Backfired

Author : Peter Burrows
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-07-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780471465041

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Backfire by Peter Burrows Pdf

An insider's look at the internal turmoil at one of the world's premier high-tech companies This is the inside story of Hewlett-Packard Company's struggle to regain its former glory, and of the high-stakes battle between CEO Carly Fiorina and family scion Walter Hewlett over how best to achieve that goal. For decades, HP was admired not only for its innovative products and soaring stock price, but for its egalitarian corporate culture and father-knows-best integrity. Backfire explains how the company fell on hard times, recounts the historic decision that made Fiorina the world's top-ranking female executive, and brings to life the backlash that resulted when she tried to impose her charismatic salesmanship on the aging icon. Top BusinessWeek journalist Peter Burrows gives the dramatic blow-by-blow of Hewlett's effort to kill Fiorina's most controversial move of all, her $19 billion purchase of rival Compaq Computer. Fiorina won by a whisker, after the most expensive proxy fight in history and a dramatic lawsuit that accused the company of illegally fixing the vote. This gripping, ongoing story includes fascinating personalities and dramatic boardroom and courtroom drama. Peter Burrows (Alameda, CA) has been a technology reporter for BusinessWeek for nine years and has covered the HP saga from the start. The department editor for BusinessWeek's computer coverage, he has been the principal chronicler of Fiorina's tenure at HP, and has written three cover stories on the subject. He has also written numerous other cover stories, including looks at Steve Jobs's Apple Computer and Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy.

Author : J T Fisher
Publisher : LifeRich Publishing
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781489730145

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Backfired by J T Fisher Pdf

Nick was willing to go to any lengths to be with his High School crush. Some would say he had an unhealthy obsession with Jeanie, but he had dreamt about this for his whole adult life. He didn’t think it was unhealthy...He only wished it had come sooner. Some would also say, you should be careful what you wish for.

Author : Brian Martin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Law
ISBN : 0742540863

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Justice Ignited by Brian Martin Pdf

Attacks can backfire on attackers_sometimes spectacularly. In March 1991, an observer videotaped several Los Angeles police beating Rodney King with their batons. Shown on television, the beating caused enormous damage to the reputation of the police and led to the chief's resignation. This incident and others, such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the 1965 surveillance of Ralph Nader, prove that all sorts of attacks can backfire, from torture and massacres to job dismissals and reprisals against whistle-blowers. Through numerous detailed case studies, Justice Ignited presents the first comprehensive treatment of the dynamics of backfire, as it reveals the most promising tactics for causing the backfire of unfair attacks. Understanding backfire_both promoting and inhibiting it_is vitally important for activists and everyone else who wants to be effective in the face of injustice.

Author : Dave Pantano
Publisher : Source Point Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1954412029

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Backfired by Dave Pantano Pdf

A superheroic comedy following Wally as he navigates comics, Hollywood, weird science, and supervillains! Hollywood has come calling, and they're giving Wally McDermott five days to perfect the pitch for his comic, Backfire! He'll have to conquer writer's block, a marriage on the rocks, a villainous scoundrel of his own creation, and a precocious niece whose science project might just be the end of him. The odds in Vegas aren't in his favor in this very meta and very adult super-hero comedy!

Author : David Mark Chalmers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 074252311X

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Backfire by David Mark Chalmers Pdf

David Chalmers, the leading historian of the Ku Klux Klan, brings the story of America's oldest terrorist society up to date. Chalmers skillfully shows how Klan violence actually aided the civil rights movement of the 1960s and revolutionized the role of the national government in the protection of civil rights. He follows the forty-year struggle to punish Klan murderers through the courts of Alabama, Georgia, and the U.S. Supreme Court, and how Morris Dees and the Southern Poverty Law Center finally found a way to bring the Klan down.

Author : William J. Federer
Publisher : Amerisearch, Inc.
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0975345540

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Backfired by William J. Federer Pdf

How did America go from Pilgrims seeking freedom to express their Christian beliefs to today's discrimination against those very beliefs in the name of tolerance? Federer investigates.

Author : Loren Baritz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015051889221

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Backfire by Loren Baritz Pdf

In a probing look at the myths of American culture that led us into the Vietnam quagmire, Loren Baritz exposes our national illusions: the conviction of our moral supremacy, our assumption that Americans are more idealistic than other people, and our faith in a technology that supposedly makes us invincible. He also reveals how Vietnam changed American culture today, from the successes and failures of the Washington bureaucracy to the destruction of the traditional military code of honor.

Author : Sadie Thatcher
Publisher : Sadie Thatcher
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Backfire by Sadie Thatcher Pdf

Riley is not a nice person. She blames everyone but herself for her problems. When she is not blaming others, she is trying to manipulate them to give her what she wants. The issue is, however, her old tricks don’t work anymore, leaving Riley angry and vengeful. When Riley discovers a magic spell book in the college library, she believes it will give her the edge she needs to turn her life around. She finds a bimbofication spell that she can use on the last person to anger her. The only problem is when Riley tries to use the spell, it backfires and turns her into a bimbo instead of her intended target. Will Riley find a cure for the spell or will she embrace the life of the campus bimbo? Find out in Backfire. This 7,500 word short story contains magical physical and mental transformations with descriptions of various sexual acts, breast enlargement and various other body augmentations. This story has strong adult content and should not be viewed by anyone under the age of 18. All characters found in the story are 18 or older.

