Berkshire Beyond Buffett : The Enduring Value of Values

A worthy read. If you're fascinated with growth strategies, you'll find few books more valuable. There is much to learn from Mr. Cunningham's stories about the companies that Berkshire Hathaway owns. Important, insightful, and clearly written... a major contribution to the management literature, this book should be read by managers of all organizations, business professors and students, business owners, and investors. A detailed study of Berkshire's portfolio and an intriguing profile of the Sage of Omaha's approach to management, not just investment. A timely contribution to a swelling debate¿ an encyclopedic history of the group's operating businesses. An absolute must-read for advisors... this book is one of the great chronicles of corporate history...[an] excpetional volume. [Ranked sixth best book of the year] From the foreword by Tom Murphy, Berkshire Hathaway director and former CEO of ABC, Inc.:Berkshire Hathaway's trajectory has been so seamless that Warren Buffett's professional transition has gone almost unnoticed. The man who began his business life as a precocious 'stock picker' has morphed into the chief executive of one of the largest collections of businesses in the world. Lawrence A. Cunningham's book astutely chronicles this development. Adam Grant, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, author of Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success:How did Warren Buffett build such a great firm? To unravel this mystery, Cunningham takes a deep dive inside the culture of Berkshire Hathaway's subsidiaries, highlighting the values of integrity, kinship, and autonomy--and