@article{349964,
      recid = {349964},
      author = {Hamilton, Stewart. and Micklethwait, Alicia.},
      title = {Greed and corporate failure the lessons from recent  disasters / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {Basingstoke [England] ;},
      pages = {1 online resource (xvi, 207 p.)},
      year = {2006},
      abstract = {This is the book for anyone who wants to know what really  lies behind the scandals and disasters of global business  that have marred the first few years of the twenty-first  century. This book is not about stock market "bubbles". Nor  is it about accounting scandals and craven auditors.  Rather, it examines why companies fail. The authors  postulate that the reasons companies fail are few, and all  too common. Detailed studies of eight of the most famous  recent failures identify six main causes: poor strategic  decisions; over-expansion and ill-judged acquisitions;  dominant CEOs; greed, hubris and a desire for power;  failure of internal controls, and ineffective boards. The  authors also set out what the prudent investor, board  member or manager should be alert to but often is not. From  publisher description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/349964},
}