[SIGCIS-Members] New History of IBM

[Jeffrey Yost]

I was fortunate to read this super compelling and insightful book on IBM's
corporate culture early, as I did one of its blurbs. Highly recommended and
so grateful for our research fellows at CBI!

Congratulations Jim!!!

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On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 11:55 AM Pierre Mounier-Kuhn via Members <
members at lists.sigcis.org> wrote:

> Congratulations, Jim! I will certainly acquire your book while I'm in
> Washington and NY in November – and read it with great interest.
> Best,
> Pierre
>
> Pierre Mounier-Kuhn
>
> CNRS & Sorbonne Université
> https://cnrs.academia.edu/PierreMounierKuhn
> https://centrerolandmousnier.cnrs.fr/fiche-personnelle-pierre-mounier-kuhn/
>
> ------------------------------
> *De: *"James Cortada via Members" <members at lists.sigcis.org>
> *À: *"sigcis" <members at sigcis.org>
> *Envoyé: *Mercredi 18 Octobre 2023 15:51:39
> *Objet: *[SIGCIS-Members] New History of IBM
>
> Dear colleagues, Columbia University Press just published my next book
> about IBM, *Inside IBM: Lessons of a Corporate Culture in Action.  *Unlike
> my earlier history of the firm published by MIT in 2019 (*IBM: The Rise
> and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon*) this one is an experiment to
> see if a history of a high tech firm can be written from the perspective of
> cultural studies and sociology.  I discuss the company’s strong culture,
> role of humor, image building, effects on products (e.g., computers),
> material culture ephemera (e.g., coffee mugs and postcards), and relations
> with employees and their families.  Columbia University Press has made this
> book available to us at a 20% discount off its $45 list price if ordered
> directly from the publisher.  Use promo code CUP20 at its website.  If you
> read the book, please let me know what you think of my experiment.  Jim
> Cortada
>
> --
> James W. Cortada
> Senior Research Fellow
> Charles Babbage Institute
> University of Minnesota
> jcortada at umn.edu
> 608-274-6382
>
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