From Predators to Icons – Exposing the Myth of the Business Hero Villette

From Predators to IconsExposing the Myth of the Business Hero\nAuthor(s): Michel Villette, Catherine Vuillermot, George Holoch, John R. Kimberly\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: ILR Press\nISBN-13: 9780801447006, 978-0801447006\nSynopsis\nIn the popular imagination, the business media, and the schools of business and management that train new generations of entrepreneurs and executives, achieving extraordinary success in business is attributed to far-sighted individuals who have taken bold risks, provided innovative leadership, and introduced new products, services, or ideas superior to those of the competition. Amid the growing skepticism about the means by which vast amounts of wealth are accumulated and its consequences, however, this belief is long overdue for reevaluation. In From Predators to Icons, Michel Villette, a sociologist, and Catherine Vuillermot, a business historian, examine the careers of thirty-two of today's wealthies.