Berkshire Beyond Buffett: The Enduring Value of Values
Lawrence Cunningham
Abstract
Berkshire Hathaway, the $300 billion conglomerate that Warren Buffett built, is among the world’s largest and most famous corporations. Yet, for all its power and celebrity, few people understand Berkshire, and many assume it cannot survive without Buffett. This book proves them wrong. In a portrait of the corporate culture that unites Berkshire’s subsidiaries, the book unearths the traits that assure the conglomerate’s continued prosperity. Riveting stories of each subsidiary’s origins, triumphs, and journey to Berkshire reveal how managers generate economic value from intangibles like thrift ... More
Keywords: Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, corporate culture, subsidiaries, textile company
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2014 | Print ISBN-13: 9780231170048 |
| Published to Columbia Scholarship Online: November 2015 | DOI:10.7312/columbia/9780231170048.001.0001 |
