MARC Record from Library of Congress

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020 $a9781422162675 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aHD38.2$b.T476 2012
082 00 $a658.4/09$223
100 1 $aThorndike, William.
245 14 $aThe outsiders :$beight unconventional CEOs and their radically rational blueprint for success /$cWilliam N. Thorndike, Jr.
260 $aBoston, Mass. :$bHarvard Business Review Press,$cc2012.
263 $a1210
300 $ap. cm.
505 0 $aPreface: 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.
650 0 $aExecutive ability.
650 0 $aIndustrial management.
650 0 $aSuccess in business.
650 0 $aChief executive officers$vBiography.