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The Elephant and the Flea: Reflections of a Reluctant Capitalist

Discusses everything from the author's childhood in a Irish vicarage, to Oxford University, to his first job as an oil executive with Royal Dutch/Shell in the Far East, to a professorship at the London Business School, and finally to his status as an eminent social philosopher and international business guru.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages

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