Matsushita: Lessons from the 20th Century's Most Remarkable Entrepreneur

by John P. Kotter

Book Overview

He was one of the most inspirational role models of all time. Thrown into poverty at age four, Konosuke Matsushita (Mat-SOSH-ta) struggled with the early deaths of family members, an apprenticeship which demanded sixteen-hour days at age nine, all the problems associated with starting a business with neither money nor connections, the death of his only son, the Great Depression, the horror of World War II in Japan, and more. Yet John P. Kotter shows...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 068483460X
• ISBN13: 9780684834603
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A most difficult subject well tackled.

This is a rare attempt by an American to profile an Asian entrepreneur and world-renowned corporate leader.Because of the rather more subtle and complex social structures in Asia, which is particularly even more so in Japan, it is the rare non-Asian who is able to peer through the intricate webs and be able to grasp at the essence.Kudos to John Kotter

A Leader Stronger than Entropy

Business enviroment ALWAYS 'create' Entropy. Some people have power to 'control' this ... This is a book about a PERSON that have this power. A history of a little boy that was MASTERED by 'nature' to turn one of the greatest LEADER of this century