Rome, inc : the rise and fall of the first multinational corporation

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Label

Rome, inc : the rise and fall of the first multinational corporation

Title remainder

the rise and fall of the first multinational corporation

Statement of responsibility

Stanley Bing

Creator

• Bing, Stanley

Subject

• Corporate state -- Rome -- Humor
• Parables -- Humor
• Rome -- History -- Humor

Genre

• Humor

Language

eng

Summary

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

Member of

• Enterprise (New York, N.Y.)

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

937.002/07

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

DG211

LC item number

.B56 2006

Literary form

non fiction

Series statement

Enterprise