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001 2015012152
003 DLC
005 20151224080034.0
008 150406s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015012152
020 $a9781250060174 (hardback)
020 $z9781250060181 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aHD9696.2.C24$bB566 2015
082 00 $a338.4/7004$223
084 $aBUS077000$aBUS070030$2bisacsh
100 1 $aMcNish, Jacquie.
245 10 $aLosing the signal :$bthe untold story behind the extraordinary rise and spectacular fall of Blackberry /$cJacquie McNish, Sean Silcoff.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bFlatiron Books,$c2015.
300 $a279 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"In 2009, BlackBerry controlled half of the smartphone market. Today that number is less than one percent. What went so wrong? Losing the Signal is a riveting story of a company that toppled global giants before succumbing to the ruthlessly competitive forces of Silicon Valley. This is not a conventional tale of modern business failure by fraud and greed. The rise and fall of BlackBerry reveals the dangerous speed at which innovators race along the information superhighway. With unprecedented access to key players, senior executives, directors and competitors, Losing the Signal unveils the remarkable rise of a company that started above a bagel store in Ontario. At the heart of the story is an unlikely partnership between a visionary engineer, Mike Lazaridis, and an abrasive Harvard Business school grad, Jim Balsillie. Together, they engineered a pioneering pocket email device that became the tool of choice for presidents and CEOs. The partnership enjoyed only a brief moment on top of the world, however. At the very moment BlackBerry was ranked the world's fastest growing company internal feuds and chaotic growth crippled the company as it faced its gravest test: Apple and Google's entry in to mobile phones. Expertly told by acclaimed journalists, Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff, this is an entertaining, whirlwind narrative that goes behind the scenes to reveal one of the most compelling business stories of the new century"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
610 20 $aBlackBerry Limited.
650 0 $aBlackBerry (Smartphone)
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Computer Industry.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aSilcoff, Sean.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/174/9781250060174/image/lgcover.9781250060174.jpg