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Book Review of “Good Company: Business Success in the Worthiness Era”

The Practical Leader

The two companies in the “highest” category were United Parcel Service and Walt Disney. Some of the 20 companies in the “low” category included Berkshire Hathaway, Exxon Mobil, News Corp, Dow Chemical, and General Dynamics. About 25 companies were rated “high.”

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How to (Gradually) Become a Different Company

Harvard Business Review

The US-based company used to be a diversified industrial group, with activities in all types of glass, chemicals, paints, optical materials, and biomedical systems. Acquisitions are part and parcel of a transformation. PPG (originally “Pittsburgh Plate Glass”) is a splendid example of such a transformation.

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