Bibliography Overview
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It would be impossible to credit every person or resource that I have used in my IBM research, but this is a start. As time progresses, I will continue to add more information so that others, if they so desire, can build upon my research. Not only do I rely on my thirty years experience at IBM, but I also depend upon various magazines, newspapers and books for the information that I constantly reference.

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You are here! There are so many books to read and so little time. As I read the books, I try and post my personal reviews here, but I can never keep up.
IBM has to be one of the most followed, discussed and documented businesses in American corporate history. Books will continue to be added to this bibliography.
IBM's presses seem to run 24 hours a day. Few IBMers are aware, though, that IBM also had a weekly newspaper called Business Machines.
Tom Watson invited Miss Tarbell to his office. I found, reading her material, a much different person than what I was taught in school. I was pleasantly surprised.
Samuel Crowther was a reporter, writer, biographer and editor to many of the countries greatest industrialists. His work is superb.
A. W. Shaw was an amazingly prolific publisher, well-known editor and entrepreneur. His publications are absolutely amazing business journals.
These are places where information can be found on IBM, including our wonderful university system that provides access to its alumni to do research.
These books are not directly about IBM and its leadership but they may contain additional information unavailable anywhere else - such as the Nuremberg trials.
IBM was not founded in a vacuum. Too few historians study the environmental factors that surrounded the corporation for most of its first four decades.
If you are a retired IBMer and have information or old papers you would like to sell or contribute, just send a note to IBMers @ mbiconcepts.com. I have a complete electronic set of THINK Magazines (still pursuing hard copy on a few issues) and, so far, I only have four years of IBM's Business Machines newspapers.
Business Machines is a wealth of information that can't be found anywhere else, so please do not throw them away - send me a note. Help me write about and preserve IBM's history.
Peter E. Greulich is an author, publisher and public speaker.
He has written three books on IBM and three essays on Thomas J. Watson Sr.’s leadership during the Great Depression. His latest book, Think Again!: IBM CAN Maximize Shareholder Value is a sweeping historical look at IBM and its nine chief executives. It puts a spotlight on IBM's current human resource practices in light of IBM’s time-tested, human-relationship achievements.
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Think Again! is a different perspective from Louis V. Gerstner’s Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance. Pete's thoughts are always a view from beneath—the perspective of an IBM employee-owner. IBMers with stories to share can reach Pete at IBMers @ mbiconcepts.com.
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