Giants of Enterprise

Giants of Enterprise

by RichardS.Tedlow (Author)

Synopsis

Seven business innovators and the empires they built.

The pre-eminent business historian of our time, Richard S. Tedlow, examines seven great CEOs who successfully managed cutting-edge technology and formed enduring corporate empires.

With the depth and clarity of a master, Tedlow illuminates the minds, lives and strategies behind the legendary successes of our times:

. George Eastman and his invention of the Kodak camera;

. Thomas Watson of IBM;

. Henry Ford and his automobile;

. Charles Revson and his use of television advertising to drive massive sales for Revlon;

. Robert N. Noyce, co-inventor of the integrated circuit and founder of Intel;

. Andrew Carnegie and his steel empire;

. Sam Walton and his unprecedented retail machine, Wal-Mart.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 528
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: HarperBusiness
Published: 24 Sep 2003

ISBN 10: 0066620368
ISBN 13: 9780066620367

Media Reviews
One of the top ten business books of 2001 -- Business Week
From Richard Tedlow's insightful group portrait of seven American entrepreneurs...a rough formula for titanhood can be deduced. -- Atlantic Monthly
Author Bio
Richard S. Tedlow is the Class of 1949 Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where he is a specialist in the history of business. He is the author of Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built. In addition to his teaching and research, Professor Tedlow has consulted and taught both marketing and business history to a variety of companies and organizations.