Geneen [Hardcover]

Robert Schoenberg (Author)

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From Publishers Weekly

Schoenberg, author of The Art of Being a Boss, traces the career of Harold S. Geneen, who during the '60s and '70s built International Telephone and Telegraph into one of the top Fortune 500 companies. Included are Geneen's well-known successes, failures and scandals; in the end, PW observed, Schoenberg portrays Geneen as an executive who pursued growth and increased earnings "with no larger vision whatever." January
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 430 pages
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc; 1st edition (March 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039301858X
• ISBN-13: 978-0393018585
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,758,364 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A lost gem of a book., February 7, 2005

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Kenneth Haltom (Dover, DE United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Geneen (Hardcover)

This is a rare (and cheap) bio of the builder of one of the legendary conglomerates. Packed with detail, this tome could be very useful to a young student of business or a first year stock analyst. Geneen took risks and made deals that would make the heads of today's Fortune 500 companies blush and or run to clutch the skirts of one of their legion of corporate counsel. This is a snapshot of an era, but full of lessons for today's legalistic corporate environment as well.