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02693cam a22003854a 4500 001 DF1674022B0B11DE9A033608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 051213s2006 nyua 000 0 eng 010 $a 2005036128 020 $a 9780393060263 (hardcover) 020 $a 0393060268 (hardcover) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d UKM $d C#P $d VP@ $d NBU $d BUR $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d UBY $d IWV $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a aw----- $a ff----- $a aw----- 050 00 $a DG211 $b .B56 2006 082 00 $a 937.002/07 $2 22 100 1 $a Bing, Stanley. 245 1 $a Rome, inc. : $b the rise and fall of the first multinational corporation / $c Stanley Bing. 250 $a 1st. ed. 260 $a New York : $b Norton, $c c2006. 300 $a xvi, 197 p. : $b ill. ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a Enterprise 500 $a "Atlas books." 520 $a 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. 505 0 $a Preface: think global, kill local -- In which two brothers form the beginnings of a pretty fair mom-and-pop -- Enterprise -- First acquisitions and other rapes -- The Republic: an ode to the well-run corporation -- Wars wars and more wars -- Crazy Republicans -- Marius, the first mogul -- The end of the day -- Julius Caesar and the reinvention of the corporation -- Antony & Augustus -- The spirit fails -- The decline and fall of the Roman Empire (abridged) -- Afterword: what have we learned? 651 0 $a Rome $x History $v Humor. 650 0 $a Corporate state $z Rome $v Humor. 650 0 $a Parables $v Humor. 830 0 $a Enterprise (New York, N.Y.) 856 41 $3 Table of contents $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065/2005036128.html 941 $a 1 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DF1674022B0B11DE9A033608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search