Rome, Inc, Stanley Bing
Rome, Inc, Stanley Bing
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Rome, Inc
The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation

Author: Stanley Bing

Narrator: Kerin McCue

Unabridged: 6 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/13/2012

Categories: Nonfiction, History

Synopsis

New York Times best-selling author and world-class satirist Stanley Bing trains his savvy eye on the world's first and most famous multinational corporation in this humorous and insightful volume. Here, he chronicles the great city of Rome from its humble beginnings to its monumental collapse due to greed, in-fighting and general mismanagement. Rome, Inc. then becomes a powerful lesson for business leaders, documenting the many dos and don'ts of a successful corporation.

About Stanley Bing

Stanley Bing is a columnist for Fortune magazine and the bestselling author of What Would Machiavelli Do? Throwing the Elephant, Sun Tzu Was a Sissy, Crazy Bosses, and The Big Bing, as well the novels Lloyd: What Happened and You Look Nice Today. He lives in New York City and works for a gigantic multinational conglomerate.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Defneandac on January 15, 2017

Roma İmparatorluğu'nu 'İlk Uluslararası Şirket' olarak nitelendiren yazarın son derece eğlenceli tarih-ekonomi yorumu. İmparatorları CEO, vatandaşları çalışan olarak görürsek Roma Tarihi'ni nasıl yorumlarız? Fortune Dergisi'nin mizah-ekonomi yazarı Stanley Bing'in esprili, kolay anlaşılır tarih ve e......more

Goodreads review by Mark on March 26, 2023

Isbn = 13 978 0 393 06026 3 This is a rather comical and interesting tale of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire from the perspective of a multinational corporation. It is mostly a read for entertainment but it did peak my interest by looking at one of the world’s great civilizations from the poi......more

Goodreads review by Kara on June 14, 2021

I thought, when I picked this up, this would be a history of Rome comparing and contrasting it with modern business. Then, when I started it, I thought it would be a history-lite to make it relatable to the modern audience. However, this turned out to be a cringe worthy attempt at being humorous by......more

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