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The Making of Harcourt General: A History of Growth through Diversification, 1922-1992
The Making of Harcourt General A History of Growth through Diversification 19221992 Author:Bettye H. Pruitt, Harvard Business School Press Spanning the conglomerate era, 1980s' "merger mania," and the painful restructuring of the 1990s, The Making of Harcourt General documents the fascinating story of one company's diversification, including General Cinema's (as the company used to be called) entry into soft-drink bottling, its white knight rescue of department store chain Carter H... more »awley Hale (out of which emerged The Neiman Marcus Group), and, most recently its protracted but successful effort to extricate Harcourt Brace Jovanovich from a debt burden that threatened to drive it into bankruptcy-the deal that led to renaming the company Harcourt General.« less