Lessons from the Titans: What Companies in the New Economy Can Learn from the Great Industrial Giants to Drive Sustainable Success

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

INTRODUCTION 

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1 GENERAL ELECTRIC PART I 
The Jack Welch Years and the Cash Flow Machine
That Created the Largest Company on Earth

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2 GENERAL ELECTRIC PART II 
How a Culture of Arrogance Led to the
Largest Collapse in American History

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3 BOEING 
A Struggle to Find Balance in Risk Management

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4 DANAHER 
Process-Driven Reinvention

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5 HONEYWELL 
How Cultural Transformation Led One of
the Greatest Turnarounds in History

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6 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES 
The Dangers of Fixed Incentives

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7 CATERPILLAR 
Avoiding the Forecasting Trap

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8 ROPER 
 The Amazing Untold Story of Brian Jellison and
His Timeless Lessons on Compounding

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9 TRANSDIGM 
How to Turn a Million into a Billion

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10 STANLEY BLACK & DECKER 
Adding a Digital Layer

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11 UNITED RENTALS 
Asset Sharing Done Right

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12 THE IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS SYSTEMS
AND OTHER KEY LESSONS FROM INDUSTRIALS 

INDEX