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Celebration of fools : an inside look at the rise and fall of JCPenney / Bill Hare.

Celebration of fools : an inside look at the rise and f...

Celebration of fools : an inside look at the rise and fall of JCPenney / Bill Hare.

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Celebration of fools : an inside look at the rise and fall of JCPenney / Bill Hare.

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Full title

Celebration of fools : an inside look at the rise and fall of JCPenney / Bill Hare.

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Publisher

New York, NY : AMACOM, American Management Association, c2004.

Call Numbers

N381.141/2

Record Identifier

74VKwwNZ0aJy

MMS ID

991018218579702626

Language

English

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Physical content

viii, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents

The founder -- The visionary -- The betrayer -- The end.

Publication information

Publisher

New York, NY : AMACOM, American Management Association, c2004.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

c2004.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"Celebration of Fools begins more than 100 years ago in Evanston, Wyoming, where one James Cash Penney - talented and indefatigable, but secretly haunted by the prospect of failure - is a clerk at the local Golden Rule store. The owners, impressed by this young dynamo, offer him a partnership and a management role at a new location. By 1914, having...

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Celebration of fools : an inside look at the rise and fall of JCPenney / Bill Hare.

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Notes

General note

Includes index.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

c2004.

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Call Numbers

N381.141/2

Record Identifier

74VKwwNZ0aJy

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKwwNZ0aJy

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ISBN

0814471595 (hardcover)

9780814471593 (hardcover)

DDC

381.14106573

MMS ID

991018218579702626

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