Icarus in the Boardroom : the Fundamental Flaws in Corporate America and Where They Came From.

1. Jay Cooke and the Birth of America's First Large Scale Corporation2. The Gilded Age and the Crisis of Competition3. Icarus Meets the New Deal4. I Want to Be Like Mike: LBO's and the New Corporate Governance5. Enron, WorldCom and the Transformation of Icarus6. ""The Most Sweepi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Skeel, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cary : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Corporate governance > United States.
Directors of corporations > United States.
Industrial management > United States.
Gouvernement d'entreprise > États-Unis.
Administrateurs de sociétés > États-Unis.
Corporate governance
Directors of corporations
Industrial management
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; One: Jay Cooke and the Birth of America's First Large-Scale Corporations; Two: The Gilded Age and the Crisis of Competition; Three: Icarus Meets the New Deal; Four: " IWant to Be Like Mike": LBOs and the New Corporate Governance; Five: Enron, WorldCom, and the Transformation of Icarus; Six: " The Most Sweeping Securities Law Reforms since the New Deal"; Seven: "We Have Met the Corporation and It Is Us"; Notes; Index.

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