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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hock, Dee, 1929
Birth of the chaordic age / Dee Hock.1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 1-576-75074-4 (alk. paper)
1. Hock, Dee, 1929 2. BusinessmenUnited StatesBiography. 3. VISA
InternationalHistory. 4. Bank credit cardsHistory. I. VISA International.
II. Title.
HG1643.H63 A3 1999
332.1'78dc21
[B] 99-044779
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