Blue Blood and Mutiny：The Fight for the Soul of Morgan Stanley

Blue Blood and Mutiny：The Fight for the Soul of Morgan Stanley

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作者: Patricia Beard 著

出版社: HarperCollins

出版时间: 2007-09

ISBN: 9780060881917

定价: 251.70

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 432页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>经济

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TheinsidestoryofthepowerstrugglethatrockedWallStreet'smostprestigiousfinancialinstitutionWhatbeganwithashotoverthebowendedinashockingcoupd'etat.InlessthanfourmonthsagroupofeightretiredexecutivesorchestratedastunningrevoltwithinMorganStanley，thevenerableanduntilrecentlymostsuccessfulfinancialservicesfirmonWallStreet.NowacclaimedjournalistandhistorianPatriciaBeardbringstogethertheentirebehind-the-scenesstoryinBlueBloodandMutiny，areal-lifebusinessthrillerexposingthetalethatshookhighfinance.InMarch2005thebusinessworldwokeuptoanunprecedentedfull-pageadintheWallStreetJournalcallingfortheremovalofMorganStanley'sCEO.ItwaspaidforbyacohortofeightformerMorganStanleyexecutives，includinganex-chairmanandanex-president，whosoonwouldbedubbedthe"EightGrumpyOldMen."TheirtargetwasCEOPhilipPurcell，amidwesternerwhohadcometopowerfollowingMorganStanley's1997mergerwithDeanWitterDiscover，wherePurcellhadbeenchiefexecutive.InhiseightyearsasCEO，Purcellhadpresidedovera50percentdeclineinstockpricesinceitspeakin2000andaseriesofhigh-profilegovernmentandcivillawsuitsthathadtarnishedthecompany'sonce-sterlingreputation.JustafewmonthsaftertheJournalad，Purcellwouldretireunderpressure，andformerpresidentJohnMack，whohadbeenpushedoutbyPurcell，wasappointedCEO.The"EightGrumpyOldMen"wonthebattle.TherevoltoftheEightisaboutmorethanthestockprice，oranybottom-linemetrics:itsignalsaclashofculturesandabattleforthesoulofAmericanbusiness.Sinceitsfounding，MorganStanleyhasbeenaneliteenterpriseguidedbyJ.P.MorganJr.'smotto"AFirstClassBusinessinaFirstClassWay."TheHouseofMorganstoodforsomethinglargerthansuccesswithhonor;itsethoswasuniquesomewouldsaysacredandtheeightretiredexecutivesbelievedthisidealhadbeenunderminedduringPurcell'sreign.Openingthelong-closeddoorsofabastionofWallStreetthathasmaintainedthestrictestprivacyuntilnow，BlueBloodandMutinyweavesthehistoryofMorganStanleywiththeinsidestoryofthefightfordominancebetweentwocompetingbusinessculturesone，thecollegialmeritocracyhandeddownfromthedaysofJ.P.Morgan，andtheother，acold，contemporarycorporatemodel.Hereistheseason'smust-readbookforanyonewhowantstounderstandthefutureofAmericanbusiness. Patricia Beard is the author of After the Ball and hundreds of national magazine articles. She has been an editor at Elle, Town & Country, and Mirabella. Beard lives in upstate New York.,
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TheinsidestoryofthepowerstrugglethatrockedWallStreet'smostprestigiousfinancialinstitutionWhatbeganwithashotoverthebowendedinashockingcoupd'etat.InlessthanfourmonthsagroupofeightretiredexecutivesorchestratedastunningrevoltwithinMorganStanley，thevenerableanduntilrecentlymostsuccessfulfinancialservicesfirmonWallStreet.NowacclaimedjournalistandhistorianPatriciaBeardbringstogethertheentirebehind-the-scenesstoryinBlueBloodandMutiny，areal-lifebusinessthrillerexposingthetalethatshookhighfinance.InMarch2005thebusinessworldwokeuptoanunprecedentedfull-pageadintheWallStreetJournalcallingfortheremovalofMorganStanley'sCEO.ItwaspaidforbyacohortofeightformerMorganStanleyexecutives，includinganex-chairmanandanex-president，whosoonwouldbedubbedthe"EightGrumpyOldMen."TheirtargetwasCEOPhilipPurcell，amidwesternerwhohadcometopowerfollowingMorganStanley's1997mergerwithDeanWitterDiscover，wherePurcellhadbeenchiefexecutive.InhiseightyearsasCEO，Purcellhadpresidedovera50percentdeclineinstockpricesinceitspeakin2000andaseriesofhigh-profilegovernmentandcivillawsuitsthathadtarnishedthecompany'sonce-sterlingreputation.JustafewmonthsaftertheJournalad，Purcellwouldretireunderpressure，andformerpresidentJohnMack，whohadbeenpushedoutbyPurcell，wasappointedCEO.The"EightGrumpyOldMen"wonthebattle.TherevoltoftheEightisaboutmorethanthestockprice，oranybottom-linemetrics:itsignalsaclashofculturesandabattleforthesoulofAmericanbusiness.Sinceitsfounding，MorganStanleyhasbeenaneliteenterpriseguidedbyJ.P.MorganJr.'smotto"AFirstClassBusinessinaFirstClassWay."TheHouseofMorganstoodforsomethinglargerthansuccesswithhonor;itsethoswasuniquesomewouldsaysacredandtheeightretiredexecutivesbelievedthisidealhadbeenunderminedduringPurcell'sreign.Openingthelong-closeddoorsofabastionofWallStreetthathasmaintainedthestrictestprivacyuntilnow，BlueBloodandMutinyweavesthehistoryofMorganStanleywiththeinsidestoryofthefightfordominancebetweentwocompetingbusinessculturesone，thecollegialmeritocracyhandeddownfromthedaysofJ.P.Morgan，andtheother，acold，contemporarycorporatemodel.Hereistheseason'smust-readbookforanyonewhowantstounderstandthefutureofAmericanbusiness.
作者简介:
Patricia Beard is the author of After the Ball and hundreds of national magazine articles. She has been an editor at Elle, Town & Country, and Mirabella. Beard lives in upstate New York.,

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