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    Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built

     
    What they did and how they did it, from Andrew Carnegie to Sam Walton.
    1/14/2002
    There's no denying that the lives of great men and women provide a prism through which to learn from the past and get insights for the future. Here HBS professor and ace business historian Richard S. Tedlow traces the development of modern American enterprise by focusing on the ups and downs of seven trailblazers: Andrew Carnegie, George Eastman, Henry Ford, Thomas J. Watson, Sr., Charles Revson, Sam Walton, and Robert Noyce. His book begins with Carnegie, a true rags-to-riches tale, and ends with Noyce and the rise of Silicon Valley. Through engaging profiles of fascinating characters, the story is also one of American leadership and how it has changed over time. In an
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