Author : E M Lindsey
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798854320542

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Backfire by E M Lindsey Pdf

The last thing Smokey should let himself want is this man, but he can't seem to stay away... Every time Smokey stares at the President patch on his cut, he feels like an imposter. But thirty years later and the fate of the Broken Chains resting on his shoulders, all eyes were on him. Now there's a dead man in an alley with a cut bearing the name of The Cobras, and Smokey knows they're not prepared to handle the consequences. Especially since the only witness is a civilian. Now Eliah's in Smokey's home, hiding from the men who want him dead, and Smokey's trying to keep his heart from tripping and falling for a man he shouldn't want while learning who is trying to set his club up to start a full on war. Broken Chains MC is a Motorcycle Club Romance series with dubious morality, mild violence, one night stands, hate to love, and happily ever afters.

Author : Catherine Coulter
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101587324

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Backfire by Catherine Coulter Pdf

Savich are Sherlock take on an assassin in this novel in Catherine Coulter's FBI Thriller series. For what you did you deserve this. The mysterious note delivered to FBI agent Dillon Savich has him and his partner, Lacey Sherlock, on edge, just as they’re starting an investigation into the shooting of their longtime friend Ramsey Hunt. The San Francisco judge was shot in the back during a high-profile murder trial—and now Sherlock's and Savich’s search for the truth will take a shocking turn that no one could have seen coming…

Author : Neville Giuseppi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:314408183

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Backfire by Neville Giuseppi Pdf

Author : David McRaney
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781101621783

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You Are Now Less Dumb by David McRaney Pdf

The author of the bestselling You Are Not So Smart shares more discoveries about self-delusion and irrational thinking, and gives readers a fighting chance at outsmarting their not-so-smart brains David McRaney’s first book, You Are Not So Smart, evolved from his wildly popular blog of the same name. A mix of popular psychology and trivia, McRaney’s insights have struck a chord with thousands, and his blog--and now podcasts and videos--have become an Internet phenomenon. Like You Are Not So Smart, You Are Now Less Dumb is grounded in the idea that we all believe ourselves to be objective observers of reality--except we’re not. But that’s okay, because our delusions keep us sane. Expanding on this premise, McRaney provides eye-opening analyses of fifteen more ways we fool ourselves every day, including: The Misattribution of Arousal (Environmental factors have a greater affect on our emotional arousal than the person right in front of us) Sunk Cost Fallacy (We will engage in something we don’t enjoy just to make the time or money already invested “worth it”) Deindividuation (Despite our best intentions, we practically disappear when subsumed by a mob mentality) McRaney also reveals the true price of happiness, why Benjamin Franklin was such a badass, and how to avoid falling for our own lies. This smart and highly entertaining book will be wowing readers for years to come.

Author : Damien Cahill,Phillip Toner
Publisher : Black Inc.
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781743820605

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Wrong Way by Damien Cahill,Phillip Toner Pdf

Since the 1980s, waves of neoliberal ‘economic reform’ have transformed Australia. Privatisation, deregulation, marketisation and the contracting out of government services: for three decades now, there has been widespread agreement among policymakers on the desirability of these strategies. But the benefits of economic reform are increasingly being questioned. Alongside growing voter disenchantment, new voices of dissent argue that instead of efficiency and improved services, economic reform has led to unaccountable oligopolies, increased prices, reduced productivity and degradation of the public good. In Wrong Way, Australia’s leading economists and public intellectuals do a cost–benefit analysis of economic reform across key areas. Have these reforms been worthwhile for the Australian community and its economy? Have they given us a better society, as promised? ‘Has privatisation led to more productivity-enhancing competition? Has deregulation increased economic welfare in energy, finance, health, education and labour markets? Does the lived experience of Australians measure up to the promise of economic reform? The authors answer these questions with conclusions that are both compelling and disturbing.’——Emeritus professor Roy Green, University of Technology Sydney Damien Cahill & Phillip Toner on Economic Reform Stephen Duckett on Private Health Insurance Elizabeth Hill & Matt Wade on Early Childhood Education And Care Phillip Toner on Vocational Education And Training Jane Andrew & Max Baker on Prisons Bob Davidson on Aged Care Paul Davies on Public Sector Engineering Sue Olney & Wilma Gallet on Employment Services John Quiggin on Electricity Jim Stanford on Labour Markets Evan Jones on Banking Peter Phibbs & Nicole Gurran on Housing Lee Ridge on The NBN Ben Spies-Butcher & Gareth Bryant on Universities Michael Beggs on Monetary Policy And Unemployment John Quiggin on Productivity Peter Brain on Orthodox Economic Models Patricia Ranald on Free Trade David Richardson on Foreign Investment Frank Stilwell on Inequality

Author : Brian Martin
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781291148053

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Backfire Manual by Brian Martin Pdf

In 1991, protesters in Dili, East Timor were massacred by Indonesian troops. This turned out to be a political disaster for the Indonesian government, greatly increasing international support for the East Timorese independence struggle. The massacre backfired on the Indonesian government. The Backfire Manual explains why. Imagine you're planning an action and think you might come under attack. Maybe it's a rally and there's a risk of police brutality. Maybe you're exposing government corruption and there could be reprisals against your group. To be prepared, you need to understand the tactics likely to be used by your opponent, for example covering up the action and trying to discredit you and your group. The Backfire Manual provides guidance for this sort of planning. It outlines the backfire model and gives examples and exercises for using it. This is a practical handbook for being more effective whenever you face a powerful, dangerous opponent.

Author : Robert Zelnick
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0895264552

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Backfire by Robert Zelnick Pdf

The author examines the controversial issue of affirmative action, discussing how it really works in such areas as employment, voting rights, mortgage and insurance regulation, education, and minority set-asides