Father, Son & Co: My Life at IBM and BeyondDen tidligere øverste chef for det multinationale edb-firma IBM, amerikaneren Thomas J. Watson (f. 1914), beretter bl.a. om forholdet til faderen og om sin overtagelse af koncernen efter faderens død samt om sin deltagelse i IBMs udviklng, indtil sygdom i 1970 tvinger ham til at søge nye udfordringer |
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