Unlikely Victory: How General Electric Succeeded in the Chemical Industry
Jerome T. Coe
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 219 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
Many companies that stray too far from their core business fail. So how is it that General Electric, a major electrical manufacturing company, ended up as one of the top U.S. chemical producers—with 1998 sales of $6.6 billion? In Unlikely Victory, Jerome T. Coe, a retired 40-year career employee with General Electric, who spent more than 20 years as a manager of the company’s chemical businesses, suggests that it was a combination of necessity, forward-thinking of the engineers, and managers wise enough to give them breathing room. “Much of what they did (then) was counter to the prevailing GE culture,” ... Read more
Many companies that stray too far from their core business fail. So how is it that General Electric, a major electrical manufacturing company, ended up as one of the top U.S. chemical producers—with 1998 sales of $6.6 billion? In Unlikely Victory, Jerome T. Coe, a retired 40-year career employee with General Electric, who spent more than 20 years as a manager of the company’s chemical businesses, suggests that it was a combination of necessity, forward-thinking of the engineers, and managers wise enough to give them breathing room. “Much of what they did (then) was counter to the prevailing GE culture,” ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
Number of Pages
219
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780816908196
SKU
V9780816908196
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About Jerome T. Coe
Jerome T. Coe is the author of Unlikely Victory: How General Electric Succeeded in the Chemical Industry, published by Wiley.
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