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IBM

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Century-old computing company whose Watson dynasty, near-death in the early 1990s and wartime record are each the subject of major books.

Books 9Recommenders 2People 1

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  1. Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?Louis V. Gerstner, 2002
  2. Father, Son & CoThomas J. Watson Jr., Peter Petre, 1990
  3. IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global IconJames W. Cortada, 2019
IBM and the HolocaustIBM and the Holocaust
T1 IBM and the Holocaust
Edwin Black · 2001
Open LibraryGoodreads

How IBM and its German subsidiary worked with Nazi Germany from 1933 through the war.

Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?
T1 Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?
Louis V. Gerstner · 2002
Open LibraryGoodreads

How IBM was kept whole in 1993 and turned from hardware toward services.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Aaron Levie

Father, Son & CoFather, Son & Co
T2 Father, Son & Co
Thomas J. Watson Jr., Peter Petre · 1990
Open LibraryGoodreads

IBM's founding under the father, its move into computers and the son's career.

Recommended by: Aaron Levie

IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon
T2 IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon
James W. Cortada · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

IBM from the 1880s to today: its strategies and how it shaped other organisations.

Big bluesBig blues
T3 Big blues
Paul Carroll · 1993
Open LibraryGoodreads

How IBM lost control of the PC industry to Microsoft, Intel and the clone makers.

Building IBM: Shaping an Industry and Its TeBuilding IBM: Shaping an Industry and Its Technology
T3 Building IBM: Shaping an Industry and Its Technology
Emerson W. Pugh · 1995
Open LibraryGoodreads

IBM's technical and organisational history up to the System/360 computers.

The Maverick and His MachineThe Maverick and His Machine
T3 The Maverick and His Machine
Kevin Maney · 2003
Open LibraryGoodreads

Thomas Watson Sr. and how he built IBM and its sales culture.

The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived
T3 The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived
Ralph Watson McElvenny, Marc Wortman · 2023
Goodreads

How the struggle between Thomas Watson and his son shaped IBM's success.

Blue MagicBlue Magic
T4 Blue Magic
James Chposky, Ted Leonsis · 1988
Open LibraryGoodreads

How the IBM PC was built outside the normal organisation.

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