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    Rome, Inc: The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation
    Rome, Inc: The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation
    Rome, Inc: The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation
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    Rome, Inc: The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation

    Written by Stanley Bing

    Narrated by Kerin McCue

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    About this audiobook

    New York Times best-selling author and world-class satirist Stanley Bing trains his savvy eye on the world's first and most famous multinational corporation in this humorous and insightful volume. Here, he chronicles the great city of Rome from its humble beginnings to its monumental collapse due to greed, in-fighting and general mismanagement. Rome, Inc. then becomes a powerful lesson for business leaders, documenting the many dos and don'ts of a successful corporation.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJul 13, 2012
    ISBN9781470324179
    Rome, Inc: The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation
    Author

    Stanley Bing

    Stanley Bing, the alter ego of Gil Schwartz (1951–2020), was the bestselling author of Crazy Bosses, What Would Machiavelli Do?, Throwing the Elephant, Sun Tzu Was a Sissy, 100 Bullshit Jobs . . . And How to Get Them, The Big Bing, and The Curriculum, as well as the novels Lloyd: What Happened, You Look Nice Today, and Immortal Life. He was a top CBS communications executive whose identity was one of the worst-kept secrets in business.

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    • 4/5
      A hilarious mix of business research and classic history or a metaphor too far? Never mind, this book is hilarious and makes for great weekend reading.
    • 4/5
      As a former student of Latin and Roman history, I greatly appreciated this book and actually understood much of the satire contained within the pages. I would not recommend this book to everyone - but if you love all things Roman or you have had Roman history pounded into your head by your magister, this book is for you!
    • 4/5
      A cute book with a dry satire of business advice, including such bits as that the best CEOs kill their enemies and convince their middle managers that they are gods. Although occasionally it goes for one-liners, it generally uses deadpan mode. I actually picked up a good deal of Roman history from it -- which either says something about the book, or about my ignorance of classical civilization.