Entrepreneurs, managers, and leaders : what the airline industry can teach us about leadership

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Title:

Entrepreneurs, managers, and leaders : what the airline industry can teach us about leadership

Author:

Mayo, Anthony J.

ISBN:

9780230615670

Personal Author:

Mayo, Anthony J.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Physical Description:

x, 248 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Contents:

The Guggenheims : promoting aviation in America -- Juan Trippe's early entrepreneurial efforts -- C.E. Woolman and Delta Air Lines -- Juan Trippe and the growth of international air travel -- C.R. Smith and American Airlines -- William "Pat" Patterson and United Air Lines -- Herb Kelleher at Southwest Airlines -- Gordon Bethune's revival of Continental Airlines.

Subject Term:

Airlines -- United States -- Management.

Leadership.

Added Author:

Nohria, Nitin, 1962-

Rennella, Mark.

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Summary

This book reveals how leadership evolves through the story of the American airline industry across the 20th century. Entrepreneurs dominate the industry's early history, but as the industry evolved a new breed of managers emerged who built a dominant business model that enabled their companies to grow dramatically.