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Beschreibung:

XIV, (1), 300, (2) Seiten. Mit 16 teils ganzseitigen Abbildungen. Blauer Original-Leinwand-Einband mit Rückenvergoldung in guter Erhaltung. 20x13 cm

Bemerkung:

* "The First Million the Hardest: An Autobiography [1922]" by Arthur Briggs Farquhar (American Industrialist: Agricultural Equipment, 1838?1925) with Samuel Crowther is a well-written and lively autobiographical history of second-half, nineteenth century America. Though Farquhar is literally unknown today, he was a manufacturer of farm equipment and well known to the major business and political figures of his time. In addition to sharing many personal anecdotes, Farquhar gives us his experience and brief impression of all those he was acquainted with and the effect of their political and business views on the general economy. His insights into business and his actual business practices offer a serious DNA boost for those struggling to balance the forces of globalization and motivating their personnel to achieve ever greater proficiency. Similar to many contemporaries (e.g. H. J. Heinz, Harvey S. Firestone, Milton S. Hershey, John H. Patterson, James F. Lincoln, etc.) Farquhar's business practices and personnel benefits were also at least 50 years ahead of his times, and still offer the budding entrepreneur reasonable guidance. Valuable to both the weekend history buff and serious leadership student with regards to the evolution of American business and how to apply current theory to practice. (Quelle Wikipedia)