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Names: Shaw, Robert Bruce, author.

Title: Extreme teams : why Pixar, Netflix, AirBnB, and other cutting-edge companies succeed where most fail / by Robert Bruce Shaw.

Description: New York City : American Management Association, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016043606 (print) | LCCN 2016053432 (ebook) | ISBN 9780814437179 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780814437186 (eBook)

Subjects: LCSH: Teams in the workplace.

Classification: LCC HD66 .S4849 2017 (print) | LCC HD66 (ebook) | DDC 658.4/022—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016043606

ISBN: 978-0-8144-3717-9

EISBN: 978-08144-3718-6

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