Business Adventures
Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street
New York : Open Road Integrated Media, 2014.
Format: Book
Description: iv, 459 pages ; 21 cm
Presents twelve stories of success or disasters among prominent companies, including the disastrous Ford Edsel, the rise of Xerox, and the scandal at General Electric.
Contents:
The fluctuation: the little crash in '62 -- The fate of the Edsel: a cautionary tale -- The federal income tax: its history and peculiarities -- A reasonable amount of time: insiders at Texas Gulf Sulphur -- Xerox Xerox Xerox Xerox -- Making the customers whole: the death of a president -- The impacted philosophers: non-communication at GE -- The last great corner: a company called Piggly Wiggly -- A second sort of life: David E. Lilienthal, businessman -- Stockholder season: annual meetings and corporate power -- One free bite: a man, his knowledge, and his job -- In defense of sterling: the bankers, the pound, and the dollar.
Subjects:
Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Businesspeople -- United States -- Case studies.
Corporations -- United States -- Case studies.
Stock exchanges -- United States -- Case studies.
Income tax -- United States.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Businesspeople -- United States -- Case studies.
Corporations -- United States -- Case studies.
Stock exchanges -- United States -- Case studies.
Income tax -- United States.
ISBN:
1497644895
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BUSINESS Economics Bro | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |