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Rome ,Inc.: The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation

Stanley Bing

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Rome ,Inc.: The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation

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Appeal: The original global business success story.

Recommendation: Rome, Inc. provides a fascinating and eye-opening look into the world's first multinational corporation and how its success ultimately led to its downfall. Author Stanley Bing writes with humor and wit, making this book an entertaining read for anyone interested in history, business, or economics.

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Rome ,Inc.: The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation

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ISBN: 9780393060263
Author: Stanley Bing
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Date of Publication: 2006-03-15
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: History, Business, Economics
Related Topics: Ancient History
Goodreads rating: 3.35
(rated by 312 readers)

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The world's first corporate case study, as only the best-selling Stanley Bing could tell it.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. Stanley Bing—whose satirical business books are as savagely funny as they are insightful—mingles business parable and cautionary tale into an ingenious, often hilarious new telling of the story of the Roman Empire.
 

Appeal: The original global business success story.

Recommendation: Rome, Inc. provides a fascinating and eye-opening look into the world's first multinational corporation and how its success ultimately led to its downfall. Author Stanley Bing writes with humor and wit, making this book an entertaining read for anyone interested in history, business, or economics.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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