TITLE

Saying goodbye to corporate America

AUTHOR(S)
Kennedy, S.
PUB. DATE
June 1992
SOURCE
Black Enterprise;Jun92, Vol. 22 Issue 11, p312
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Investigates how the recent wave of downsizing has launched a new crop of entrepreneurs. The dream of Ronald Damper to leave corporate America and start his own tea company; His company, Damron Corp. of Chicago, as the producer of the house blend for 95 percent of McDonald's restaurants throughout the country; Arthur Queen's Ebony & Mirror Glass; View of Linda A. Hill, an associate professor at Harvard Business School; Leveraging contracts; More.
ACCESSION #
9207204292

Tags: CORPORATIONS

 

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