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American business
Strategic Concepts & Mechanics
Capital StrategyCorporation as Conscience-Free Machine
Capital StrategyControl Wealth, Don't Just Own It
Cornerstone MoveGovernment Steel In, Foreign Flag Out
Cornerstone MoveCharter First, Build With Their Credit
Strategic PatternCargo Creates the Need for Ships
Risk DoctrinePrivate Companies Beyond Government Eyes
Signature MovePay Yourself Through Your Own Companies
Capital StrategyFloat Capital as Free Leverage
Signature MovePaper Clip Frugality as Operating Religion
Signature MoveYacht Diplomacy to Close Charters
Signature MoveFrontier Ventures Where No One Else Will Go
Strategic PatternProfitable Service Over Growth for Growth
Operating PrincipleIncorporating Problem Causers Into Solutions
Capital StrategyMoral Obligation Bond Innovation
Strategic PatternBear Hug Takeover Strategy
Signature MoveRelationship Banking Over Transaction Focus
Signature MoveGovernment Partnership During Business Crisis
Signature MoveTheater in High-Stakes Negotiations
Decision FrameworkSquare Pegs Into Round Holes
Signature MoveCrisis Action Before Complete Data
Primary Evidence
"As one GAO investigator remarked in the course of a hearing on Maritime Commission corruption, “At no time in the history of American business have so few men made so much money with so little risk — and all at the expense of the taxpayers, not only of this generation, but of generations to come.’’"
Source:The Invisible Billionaire, Daniel Ludwig
"Yet at his core he loved making deals, often, it seemed to me, simply for the pleasure of making them. His guideline, I decided, was the more complicated the deal, the better. From our initial meeting, I liked Steve enormously. For the next twenty-five years we would be friends and, on occasion, partners working together in enterprises that would change the shape and scope of American business."
Source:Dealings