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Margin of trust : the Berkshire business model / Lawrence A. Cunningham and Stephanie Cuba.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Columbia Business School publishingPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 160 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0231550561
  • 9780231550567
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Margin of trust.DDC classification:
  • 658 23
LOC classification:
  • HG4930 .C87 2020
Online resources:
Contents:
Prologue: The carrot of trust -- Part I. Pillars. The players ; Partnership practices ; Business methods -- Part II. Perspectives. Deals ; Boards ; Internal affairs -- Part III. Alternatives. Contrasts ; Comparisons -- Part IV. Challenges. Judgment ; Public perception ; Scale ; Succession -- Epilogue: The stick of ruthlessness.
Summary: "Warren Buffett and his company, Berkshire Hathaway, are legendary for their distinctive investing approach. Yet many equally unconventional but less well known aspects of Berkshire's managerial practices and organizational structure are rich with lessons for those seeking to follow in Buffett's footsteps. Margin of Trust is the first book to distill Buffett's approach to management and corporate life. It provides a definitive analysis of the tenets of the Berkshire system, its costs and benefits, and how it can be adapted for other organizations. Lawrence A. Cunningham and Stephanie Cuba develop a new account of how Berkshire Hathaway works, showing that the key to its success is trust. Profiling partnership practices and business methods, they contend that Berkshire's distinguishing feature is a culture in which autonomy and decentralization are core management principles. Cunningham and Cuba provide instructive examples of how this model has been successfully adapted by other companies that share a faith in trust as an organizing principle. They also offer candid commentary on the risks of a trust-based approach and how to mitigate them. Margin of Trust features illuminating analysis of Buffett's take on the role trust plays in business agreements, what Buffett looks for in great corporate boards, and what lies ahead for Berkshire after its iconic leader leaves the scene."-- Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Warren Buffett and his company, Berkshire Hathaway, are legendary for their distinctive investing approach. Yet many equally unconventional but less well known aspects of Berkshire's managerial practices and organizational structure are rich with lessons for those seeking to follow in Buffett's footsteps. Margin of Trust is the first book to distill Buffett's approach to management and corporate life. It provides a definitive analysis of the tenets of the Berkshire system, its costs and benefits, and how it can be adapted for other organizations. Lawrence A. Cunningham and Stephanie Cuba develop a new account of how Berkshire Hathaway works, showing that the key to its success is trust. Profiling partnership practices and business methods, they contend that Berkshire's distinguishing feature is a culture in which autonomy and decentralization are core management principles. Cunningham and Cuba provide instructive examples of how this model has been successfully adapted by other companies that share a faith in trust as an organizing principle. They also offer candid commentary on the risks of a trust-based approach and how to mitigate them. Margin of Trust features illuminating analysis of Buffett's take on the role trust plays in business agreements, what Buffett looks for in great corporate boards, and what lies ahead for Berkshire after its iconic leader leaves the scene."-- Provided by publisher

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 26, 2019).

Prologue: The carrot of trust -- Part I. Pillars. The players ; Partnership practices ; Business methods -- Part II. Perspectives. Deals ; Boards ; Internal affairs -- Part III. Alternatives. Contrasts ; Comparisons -- Part IV. Challenges. Judgment ; Public perception ; Scale ; Succession -- Epilogue: The stick of ruthlessness.

In English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 600

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