Aiming higher : 25 stories of how companies prosper by combining sound management and social vision / David Bollier.
| Author/creator | Bollier, David |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Amacom, ©1996. |
| Description | x, 374 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | 25 stories of how companies prosper by combining sound management and social vision |
| Portion of title | Twenty-five stories of how companies prosper by combining sound management and social vision |
| Contents | Vermont National Bank's socially responsible banking fund : the rich rewards of community lending -- Gun Denhart and Hanna Andersson : recycling clothes while building customer loyalty -- Prudential Insurance's living needs benefits : death benefits for the living -- Mario J. Antoci and American Savings Bank : cultivating the American dream -- Finast Supermarkets : the ultimate neighborhood market -- Rachel Hubka and Rachel's Bus Company : the little school bus company that could -- Lou Krouse and the National Payments Network : a creative alternative for the "unbanked" -- Equal opportunity at Inland Steel : how five managers transformed a corporate culture -- Julia Stasch of Stein & Company : fighting gender barriers in Chicago construction -- Barbara B. Roberts and FPG International : the power of the image -- DAKA International : coping with AIDS in the workplace -- Jack Stack and the Springfield ReManufacturing Corporation : when workers play the numbers game -- Rick Surpin and Cooperative Home Care Associates : up from welfare and into the boardroom -- Hal Rosenbluth and Rosenbluth International : putting the customer second--and the employee first -- Howard Schultz and the Starbucks Coffee Company : employees as partners in growth -- The work/life programs of Fel-Pro, Incorporated : portrait of a family-friendly workplace -- Judy Wicks and the White Dog Cafe : table for six billion, please! -- Gail Mayville of Ben & Jerry's Homemade : going green at the Vermont ice cream machine -- GE Plastics' "share to gain" program : building corporate loyalty while rebuilding the community -- Merck & Co. -- quandaries in developing a wonder drug for the Third World -- J. Irwin Miller : the rewards of servant-leadership -- James W. Rouse : bringing dignity and delight to American cities -- Frank Stanton : the man who built the Tiffany network -- The Haas family of Levi Strauss & Co. : a values-driven business in a global marketplace -- The Xerox Corporation : the pragmatic idealists. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 96021828 |
| ISBN | 0814403190 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HD60.5.U5 B65 1996 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |