品牌：Caroline Van Hasselt
基本信息
·出版社：John Wiley & Sons
·页码：520 页码
·出版日：2007年
·ISBN：0470152966
·条码：9780470152966
·装帧：精装
内容简介
There has possibly never been a more daring business figure in Canada’s history than Ted Rogers. Hailed by some as a visionary with an incomparable insight, and equally loathed by others as a ruthless opportunist, Ted Rogers relentlessly conquered his rivals in three industries – radio, cable television and cellular telephony.High Wire Actis an unprecedented, in-depth analysis into how Ted Rogers, driven by the psychological need to restore his family's name, leveraged his stake in a small Toronto FM radio station and propelled it into a media and telecommunications behemoth worth over $23 billion. The many topics covered in the book include details on Rogers’…Unmatched ability to foresee the convergence of cable and telephony before anyone else didInsatiable appetite for debt and risk taking, and how he bet his companythree timesto carry out his visionShrewd political and regulatory maneuvers that always kept him one step ahead of his competitors and political adversaries such as Bell and the AspersOpportunistic acquisition of the Toronto Blue Jays
High Wire Actis a fascinating and one-of-a-kind look into one of Canada’s most audacious and visionary business figures of the past fifty years. Every Canadian business reader will be enthralled by this enduring success story of Canada’s only true telecommunications mogul.
作者简介
Caroline Van Hasselt (Toronto, ON) is an awardwinning reporter with an almost 20-year career in journalism. She previously was Boston Bureau Chief for Bloomberg News and a reporter with the Financial Times of Canada. One of her notable achievements includes being the first to break the news of Royal Bank’s ultimately failed merger with Bank of Montreal. In addition to being a journalist, Caroline has also worked as a senior investigator at Canada’s foremost forensic accounting firm.
编辑推荐
Review
“Ted was dreaming of convergence before anyone knew how to spell it.’’ -- Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada (1984-1993)
点此购买报价￥172.60
