The AIG story
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The AIG story
J. Wiley & Sons, c2013
- : cloth
Available at 5 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Selected as one of Motley Fool's "5 Great Books You Should Read"
In The AIG Story, the company's long-term CEO Hank Greenberg (1967 to 2005) and GW professor and corporate governance expert Lawrence Cunningham chronicle the origins of the company and its relentless pioneering of open markets everywhere in the world. They regale readers with riveting vignettes of how AIG grew from a modest group of insurance enterprises in 1970 to the largest insurance company in world history. They help us understand AIG's distinctive entrepreneurial culture and how its outstanding employees worldwide helped pave the road to globalization.
Corrects numerous common misconceptions about AIG that arose due to its role at the center of the financial crisis of 2008.
A unique account of AIG by one of the iconic business leaders of the twentieth century who developed close relationships with many of the most important world leaders of the period and helped to open markets everywhere
Offers new critical perspective on battles with N. Y. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the 2008 U.S. government seizure of AIG amid the financial crisis
Shares considerable information not previously made public
The AIG Story captures an impressive saga in business history--one of innovation, vision and leadership at a company that was nearly--destroyed with a few strokes of governmental pens. The AIG Story carries important lessons and implications for the U.S., especially its role in international affairs, its approach to business, its legal system and its handling of financial crises.
Table of Contents
Chairman's Note xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xxi
Part One
Chapter 1 Independence 3
Chapter 2 Innovation 19
Chapter 3 Succession 31
Chapter 4 Vision and Culture 43
Chapter 5 The Internationalist 53
Chapter 6 Raising the Iron Curtain 63
Chapter 7 Opening Trade in Services 79
Chapter 8 Reopening China 95
Chapter 9 The Life Business 111
Chapter 10 The Domestic Front 125
Chapter 11 Investments 139
Chapter 12 Governance 149
Part Two
Interlude 167
Chapter 13 Hostile Change 171
Chapter 14 Restating History 189
Chapter 15 Civil War 203
Chapter 16 Saving the Starr Foundation 213
Chapter 17 Chaos 223
Chapter 18 Nationalization 243
Epilogue 261
Notes 265
About the Companion Web Site 309
About the Authors 311
Index 313
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