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There's no way of telling if the girls and their families are speaking their minds freely when they gush about their beloved leader and vilify the U.S. And it goes without saying that their privileged lives bear little resemblance to those of the country's ordinary workers and farmers...
In the early 1980S, Burroughs Corp. was desperately seeking a way to get back in the game against IBM. Burroughs had fallen so far behind that it found itself utterly dwarfed by its larger rival. Burroughs' solution? Undertake the then largest merger in computer history: buy Sperry Corp. and create...
Moreover, comparison companies--those that failed to make a leap or, if they did, failed to sustain it--often tried to make themselves great with a big, hairy audacious merger or acquisition. It never worked. They failed to grasp the simple truth that while you can buy your way to...
That said, a number of the good-to-great companies did undertake significant acquisitions, but--and this is the key point--they did so in circumstances that clearly differed from those of the mediocre comparisons. First, they never tried to use a big acquisition to ignite a breakthrough but attempted...
But the book is far more than a compilation of unbelievable passes and touchdowns, just as The Game is much more than just four quarters of football. Corbett seems to have a deep understanding that the Bulldogs and Crimson teams are not just talented players, but also destined for greatness...