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Celebration of Fools : An Inside Look at the Rise and Fall of JCPenney.
Title:
Celebration of Fools : An Inside Look at the Rise and Fall of JCPenney.
Author:
Hare, Bill.
ISBN:
9780814427873
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (304 pages)
Contents:
contents -- introduction -- part I The Founder -- chapter 1 America's Famous Old Man -- chapter 2 Kemmerer -- chapter 3 Bumpkins in the Big Apple -- chapter 4 All Their Managers Are Like Masons -- chapter 5 The Bailout -- part II The Visionary -- chapter 6 Socratic Method -- chapter 7 Their Own Thing -- chapter 8 Batten's Ascent -- chapter 9 The Common Touch -- chapter 10 A Quiet Man -- chapter 11 The Memo -- chapter 12 The Transaction Recorder -- chapter 13 Last of the Good Men -- part III The Betrayer -- chapter 14 New Blood -- chapter 15 Bill Howell -- chapter 16 The Taj MaHowell -- chapter 17 The Designer -- chapter 18 Showtime -- chapter 19 The '' Golden Crescent'' -- chapter 20 Onward and Upward -- chapter 21 The Speech -- chapter 22 Where Have All the Values Gone? -- chapter 23 What If I Talk to W. R.? -- part IV The End -- chapter 24 Jimmy- O the Farmer -- chapter 25 There's Nothing There -- chapter 26 Standing in His Underwear -- chapter 27 The Funeral and HCSC -- acknowledgments -- index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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