Examples of Ingredients in Business Organizations’ Souls
Business organizations, indeed, can have souls as exemplified by the six leading U.S. firms that are described in this chapter: Barclays Global Investors, Merrill Lynch, Levi Strauss & Company, Wells Fargo, Dodge & Cox, and Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
Barclays Global Investors
At the time of its 2009 acquisition by BlackRock, Inc., Barclays Global Investors (BGI) managed more than $1 trillion in client assets. In addition, the firm was the world’s largest institutional fund manager, the leading index investment manager,1 and the world’s largest participant in exchange-traded funds for the
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