Sony

Name: Sony
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ISBN: 9780618126941

ISBN-10: 0618126945

ISBN-13: 9780618126941

Edition: 2001

Authors: John Nathan

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Named one of the best business books of the year (by Fortune and Newsweek), SONY is the "intimate biography of one of the world's leading electronics giants" (San Francisco Chronicle) as well as one of the most fascinating and complex of all corporate stories. Drawing on his unmatched expertise in Japanese culture and on unique, unlimited access to Sony's inner sanctum, John Nathan traces Sony's evolution from its inauspicious beginnings amid Tokyo's bomb-scarred ruins to its current worldwide success. "Richly detailed and revealing" (Wall Street Journal), the book examines both the outward successes and, as never before, the mysterious inner workings that have always characterized this…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/5/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 348
Size: 5.63" wide x 8.69" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English

John Nathan is the author of the definitive biography of the novelist Yukio Mishima & has translated the novels of both Mishima & the Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe into English. He is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker & lives in Santa Barbara, California.



Acknowledgments


Preface



The Founding Fathers: In Search of a Postwar Dream



Ibuka the Muse: From "Talking Paper" to Trinitron



Akio Morita: Discovering America



Morita the Dazzler: The Man Behind the Mask



Sony's First American: Lessons in Logic from Harvey Schein



Maestro Ohga: The Art of Profit



Extending the Family: The Rise of Mickey Schulhof



One for Chairman Akio: The Columbia Pictures Acquisition



Hollywood Continued: Tailspin



Ohga and Schulhof: A Tale of Love and Hubris



Idei the Heretic: Empire's End


Index