Wal-Mart Triumph Inside the World's #1 Company

Name: Wal-Mart Triumph Inside the World's #1 Company
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ISBN: 9781591840435

ISBN-10: 1591840430

ISBN-13: 9781591840435

Edition: N/A

Authors: Robert Slater

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Two of the toughest challenges for any company are leadership transitions and rapid growth. How do you replace an enormously popular and beloved CEO? And how do you maintain a rapid growth rate without losing the culture and focus of a small company? Over the past ten years, since the death of the legendary Sam Walton, Wal-Mart has passed both challenges with flying colors. Its now the first company to rank number one on both the Fortune 500 and the Fortune Most Admired lists. Sam Waltons successors have taken the company into far-flung new markets and new directions, without losing the down-to-earth retailing culture that made Wal- Mart thrive in its early years. With unprecedented access…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/25/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.43" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English




Wal-Mart today



Celebrating in a basketball arena



The founder and his legacy



The man from Kingfisher



Give me a squiggly : Sam Walton's culture



Avoid the layers, avoid the frills



A new Wal-Mart, a new team



A new management team follows Mr. Sam



A strategy of growth



Wal-Mart as a growth engine



The more complex Wal-Mart today



Applying the culture a store at a time



Beyond the seas : a new outlet for growth



Live snakes and turtle races : Wal-Mart in China



Who defines Wal-Mart?



Mr. Logistics takes over



A matter of reputation : taking the gloves off



A strategy for the twenty-first century : the new openness



Whither Wal-Mart?



Where the future will take Wal-Mart