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Publisher's Summary
Imagine if you could be a fly on the wall as a family enterprise becomes one of the most successful companies in the world. The Target Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled the big box store to become the retail giant it is today.
In an industry that has seen constant disruption over the last two decades, Target has experienced tremendous growth. Establishing a strong e-commerce business and cultivating a sought-after in-store experience has kept this iconic brand at the top of the retail game. From same-day fulfillment to brand partnerships, Target has successfully fought the domination of online marketplaces by thinking outside the big box.
The growth, prosperity, and expansion strategies that can be gleaned from the history of the Target Corporation amounts to a masterclass in business. Yet, the Target story has never been adequately presented. Until now.
Through the story of Target, you’ll learn:
- How to remain nimble in times of tremendous change.
- How to reinvent a six-decade-old iconic brand.
- How to know when to build it yourself or bring in the experts.
- When to change the entire way you do business.
- And much, much more.
What listeners say about The Target Story: How the Iconic Big Box Store Hit the Bullseye and Created an Addictive Retail Experience
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Jp3000xb
- 03-09-21
Propaganda created by Target itself
Target propaganda story written by company this is a book written to make target look good from target itself. Not independent at all.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Esmeralda
- 04-13-23
loved it
target's roots /slogan is expect more pay less.
it was lagging in expect more and focusing on less only on Payless. but it's since refocused and went back to its roots.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Patrick R Claytor
- 02-09-22
Infomercial
General overview of the history of Target. There was no substance or takeaways. The last third of the book is a salesy employee recruitment tool. the narration sounds like a long infomercial.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- T. Downey
- 05-11-21
Not balanced. Not interesting. Nothing to learn.
Listened for an hour and stopped. This seems like a book meant for Target midmanagement to celebrate Target. Nothing to learn. Bummer.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Cameron Gerken
- 11-07-20
Amazing
This book gives a in-depth life line of target and how they got to where they are now
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- By: Jason Jennings
- Narrated by: Jason Jennings
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 216
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Story4 out of 5 stars 144
Tradition says there are three ways to grow a company's revenue: fire up the sales team with empty promises, cut costs and downsize, or cook the books. But what if there's a better way, a way that nine amazingly profitable and well-run companies are already embracing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great read, great content!
- By Jason DeLong on 07-30-21
By: Jason Jennings
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The Self-Made Billionaire Effect
- How Extreme Producers Create Massive Value
- By: John Sviokla, Mitch Cohen
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 315
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 254
Imagine what Atari might have achieved if Steve Jobs had stayed there to develop the first massmarket personal computer. Or what Steve Case might have done for PepsiCo if he hadn't left for a gaming start-up that eventually became AOL. What if Salomon Brothers had kept Michael Bloomberg, or Bear Stearns had exploited the inventive ideas of Stephen Ross? Scores of top-tier entrepreneurs worked for established corporations before they struck out on their own and became self-made billionaires.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Waste of time!
- By Anonymous User on 05-30-20
By: John Sviokla, and others
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The Strategist
- Be the Leader Your Business Needs
- By: Cynthia Montgomery
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 114
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 95
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Story4 out of 5 stars 94
Based on an acclaimed professor's legendary strategy course at Harvard Business School, The Strategist offers a radically new perspective on a leader's most vital role. "Are you a strategist?" That's the first question Cynthia Montgomery asks the business owners and senior executives from all over the world who participate in her highly regarded executive education course. It's not a question they anticipate, but by the time the program ends, they cannot imagine leading their companies to success without being - and living the role of - a strategist.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Slow going with an odd narrative tone
- By Benson Bumpkin on 08-06-12
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The Burger King
- A Whopper of a Story on Life and Leadership
- By: Jim McLamore
- Narrated by: BJ Harrison
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
A rags-to-$9-billion-riches story. A crash course in Burger King history and fast food in America, The Burger King is McLamore's candid and conversational memoir. Written before his death in 1996, he talks of his life, the birth of the Whopper, and the rise of Burger King. McLamore's account of Burger King offers an instructive and inspiring tale to young entrepreneurs. Here's a story of entrepreneurship development from one of the top entrepreneurs of fast food chains.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pure Capitalism
- By Rudolph Campos on 03-22-23
By: Jim McLamore
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Bezonomics
- How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives, and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It
- By: Brian Dumaine
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner, Brian Dumaine - introduction
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 164
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 162
Like Henry Ford, Sam Walton, or Steve Jobs in the early years of Ford, Walmart, and Apple, Jeff Bezos is the business story of the decade. Bezos, the richest man on the planet, has built one of the most efficient wealth-creation machines in history with 2% of US household income being spent on nearly 500 million products shipped from warehouses in 17 countries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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49% balanced
- By Robert ONeill on 05-25-20
By: Brian Dumaine
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The Art of Business Wars
- Battle-Tested Lessons for Leaders and Entrepreneurs from History's Greatest Rivalries
- By: David Brown
- Narrated by: David Brown
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 90
Based on the chart-topping Business Wars podcast, stories, and lessons from history’s greatest business rivalries, interspersed with audio clips from the podcast. Using Chinese military genius Sun Tzu’s strategies as a guide, Brown examines why some companies triumph while others crumble....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Just a repeat of the pod cast…..
- By Vm2008 on 02-01-22
By: David Brown
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Built from Scratch
- How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion
- By: Bernie Marcus, Arthur Blank, Bob Andelman
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 600
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 510
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 509
Built from Scratch is the story of how two incredibly determined and creative people - and their associates - built a business from nothing to 761 stores and $30 billion in sales in a mere 20 years. Built from Scratch tells many colorful stories associated with The Home Depot's founding and meteoric rise; shows that a company can be a tough, growth-oriented competitor, and still maintain a high sense of responsibility to the community; and provides great lessons useful to people in any business, from start-ups to the Fortune 500.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bezos must have read this book.
