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Joe wilson and the creation of xerox /

1118161165

9781118161166

b729706

EB00062845

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Joe wilson and the creation of xerox /

[Book]

Anne M. Mulcahy, Charles D. Ellis and Joel M. Podolny.

Hoboken, N.J. :

Wiley,

2013.

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""Contents""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Introduction""; ""Foreword""; ""Chapter 1: Early Years""; ""Chapter 2: Peggy""; ""Chapter 3: The Thirties""; ""Chapter 4: Years of Struggle""; ""Chapter 5: Chet Carlson""; ""Chapter 6: Battelle""; ""Chapter 7: Contactâ€"Just Barely""; ""Chapter 8: Sol Linowitz""; ""Chapter 9: Toward Xerox""; ""Chapter 10: The University""; ""Chapter 11: Worst of Times, Best of Times""; ""Chapter 12: Joe Wilson""; ""Chapter 13: IBM, RCA, and GE""; ""Chapter 14: Gathering Strength in Finance""; ""Chapter 15: Building the Organization""

""Chapter 16: Going International""""Chapter 17: Going It Alone""; ""Chapter 18: 5¢""; ""Chapter 19: The 914""; ""Chapter 20: Go!""; ""Chapter 21: Getting on Message""; ""Chapter 22: Xerox: Zoom-Zoom""; ""Chapter 23: Fuji-Xerox""; ""Chapter 24: Challenges of Success""; ""Chapter 25: Minister Florence""; ""Chapter 26: LIFE""; ""Chapter 27: Public Service""; ""Chapter 28: Winding Down""; ""Chapter 29: No Longer CEO""; ""Chapter 30: At the Rockefellers’""; ""Afterword""; ""Joe Wilson: In His Own Words""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Index""

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"Charley Ellis has written a magnificent portrait, capturing the indomitable spirit of Joe Wilson and his instinctive understanding of the need for and commercial usefulness of a transforming imaging technology. Joe Wilson and his extraordinary team, which I had the good fortune to first meet in 1960, epitomized the wonderful observation of George Bernard Shaw who said, 'Some look at things that are, and ask why' I dream of things that never were and ask why not'' Xerox and xerography are not only a part of our vocabulary, but part of our everyday life. Charley Ellis gives the reader a poignant understanding of just how this happened through the life, adventures, critical business decisions, and dreams of Joseph Wilson and a cadre of remarkable individuals. This book will surely join the library of memorable biographies that capture the building of America into a risk-tolerant, technologically sophisticated, idea-oriented society that thrives by understanding what Charles Darwin really said: 'Survival will be neither to the strongest of the species, nor to the most intelligent, but to those most adaptable to change.'" 'Frederick Frank, Vice Chairman, Lehman Brothers Inc.

Joe Wilson and the Creation of Xerox.

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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Business.

Mulcahy, Anne M.

Ellis, Charles D.

Podolny, Joel M.

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