| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 239 pages) |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The Trail of Inspiration -- Checking With the Experts -- Feeling More Comfortable -- This Dog Might Hunt! -- An Irrational Decision -- Kick the Tires, Light the Fires -- A Climate of Chaos -- Looking for a few Good People -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- The Humble House Gang -- Good Bye Little Rock, Hello Memphis -- The Company Lodestar -- More Obstacles -- Let's Call It a System Test! -- The Marine Corps Boot Camp Mode -- An Inauspicious Beginning -- Rescue at the Edge of a Precipice -- Light at the End of the Tunnel -- A Little Help from Our Friends -- Summoned to a Special Meeting -- A General in the Guerrilla Camp -- Fund Raising / Round Three -- America, You've Got a New Airline -- A Threatened Resignation -- Three Division Offices -- Just Step Out of the Way -- From Caterpillar to Butterfly -- Mach One to Idle -- Concordes, Dirigibles, and Separation -- People are the Wind beneath Our Wings -- Changing How the World Does Business. |
| Summary |
Reveals how FedEx was conceived, launched, and kept afloat despite incredible obstacles. |
| Subject |
Federal Express Corporation -- History.
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Federal Express Corporation |
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Federal Express Corporation |
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Express service -- United States -- History.
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Messageries -- États-Unis -- Histoire. |
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Express service |
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United States |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte. |
| Genre |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Frock, Roger, 1936- Changing how the world does business. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA : Berrett--Koehler ; Berkeley : U.S. trade Bookstores and wholesalers, Publishers Group West, ©2006 1576754138 9781576754139 (DLC) 2006009520 (OCoLC)65644322 |
| ISBN |
1576754138 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9781576754139 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9781576754139 |
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9781576758809 (electronic bk.) |
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157675880X (electronic bk.) |
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9781609943295 |
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1609943295 |
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9781605095325 |
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160509532X |
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