Lawrence Cunningham, Stephanie Cuba

Margin of Trust (eBook, ePUB)

The Berkshire Business Model

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Warren Buffett and his company, Berkshire Hathaway, are legendary for their distinctive investing approach. Yet many equally unconventional but less well known aspects of Berkshire's managerial practices and organizational structure are rich with lessons for those seeking to follow in Buffett's footsteps. Margin of Trust is the first book to distill Buffett's approach to management and corporate life. It provides a definitive analysis of the tenets of the Berkshire system, its costs and benefits, and how it can be adapted for other organizations.

Lawrence A. Cunningham and Stephanie Cuba develop a new account of how Berkshire Hathaway works, showing that the key to its success is trust. Profiling partnership practices and business methods, they contend that Berkshire's distinguishing feature is a culture in which autonomy and decentralization are core management principles. Cunningham and Cuba provide instructive examples of how this model has been successfully adapted by other companies that share a faith in trust as an organizing principle. They also offer candid commentary on the risks of a trust-based approach and how to mitigate them. Margin of Trust features illuminating analysis of Buffett's take on the role trust plays in business agreements, what Buffett looks for in great corporate boards, and what lies ahead for Berkshire after its iconic leader leaves the scene.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780231550567
• Artikelnr.: 56838193

Autorenporträt

Lawrence A. Cunningham is the Henry St. George Tucker III Research Professor of Law at George Washington University. He is the author of many corporate governance and investing books, including Berkshire Beyond Buffett: The Enduring Value of Values (Columbia University Press, 2014).

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: The Carrot of Trust
Part I. Pillars
1. The Players
2. Partnership Practices
3. Business Methods
Part II. Perspectives
4. Deals
5. Boards
6. Internal Affairs
Part III. Alternatives
7. Contrasts
8. Comparisons
Part IV. Challenges
9. Judgment
10. Public Perception
11. Scale
12. Succession
Epilogue: The Stick of Ruthlessness
Notes
Index