Berkshire Beyond Buffett: The Enduring Value of Values

Berkshire Hathaway, the $500 billion conglomerate that Warren Buffett built, is among the world's largest and most famous corporations. Yet, for all its power and celebrity, few people understand Berkshire, and many assume it cannot survive without Buffett. This book proves them wrong.

In a comprehensive portrait of the corporate culture that unites Berkshire's subsidiaries, Lawrence A. Cunningham unearths the traits that assure the conglomerate's continued prosperity. Riveting stories of each subsidiary's origins, triumphs, and journey to Berkshire reveal how managers generate economic value from intangibles like thrift, integrity, entrepreneurship, autonomy, and a sense of permanence.

Rich with lessons for those wishing to profit from the Berkshire model, this engaging book is a valuable read for entrepreneurs, business owners, managers, family business members, and investors, and it is an important resource for scholars of corporate stewardship. General readers will enjoy learning how an iconoclastic businessman transformed a struggling textile company into a corporate legacy.

Author: Lawrence Cunningham
Publisher: Columbia Business School Publishing
Published: 10/21/2014
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780231170048
ISBN10: 0231170041
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History | General
- Business & Economics | Corporate Governance
- Business & Economics | Workplace Culture

About the Author
Lawrence A. Cunningham, editor and publisher since 1997 of The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, is the Henry St. George Tucker III Research Professor at George Washington University. He is the author or coauthor of many books, including most recently Margin of Trust: The Berkshire Business Model (Columbia, 2020), with Stephanie Cuba.