- By Jensen on 06-22-17
By: Bernie Marcus, and others
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Small Giants
- Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big, 10th Anniversary Edition
- By: Bo Burlingham
- Narrated by: Bo Burlingham, Sean Pratt
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 805
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 689
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 678
It's an axiom of business that great companies grow their revenues and profits year after year. Yet quietly, under the radar, a small number of companies have rejected the pressure of endless growth to focus on more satisfying business goals. Goals like being great at what they do, creating a great place to work, providing great customer service, making great contributions to their communities, and finding great ways to lead their lives. In Small Giants, veteran journalist Bo Burlingham takes us deep inside 14 such remarkable companies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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fantastic book for small company builders
- By Amazon Customer on 08-01-17
By: Bo Burlingham
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Amazon Unbound
- Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire
- By: Brad Stone
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 864
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 712
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 708
Almost 10 years ago, Bloomberg journalist Brad Stone captured the rise of Amazon in his best seller The Everything Store. Since then, Amazon has expanded exponentially, inventing novel products like Alexa and disrupting countless industries, while its workforce has quintupled in size and its valuation has soared to nearly two trillion dollars.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book and content. Awful narration
- By Asutosh Tripathy on 05-14-21
By: Brad Stone
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The Passion Economy
- The New Rules for Thriving in the Twenty-First Century
- By: Adam Davidson
- Narrated by: Adam Davidson
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 104
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 105
Contrary to what you may have heard, the middle class is not dying and robots are not stealing our jobs. In fact, writes Adam Davidson — one of our leading public voices on economic issues — the 21st-century economic paradigm offers new ways of making money, fresh paths toward professional fulfillment, and unprecedented opportunities for curious, ambitious individuals to combine the things they love with their careers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fluffy biopic, without concrete takeaways
- By Caitlin Mcdonnell on 04-07-21
By: Adam Davidson
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Invent and Wander
- The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, with an Introduction by Walter Isaacson
- By: Jeff Bezos, Walter Isaacson - introduction
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 546
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 454
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Story4 out of 5 stars 453
In this collection of Jeff Bezos' writings - his unique and strikingly original annual shareholder letters, plus numerous speeches and interviews that provide insight into his background, his work, and the evolution of his ideas - you'll gain an insider's view of the why and how of his success. Spanning a range of topics across business and public policy, from innovation and customer obsession to climate change and outer space, this book provides a rare glimpse into how Bezos thinks about the world and where the future might take us.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Do the right thing.
- By FULL Creative on 12-06-20
By: Jeff Bezos, and others
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Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World's Greatest Companies
- By: Jim Stengel
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 43
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Story4 out of 5 stars 44
Ten years of research uncover the secret source of growth and profit...Those who center their business on improving people’s lives have a growth rate triple that of competitors and outperform the market by a huge margin. They dominate their categories, create new categories, and maximize profit in the long term. Pulling from a unique 10 year growth study involving 50,000 brands, Jim Stengel shows how the world's 50 best businesses have a cause and effect relationship between financial performance and their ability to connect.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Connecting the dots of Organizational leadership
- By Brenda Haskin on 08-26-15
By: Jim Stengel
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The Wawa Way
- How a Funny Name and Six Core Values Revolutionized Convenience
- By: Bob Andelman, Howard Stoeckel
- Narrated by: Dana Hickox
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Grahame Wood opened the first Wawa Food Market in 1964 as an outlet for Wawa dairy products. Since then, the convenience store has grown into a well-known company that competes against the biggest industry players in the world in three areas: fuel, convenience, and food, all while maintaining their personal approach and small business mentality. Now, almost 50 years later, Wawa has opened its first store in Florida and begun to play on the national field. How did it happen?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great outline for success at anything...
- By Friend on 09-29-15
By: Bob Andelman, and others
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Simply Brilliant
- How Great Organizations Do Ordinary Things in Extraordinary Ways
- By: William C. Taylor
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Far away from Silicon Valley, in familiar, traditional, even unglamorous fields, ordinary people are unleashing extraordinary advances that amaze customers, energize employees, and create huge economic value. Their secret? They understand that the work of inventing the future doesn't belong just to geeks designing mobile apps and virtual-reality headsets or to social-media entrepreneurs hoping to launch the next Facebook. Some of today's most compelling organizations are doing brilliant things.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional information
- By Amazon Customer on 03-16-22
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The Breakthrough Company
- How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers
- By: Keith R. McFarland
- Narrated by: Keith R. McFarland
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 83
The vast majority of small businesses stay small - and not by choice. Only the most savvy and persistent (a tiny one tenth of one percent) break through to annual sales above $250 million. In The Breakthrough Company, Keith McFarland pinpoints how everyday companies become extraordinary, showing that luck is a negligible factor.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A "must listen" if you are an SMB
- By Arnie on 05-23-10
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What the CEO Wants You to Know, Expanded and Updated
- How Your Company Really Works
- By: Ram Charan
- Narrated by: David H. Lawrence XVII
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 203
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 169
Completely rewritten for today's business world, What the CEO Wants You to Know, expanded and updated, written by best-selling author Ram Charan, describes the fundamentals behind every business, from street vendors in Mumbai to Fortune 500 companies. Drawing on stories from Uber, Amazon, Apple, Toyota, Netflix, Lyft, The Limited, Walmart, GE, and Starbucks, Charan, in the most accessible language imaginable, explains the ins and outs of how companies work.
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5 out of 5 stars
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MBA in a book
- By Bruce on 01-16-18