Cutting edge : Gillette's journey to global leadership /
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Author / Creator: | McKibben, Gordon, 1930- |
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Imprint: | Boston : Harvard Business School Press, c1998. |
Description: | xi, 429 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Gillette Company. Gillette Company. Razor industry -- United States. Consolidation and merger of corporations -- United States. Consolidation and merger of corporations. Razor industry. United States. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2921761 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part I. The Stage is Set
- 1. A Global Heritage
- 2. Sudden Decline, Slow Recovery
- 3. The Goal Is Growth
- Part II. The Search for Balance
- 4. The Quiet Man from Finance
- 5. Are You a Steel Man or a Plastic Man?
- 6. Storm Warnings
- Part III. Fight for Survival - The Takeover Threats
- 7. Ten Days of Terror
- 8. An End to Gradualism
- 9. The Ivy League Predators
- Part IV. Fast Track to Global Leadership
- 10. Warren Buffett Comes Aboard
- 11. Countdown to Sensor
- 12. Al Zeien Takes Charge
- 13. The Sixth Leg
- Part V. Gillette's Global Culture in Practice
- 14. The Development of Global Skills
- 15. Latin America Shows the Way
- 16. A Foot on the Ground
- 17. The Reluctant Global Warrior
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Notes about
- Sources
- Index
- About the Author