton P., 1942-
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- Whitman, Mass.: Riverhaven Books, 2012
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- Soft cover
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