{"product_id":"the-aig-story-website-website-hardback-9781118345870","title":"The AIG Story, + Website; + Website (Hardback) 9781118345870","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe AIG Story, + Website\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e+ Website\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMaurice R. Greenberg (Author), Lawrence A. Cunningham (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118345870, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 February 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.5 x 3.6 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Summing Up: Recommended.  General readers; all levels of undergraduate students; professionals.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 August 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Did the U.S. government break the law when it seized control of American International Group during the financial crisis of 2008? In 'The AIG Story,' the man who built the giant insurer says that the answer is yes and explains his reasoning. Former AIG chief executive Maurice R. 'Hank' Greenberg—along with his co-author, Lawrence A. Cunningham—also offers a fascinating company history and an account of how, after Mr. Greenberg's ouster in 2005, AIG made the disastrous mortgage bets that drove it into the arms of the feds.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[A] strong, fast-moving and well-crafted book...In effect, there are two stories here, both well told: the first, the story of a man who dreamed the American dream and realized it through drive, determination, and adherence to principle; and the second, the story of what seems to be an evolving model, with government officials, always for political reasons, exercising what increasingly approaches operational control over American business. It’s to the great credit of Greenberg that he's never accepted the validity of the second and has devoted his life and great energies to keeping the first alive and well.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe National Interest\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The early chapters of 'The AIG Story' trace the acquisition of its U.S. units and international expansion, and offer interesting anecdotes. The book also paints a clear picture of the hard-driving, profit-centered corporate culture Mr. Greenberg famously fostered at AIG.\" (\u003ci\u003eBusiness Insurance\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The AIG Story is well documented, telling of how the company virtually collapsed and Greenberg was pushed out of leadership. The book has much information to share with financial leaders to help grow a business and to protect the identity of a company during periods of economic downturns.\"—\u003ci\u003eABA Banking Journal\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The only first-hand account of AIG's rise and near destruction, this book is a compelling chronicle of one of the great business success stories of the twentieth century as well as a history of the evolution of global capitalism over the past six decades.\"—\u003ci\u003eContinuity Risk \u0026amp; Insurance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected as one of Motley Fool’s  \"5 Great Books You Should Read\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003cb\u003eThe AIG Story\u003c\/b\u003e, the company's long-term CEO Hank Greenberg (1967 to 2005) and GW professor and corporate governance expert Lawrence Cunningham chronicle the origins of the company and its relentless pioneering of open markets everywhere in the world. They regale readers with riveting vignettes of how AIG grew from a modest group of insurance enterprises in 1970 to the largest insurance company in world history. They help us understand AIG's distinctive entrepreneurial culture and how its outstanding employees worldwide helped pave the road to globalization. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCorrects numerous common misconceptions about AIG that arose due to its role at the center of the financial crisis of 2008.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA unique account of AIG by one of the iconic business leaders of the twentieth century who developed close relationships with many of the most important world leaders of the period and helped to open markets everywhere\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers new critical perspective on battles with N. Y. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the 2008 U.S. government seizure of AIG amid the financial crisis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Shares considerable information not previously made public \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe AIG Story captures an impressive saga in business history--one of innovation, vision and leadership at a company that was nearly--destroyed with a few strokes of governmental pens. The AIG Story carries important lessons and implications for the U.S., especially its role in international affairs, its approach to business, its legal system and its handling of financial crises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eChairman’s Note xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Independence 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Innovation 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Succession 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Vision and Culture 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 The Internationalist 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Raising the Iron Curtain 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Opening Trade in Services 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Reopening China 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 The Life Business 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 The Domestic Front 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Investments 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Governance 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Hostile Change 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Restating History 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 Civil War 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 Saving the Starr Foundation 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17 Chaos 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18 Nationalization 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Companion Web Site 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 313\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BKJ%5D%22\"\u003eKJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52460671697176,"sku":"9781118345870","price":17.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781118345870.jpg?v=1785457704","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-aig-story-website-website-hardback-9781118345870","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}