Год выпуска: 0 Автор: Richard Bak, Richard Bak Издательство: Страниц: 0 ISBN: 0471234877
Описание
An Epic Battle of Generations It is commonly believed that Henry Ford was a dynamic, innovative visionary who ran his company with an iron hand and an eye to the future?while his son Edsel was a weak, if dutiful, heir and an uninspired manager, who followed his father?s orders. Henry and Edsel, the first biography to focus on both father and son, turns that common belief on its ear. Offering a daring new perspective on the human drama that changed the shape of Ford Motor company, author Richard Bak explores the ongoing friction between Henry and Edsel over adapting to a changing competitive environment and lays bare the stark contrasts between the two men. Henry emerges as a complex and self-contradictory man who was not entirelycomfortable in the new world that he had done so much to create, while Edsel is revealed as a gifted, levelheaded, and imaginative businessman with a keen sense of where the market was headed. Among the many issues examined in this...
