Forbes Great Minds of Business

By Timothy C. Forbes and Forbes Magazine Staff

Book Overview

Dieses Buch präsentiert im lebhaften Interview-Stil ausführliche Dialoge mit fünf der erfolgreichsten Geschäftsleute unserer Tage. Gretchen Morgenson, Chefredakteurin des Forbes Magazins, führte diese Interviews mit so renommierten Geschäftsleuten wie Andrew Grove, Pleasant Rowland, Fred Smith, Peter Lynch und Paul Volcker. Charakteristisch für jeden Gesprächspartner wurden die Strategien, Ängste, Philosophien und Ambitionen offengelegt und darüber hinaus ein umfassendes und vielschichtiges Bild von den Anforderungen gezeichnet, die man erfüllen mu , um in der Geschäftswelt von heute bestehen zu können. (10/97)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047131580X
• ISBN13: 9780471315803
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Understand the minds of five great business leaders

At its most fundamental, the key to business success has always been leadership. Understand the mind of the top executive of a business and you will get a clearer sense of that company's prospects that from its balance sheet, profitability, cash flow, market share, and market capitalization. The drama of business lies in the leaders who make it happen. The chapters of this book each feature a profile and an interview with one of the five Great Minds of Business-Andy Grove, Fred Smith, Peter Lynch, Pleasant Rowland and Paul Volcker.They have all made enormous direct contributions to American business and economy. They have endured adversity and had the strength to learn from it and move forward. At moments when others might have faltered and given in to pessimism and despair, they did not. They embody ideas and ideals that we can all learn from.A world-class journalist, Gretchen Morgenson is a Senior Editor at Forbes magazine, universally recognized as one of the world's foremost business publications.Reviewed by Azlan Adnan. Formerly Business Development Manager with KPMG, Azlan is currently managing partner of Azlan & Koh Knowledge and Professional Management Group, an education and management consulting practice based in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. He holds a Master's degree in International Business and Management.