Geeks, mush heads, and the IT revolution [electronic resource] : how SRA International achieved success over nearly four decades / Ernst Volgenau
- Author:
- Volgenau, Ernst
- Published:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
- Physical Description:
- ix, 261 pages ; 24 cm
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- Contents:
- Preface and acknowledgments -- Idealism and information technology -- Prologue -- Countdown and : delay launch -- Liftoff! : building a business based on ethics and performance -- Fiscal prudence and the search for leg room and talent -- Planning for emergencies -- Competing for weapons work -- Growing culturally and administratively -- Artificial intelligence, a torturous path forward -- Game-changers and legacies -- Innovations in contracting and health care -- Ethics, vision, and people -- Investments that always pay off -- Commercial : a new course for a while -- Going public -- Growth through acquisitions -- Big bids, big wins -- A time of troubles -- The board faces challenges -- The big decision -- The grind -- A new beginning under uncertain conditions -- Painful decisions as the market declines -- Epilogue.
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- ISBN:
- 9781442242807 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442242814 (electronic) - Note:
- Includes index.
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