Vol. 11, Issue 1 Big Blues The Unmaking of IBM By: Paul Carroll 382 pp. Crown Publishing 1993 Review by: Lydia Morris Brown

The inside story of the people and policies that knocked IBM from its corporate pedestal. Although there will probably never again be one company that so dominates an industry as IBM once did, there are still some powerhouse companies that can benefit from the lessons to be learned from IBM’s experience. Carroll’s depiction of the rise and fall of IBM demonstrates that the computer industry is one in which creativity counts more than size or last quarter’s earnings. U.S. companies still dominate in the most rapidly advancing and most profitable segments of the industry. Carroll has provided a "handbook" for those who need to know what not to do in order to maintain their competitive advantage.

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