The outsiders : eight unconventional CEOs and their radically rational blueprint for success /

The outsiders : eight unconventional CEOs and their radically rational blueprint for success /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thorndike, William
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Executive ability.
Industrial management.
Success in business.
Chief executive officers > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • 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 TCI
  • The widow takes the helm : Katharine Graham and the Washington Post Company
  • A public LBO : Bill Stiritz and Ralston Purina
  • Optimizing the family firm : Dick Smith and General Cinema
  • The investor as CEO : Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway
  • Radical rationality : the outsider's mind-set
  • An example and a checklist
  • Appendix. The Buffett test.