The outsiders : eight unconventional CEOs and their radically rational blueprint for success /
Thorndike, William.
Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Singletonville -- Introduction : an intelligent iconoclasm -- A perpetual motion machine for returns : Tom Murphy and Capital Cities Broadcasting -- An unconventional conglomerateur : Henry Singleton and Teledyne -- The turnaround : Bill Anders and General Dynamics -- Value creation in a fast-moving stream : John Malone and TCI -- The widow takes the helm : Katharine Graham and the Washington Post Company -- A public LBO : Bill Stiritz and Ralston Purina -- Optimizing the family firm : Dick Smith and General Cinema -- The investor as CEO : Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway -- Radical rationality : the outsider's mind-set -- An example and a checklist -- Appendix. The Buffett test.
Executive ability.
Industrial management.
Success in business.
Chief executive officers