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On the firing line : my 500 days at Apple
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On the firing line : my 500 days at Apple

by Gil Amelio, William Simon

An account of the 500-day tenure of Apple's CEO during a period of financial and organisational instability. It documents the search for a new operating system and the challenges of restructuring a company in crisis.

Accession 10160 ISBN 0887309186 Publisher HarperCollins
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