LEADER 00000cam a22006134a 4500 001 ocm63229696 005 20080310162524.0 008 061120t20062006nyua 000 0 eng 010 2005036128 015 GBA627304|2bnb 016 7 013414547|2Uk 020 0393060268|qhardcover 020 9780393060263|qhardcover 035 (OCoLC)ocm63229696 035 443757 040 DLC|beng|cDLC|dBAKER|dUKM|dC#P|dVP@|dNBU|dBUR|dBTCTA |dYDXCP|dUBY|dRID 042 pcc 043 e------|aff-----|aaw----- 049 RIDM 050 00 DG211|b.B56 2006 082 00 937.002/07|222 090 DG211 .B56 2006 100 1 Bing, Stanley.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n88158878 245 10 Rome, inc. :|bthe rise and fall of the first multinational corporation /|cStanley Bing. 250 1st. ed. 264 1 New York :|bNorton,|c[2006] 264 4 |c©2006 300 xvi, 197 pages :|billustrations ;|c21 cm. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 490 1 Enterprise 500 "Atlas books." 505 0 Preface: think global, kill local -- In which two brothers form the beginnings of a pretty fair mom-and-pop -- Enterprise -- First acquisitions and other rapes -- The Republic: an ode to the well-run corporation -- Wars wars and more wars -- Crazy Republicans -- Marius, the first mogul -- The end of the day -- Julius Caesar and the reinvention of the corporation -- Antony & Augustus -- The spirit fails -- The decline and fall of the Roman Empire (abridged) -- Afterword: what have we learned? 520 The world's first corporate case study: A family business prospers through a productive series of brutal consolidations and rational growth. Then the rise of an executive class that pits one egotistical senior manager against another in senseless internal conflicts eventually leads to a long line of demented CEOs, excessive expansion, and foolish diversification--and a high cost in shattered lives. In the end, a series of reverse takeovers leave the once-proud but now overextended and corrupt parent company at the mercy of the mom-and-pop operations that previously cringed at the grandeur of the corporate brand. Enron? WorldCom? Try Rome, whose rise and fall carry a moral that lingers to this day for the managers, employees, and students of any global enterprise. Business satirist Bing mingles parable and cautionary tale into an ingenious new telling of the story of the Roman Empire.--From publisher description. 650 0 Corporate state|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85032910|zRome|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n79039816-781|vHumor.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh99001253 650 0 Parables|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85097715|vHumor.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh99001253 650 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 650 7 Parables.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1052768 651 0 Rome|xHistory|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85115108|vHumor.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh99001253 651 7 Rome (Empire)|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204885 655 7 Humor.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423696 655 7 Humor.|2lcgft|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/ gf2014026110 830 0 Enterprise (New York, N.Y.)|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n2004070563 856 41 |3Table of contents|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065 /2005036128.html 901 MARCIVE 20231220 935 443757 994 C0|bRID
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