Enron: The Rise and Fall - Rilegato

Fox, Loren

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ISBN 10: 0471237604 ISBN 13: 9780471237600

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2002

Riassunto

A vivid chronicle of corporate misdeeds charts the spectacular ascent and infamous collapse of the Enron corporation. 100,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo.

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LOREN FOX is a former senior editor at Business 2.0, the award-winning business magazine, and a leading authority on business strategy. Previously, Fox was finance editor of Upside magazine. He also spent five and one-half years as editor and reporter for Dow Jones News Service, where he covered the energy industry and Enron. His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Salon.com, and other media.

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"A solid, intelligent and fair account of the hubris that made Enron famous and important, then crazy and crooked."
-Martin Mayer, author of The Fed and The Bankers

"Loren Fox unravels one of the great downfalls in the history of corporate America and lays bare the toxic confluence of innovation, greed, and hubris."
-James S. Hirsch, author of Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter and Riot and Remembrance

"The tragic debacle of Enron is a defining event for today's generation of business professionals. Loren Fox synthesizes the complex details into a story that is lucid, engrossing, and fast-paced. Study this story as a mirror for our time."
-Robert F. Bruner, Distinguished Professor of Business Administration,
Darden Graduate Business School, University of Virginia

The word "Enron" has officially entered the American vocabulary-not as the symbol of excellence and innovation that Chairman Kenneth Lay envisioned but as the corporate embodiment of greed, excess, and unprecedented fraud. Never in history has one company plummeted so quickly from the heights of power and glory to the depths of public humiliation, bankruptcy, and criminal investigation, dragging so many individuals and firms down with it. Simultaneously fascinating and frightening, Enron: The Rise and Fall provides today's most illuminating and entertaining book on what was right-and wrong-with late twentieth-century corporate America.

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"The Enron story, with all its moving parts, is a tale of genuine achievement, but also of arrogance, ambition, and deceit. It's the story of how so many people and agencies missed the cracks in Enron's facade, in part because the system was set up that way. In short, it's the story of how American capitalism worked at the close of the 20th century."
-Excerpt from the book

In the high-stakes casino that is the global energy market, Enron was the House. Its power was unrivaled, its reputation for innovation unquestioned, and its future as dynamic as the markets it dominated-until October 2001, when Enron began an implosion that ended in the most dramatic bankruptcy in U.S. history.

Enron: The Rise and Fall is the first behind-the-scenes recounting of the day-to-day machinations that gave Enron its power and fueled its demise. Both an in-depth exploration of what actually happened behind the walls of Enron and a candid examination of the flaws in Enron's business plan and corporate culture, this unauthorized corporate biography paints a vivid portrait of what happens when a company is allowed-in fact, openly encouraged-to live far beyond its means.

From the powerful executives whose hubris virtually guaranteed Enron's demise to the regulators and Wall Street professionals who turned a blind eye to Enron's excesses and red flags, seasoned business reporter and energy industry expert Loren Fox explains how Enron's bankruptcy happened, why so few saw it coming, and what its long-term impact will be. Interviews with former Enron insiders combine with information from public records and documents to discuss:
* Enron executives' unprecedented access to the White House-and George W. Bush himself
* Enron's instrumental role in precipitating California's electricity crisis
* Fateful-and fatal-decisions made by auditing icon Arthur Andersen
* Lessons managers in every industry can learn from the Enron debacle

Enron: The Rise and Fall is a revealing portrait of the rewards that come from true innovation, and the disasters that can occur when that innovation is accompanied by unfettered recklessness and greed. As well researched as any investigative report and as entertaining as the latest Hollywood release, it provides a rarely seen glimpse into America's corridors of power-and depicts the ultimate example of how corporate responsibility failed investors.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0471237604
• ISBN 13: 9780471237600
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Contatto del produttore: Wiley VCH Verlag GmbH; info@wiley-vch.de; ; Boschstraße 12; Weinheim; Baden-Württemberg; 69469; Germania