- Bib ID:
- 4771664
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Thompson, Peter Alexander
- Description:
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- North Sydney, N.S.W. : Random House Australia, 2010
- 518 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 20 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781741667110
- Summary:
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The never-before-told story of BHP Billiton's global conquests, told by the key players. BHP is part of Australia's DNA; but it remains an enigma. The Big Fella: The rise and rise of BHP Billiton is the compelling story of how BHP and its partner Billiton rose from the humblest beginnings in the Australian Outback and on the Indonesian island of Belitung to starry heights on the great bourses of the world. Based on more than 60 exclusive interviews, it rips away the superficial gloss to expose the political and industrial forces that really drive Big Business in the 21st century. In an investigative tour de force, authors Peter Thompson and Robert Macklin reveal the visions, the schemes, the scandals and the corporate life-and-death struggles that have characterised BHP's evolution from the first lucky strike by the mysterious Charles Rasp at Broken Hill in 1883 to its merger with Billiton in 2001 to its daring
- Notes:
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- Previously published: North Sydney, N.S.W. : William Heinemann, 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [470]-509) and index.
- Awards:
- Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature,, 2009.
- Subject:
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- Genre/Form:
- Biographies
- Other authors/contributors:
- Macklin, Robert, 1941-
- Also Titled:
- Rise and rise of BHP Billiton
- Copyright:
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