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Author:

Gryta, Thomas, author.

Title:

Lights out : pride, delusion, and the fall of General Electric / Thomas Gryta and Ted Mann.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

ix, 353 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

General Electric Company.
Electric industries--United States--History.

Other Authors:

Mann, Ted (Reporter), author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Since its founding in 1892, General Electric has been more than just a corporation: it was job security, a solidly safe investment, and an elite business education for top managers. GE electrified America, from lightbulbs to turbines, and became fully integrated into the American societal mindset as few companies ever had. And after two decades of leadership under legendary CEO Jack Welch, GE entered the twenty-first century as America's most valuable corporation. Gryta and Mann examine how Welch's handpicked successor, Jeff Immelt, tried to fix flaws in Welch's profit machine, while stumbling headlong into mistakes of his own. In doing so, they detail how one of America's all-time great companies has been reduced to a cautionary tale for our times. -- adapted from jacket

ISBN:

0358250412
9780358250418

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1143822712

LCCN:

2020005518

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)