Named one of the Best Business Books of 1997 by Business
Week, Inside Intel is the gripping business saga of a
company that rose to dominance through technological innovation,
and maintained its leadership against competitors through
aggressive marketing, tough business tactics, and liberal use of
legal firepower. In his in-depth portrait of Intel, the first
historyexpose of the company, Financial Times columnist
Tim Jackson reveals that: * Intel''s corporate culture is
determinedly secretive and authoritarian. * The company retains its
own force of private investigators to prevent its employees from
going astray. * Intel routinely uses the threat of lawsuits against
workers and rivals. At the center of this story is Andy
Grove, Intel''s high-profile CEO and chairman, once a penniless
immigrant who waited tables to put himself through college. It is
Grove who has made the unpopular decisions which have kept Intel at
the top of the chip market. Exhaustively researched from court
records, unpublished documents, and interviews with Intel''s
competitors, partners, and past and present employees, Jackson
traces the company''s spectacular failures and successes, as well as
the powerful human struggles that have made Intel one of the most
competitive players in a high-stakes game.