Klappentext: Hans-Olaf Henkel, eine der markantesten Persönlichkeiten Deutschlands, zieht Bilanz. Als Topmanager bei IBM und als BDI-Präsident konnte er die Entwicklungen unserer Gesellschaft nicht nur beobachten, sondern auch mitgestalten - als wirtschaftspolitischer Ideengeber wie als...

"Most great figures in American history reveal great contradictions, and Henry Ford is no exception. He championed his workers, offering unprecedented wages, yet crushed their attempts to organize. Virulently anti-Semitic, he never employed fewer than 3,000 Jews. An outspoken pacifist, he made...

From an acclaimed popular historian comes a fresh, meticulous, and entertaining account of Henry Ford and his invention of the Model-T--the machine that defined the dawning age in America. Every century or so, our republic has been changed by a new technology: 170 years ago it was the railroad;...

In this long-awaited memoir, Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, explains how he has solved problems, what he's learned from his many endeavors--both the triumphs and the failures--and his compelling vision for the future