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200 10$aGeeks, Mush Heads and the IT Revolution$b[electronic resource] $eHow SRA International Achieved Success over Nearly Four Decades
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327   $a""Geeks, Mush Heads And The IT Revolution""; ""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""1 Idealism and Information Technology""; ""2 Prologue""; ""3 Countdown and . . . Delay Launch""; ""4 Liftoff! Building a Business Based on Ethics and Performance""; ""5 Fiscal Prudence and the Search for Leg Room and Talent""; ""6 Planning for Emergencies""; ""7 Competing for Weapons Work""; ""8 Growing Culturally and Administratively""; ""9 Artificial Intelligence: A Tortuous Path Forward""; ""10 Game-Changers and Legacies""; ""11 Innovations in Contracting and Health Care""
327   $a""12 Ethics, Vision, and People""""13 Investments That Always Pay Off""; ""14 Commerciala???A New Course for a While""; ""15 Going Public""; ""16 Growth through Acquisitions""; ""17 Big Bids, Big Wins""; ""18 A Time of Troubles""; ""19 The Board Faces Challenges""; ""20 The Big Decision""; ""21 The Grind""; ""22 A New Beginning under Uncertain Conditions""; ""23 Painful Decisions as the Market Declines""; ""24 Epilogue""; ""Appendix A: Business Lessons Learned in More Than Fifty Years of Leadership""; ""Appendix B: SRA Awards Recipients""; ""Appendix C: SRA Milestones""; ""Index""
330   $aSRA International grew from one person in his home basement to more than 7,000 people and nearly 2 billion in revenue in thirty years. The firm was profitable, revenue increased every year, and it became highly admired for its values and culture. SRA was on the Fortune list of 100 Best Places to Work in America for ten consecutive years. The company's initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange was the sixth most successful in 2002, and the price of its stock soared. Then, at the height of success, the top management team changed twice, growth declined, the firm made a bad acquisiti
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