Icarus in the boardroom : the fundamental flaws in corporate America and where they came from / by D...
Icarus in the boardroom : the fundamental flaws in corporate America and where they came from / by D...
Icarus in the boardroom : the fundamental flaws in corporate America and where they came from / by David Skeel.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2005.
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N338.0973/ 33
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Language
English
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Physical content
250 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Jay Cooke and the birth of America's first large scale corporations -- The gilded age and the crisis of competition -- Icarus meets the New Deal -- I want to be like Mike : LBO's and the new corporate governance -- Enron, Worldcom and the transformation of Icarus -- The most sweeping securities law...
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2005.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2005.
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Summary
"Today's business environment poses unprecedented perils for the average American as for the first time ever, more than half of Americans now own stock. Identifying the problems of the past, Skeel offers a strikingly new diagnosis of the fundamental flaws in corporate America today, and of what can be done to fix them."--BOOK JACKET.
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Icarus in the boardroom : the fundamental flaws in corporate America and where they came from / by David Skeel.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-234) and index.
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N338.0973/ 33
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74VKPgowbLrA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKPgowbLrA
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ISBN
0195174712
9780195174717
DDC
338.0973
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991019677259702626
