1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796595903321

Autore

Wilson John F.

Titolo

Ferranti . Volume 3 Management, mergers and fraud 1987-1993 : a history. / / John F. Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, [Michigan] : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-5261-1921-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

338.7620941

Soggetti

Electrical engineering - Great Britain - History

History

Great Britain

Grossbritannien

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; [Vol. 1] Building a family business, 1882-1975 -- ; vol. 2 From family firm to multinational, 1975-1987 -- ; vol. 3 Management, mergers and fraud, 1987-1993.

Sommario/riassunto

This history of Ferranti during the last six years of its long existence provides a detailed exposition of the merger with an American firm that would bring it to its knees. Although only covering six years, this builds on the previous two volumes of the Ferranti history that has outlined how the firm grew into one of the UK's leading defence electronics operations. Having survived a major liquidity crisis in 1974-75, Ferranti recovered robustly under new management, only to flounder under the same leadership as a result of a major foray into the American defence electronics industry. The case-study outlines the inherent dangers in international mergers, as well as the acute problems associated with City and corporate governance practices which resulted in decisions that undermined Ferranti fatally.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812049203321

Autore

Skwarek Agata

Titolo

Imaps 2018 / / guest editor Agata Skwarek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : Emerald Publishing Limited, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-83867-984-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (41 pages)

Collana

Microelectronics International, , 1356-5362 ; ; Volume 2, Number 3

Disciplina

621.381

Soggetti

Microelectronics

Chip

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910158774203321

Autore

McNeill LTC Dan K

Titolo

Eichelberger In Mindanao

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco : , : Verdun Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

9781786250711

1786250713

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (38 pages)

Disciplina

355.46

Soggetti

Eichelberger, Robert L

Military campaigns

Combined operations (Military science)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABSTRACT -- CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2 - THE TERRAIN -- CHAPTER 3 - THE ENEMY -- CHAPTER 4 - THE GUERRILLAS -- CHAPTER 5 - EICHELBERGER GOES TO THE PACIFIC THEATER -- CHAPTER 6 - SERVING "SARAH" -- CHAPTER 7 - THE STRATEGY -- CHAPTER 8 - "LET NOTHING STOP YOU EXCEPT BULLETS" -- Racing Krueger to Japan -- Audacity -- Moving Inland -- Fulfilling a Promise -- Closing out the Campaign -- CHAPTER 9 - CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Sommario/riassunto

General Robert L. Eichelberger was an extraordinary and brilliant leader. He was a selfless man who loyally and diligently served an egocentric task maker in General Douglas MacArthur. Eichelberger was the American version of the British Field Marshal William Slim of Burma fame. In a six-month period in World War II, Eichelberger's Eighth US Army made 52 amphibious landings in the Southwest Pacific Theater. In each of those operations, Eichelberger skillfully used US and Allied ground troops, naval forces, and aircraft. While his Army was normally assigned a supporting or mopping-up role, the Mindanao campaign was solely Eichelberger's. The purpose behind this study is to explore Eichelberger's leadership in the joint operations on, Mindanao Island in the Philippines.