Greed and corporate failure [electronic resource] : the lessons from recent disasters / Stewart Hamilton and Alicia Micklethwait.
Hamilton, Stewart.; Micklethwait, Alicia.
2006
HD2747 .H36 2006eb
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Title Greed and corporate failure [electronic resource] : the lessons from recent disasters / Stewart Hamilton and Alicia Micklethwait.
Author Hamilton, Stewart.
ISBN 9780230502758 (electronic bk.)
023050275X (electronic bk.)
Publication Details Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xvi, 207 p.)
Call Number HD2747 .H36 2006eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.6/041
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Micklethwait, Alicia.
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