Geeks, mush heads, and the IT revolution : how SRA International achieved success over nearly four decades /

SRA International grew from one person in his home basement to more than 7,000 people and nearly 2 billion in revenue in thirty years. This book describes the lessons learned through varied phases, and it explains how high ethics and a sense of service to customers, employees, and society led to a v...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Volgenau, Ernst
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2015]
Temas:
Volgenau, Ernst.
Volgenau, Ernst
SRA International, Inc. > History.
SRA International, Inc.
Electronic industries > United States > History.
Information technology > United States > History.
Industries électroniques > États-Unis > Histoire.
Technologie de l'information > États-Unis > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Electronic industries
Information technology
Business & Economics.
Industries.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface and acknowledgments
  • Idealism and information technology
  • Prologue
  • Countdown and : delay launch
  • Liftoff! : building a business based on ethics and performance
  • Fiscal prudence and the search for leg room and talent
  • Planning for emergencies
  • Competing for weapons work
  • Growing culturally and administratively
  • Artificial intelligence, a torturous path forward
  • Game-changers and legacies
  • Innovations in contracting and health care
  • Ethics, vision, and people
  • Investments that always pay off
  • Commercial : a new course for a while
  • Going public
  • Growth through acquisitions
  • Big bids, big wins
  • A time of troubles
  • The board faces challenges
  • The big decision
  • The grind
  • A new beginning under uncertain conditions
  • Painful decisions as the market declines
  • Epilogue.

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