TY  - GEN
AB  - 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.
AU  - Hamilton, Stewart.
AU  - Micklethwait, Alicia.
CN  - EBSCOhost
CN  - HD2747
CY  - Basingstoke [England] ;
CY  - New York :
DA  - 2006.
ID  - 349964
KW  - Business failures
KW  - Corporations
KW  - Accounting
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=252526
N2  - 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.
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan,
PP  - Basingstoke [England] ;
PP  - New York :
PY  - 2006.
SN  - 9780230502758 (electronic bk.)
SN  - 023050275X (electronic bk.)
T1  - Greed and corporate failurethe lessons from recent disasters /
TI  - Greed and corporate failurethe lessons from recent disasters /
UR  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=252526
ER  -