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Charles Schwab: How One Company Beat Wall Street and Reinvented the Brokerage Industry
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Schwab's revolutionary approach to success in the face of adversity
Since its founding in 1973, Schwab has led the full-brokerage market by stressing customer service. Today, Schwab has established itself as a company with a unique identity: old-fashioned integrity meets technology-empowered financial services. Charles Schwab tells the compelling story of this organization ...more
Since its founding in 1973, Schwab has led the full-brokerage market by stressing customer service. Today, Schwab has established itself as a company with a unique identity: old-fashioned integrity meets technology-empowered financial services. Charles Schwab tells the compelling story of this organization ...more
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Paperback, 324 pages
Published
February 1st 2005
by Wiley
(first published August 11th 2002)
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I always think one should read books famous people within one's own career selection. However, I recommend this book, for those who are still trying to understand the bigger picture of the massive changes in the business over the last 40 years. This book, more than most others, uncovers just how much and how quick the change has been.
It incidentally, is also an insightful picture of a very different Financial culture. ...more
It incidentally, is also an insightful picture of a very different Financial culture. ...more
I read this book to augment my on-ramping (how about that business school term?!) at Charles Schwab and learn more about the company, its beginnings, and where it's headed (at least as of when the book was written... which was 2002). So, yeah, it would've probably been more helpful had it not been written months after the tech bubble burst, but I actually still found it pretty interesting. And I bet I know more about the founding of the company and its key early players than a lot of longer-tenu
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Good coverage of the current home of my career. Like the recent book I read on Fidelity from the '90's, I wish it was updated. Kador clearly gets the company and understands Schwab's strengths and weaknesses. At times he is a little to soft on the company, but at other times he is too hard - so I suppose it balances out. I am giving this to all my new employees.
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Repetitive and relies too heavily on primary source quotes for content. Only finished 1/3.
This book talks about the history of the company Charles Schwab. I found it interesting as I just started working there.
Good information and a lot to learn from. The author's writing style, however, is poor and takes away from the events being described.
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Kador offers a respectable history of the company, complete with the defining personalities and events. He overplays the internal impact of certain evolutionary changes in the industry.
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John Kador is an independent business writer whose best-selling books and insightful articles have been helping business leaders work smarter and more profitably for more than three decades. John has written more than ten books under his own name as well as ...more
John Kador is an independent business writer whose best-selling books and insightful articles have been helping business leaders work smarter and more profitably for more than three decades. John has written more than ten books under his own name as well as ...more
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