Kochland
by Christopher Leonard
Koch Industries as a business: market-based management, trading, labor, regulation and politics across fifty years. Serious reporting on a private giant most people only know by headlines.
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you want to understand how a private conglomerate operates and influences.
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Three things you will actually use
- Private capital plays long games.
- Trading culture drives decisions.
- Regulation is treated as a market.
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Read the chapters on market-based management.
Our verdict
A private giant, examined.
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