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F471.266-09/1 版次： |
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F471.266-09 版次： |
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著者:
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Cohan, William D. |
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Power failure : [ the rise and fall of an American icon /] / , |
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出版发行:
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出版地： New York, NY : 出版社： Portfolio/Penguin, 出版日期： [2022] |
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载体形态:
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798 p. ; 24 cm. |
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内容提要:
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This book covers the dramatic rise - and unimaginable fall - of America's most iconic corporation, in a narrative penned by a pre-eminent financial journalist. No company embodied American ingenuity, innovation, and industrial power more spectacularly and more consistently than the General Electric Company. GE once developed and manufactured many of the inventions we take for granted, nearly everything from the lightbulb to the jet engine. GE also built a cult of financial and leadership success envied across the globe and became the world's most valuable and most admired company. But even at the height of its prestige and influence, cracks were forming in its formidable foundation. In a masterful re-appraisal of a company that once claimed to "bring good things to life" the author argues that the incredible story of GE's rise and fall is not only a paragon, but also a prism through which we can better understand American capitalism. Beginning with its founding, innovations, and exponential growth through acquisitions and mergers, the author plumbs the depths of GE's storied management culture, its pioneering doctrine of shareholder value, and its seemingly hidden blind spots, to reveal that GE wasn't immune from the hubris and avoidable mistakes suffered by many other corporations. In this book, the author punctures the myth of GE, exploring in a rich narrative how a once-great company wound up broken and in tatters - in a cautionary tale for the ages. -- |
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主题词:
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Electric industries History. United States |
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索书号:
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F471.266-09/1 |