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Itt: The Management of Opportunity

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Robert Sobel portrays this giant conglomerate "as an organizing principle and a force more than anything else," but one lacking cohesion.

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First published March 1, 2000

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Robert Sobel

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Robert Sobel was an American professor of history at Hofstra University, and a well-known and prolific writer of business histories. He was also a chess Master, who represented the United States at the 1957 and 1958 Student chess Olympiads; he defeated thirteen-year-old future World Champion Bobby Fischer at Montreal 1956.

Despite his prolific writings in business history, he is most famous for his single novel, For Want of a Nail, an alternate history of the United States.

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July 27, 2013
Good read and history lesson of one of the truly great conglomerates of the 20th century.
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