Bibliograph

How they blew it, the CEOs and entrepreneurs behind some of the world's most catastrophic business failures, Jamie Oliver & Tony Goodwin

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Label

How they blew it, the CEOs and entrepreneurs behind some of the world's most catastrophic business failures, Jamie Oliver & Tony Goodwin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How they blew it

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

741614030

Responsibility statement

Jamie Oliver & Tony Goodwin

Sub title

the CEOs and entrepreneurs behind some of the world's most catastrophic business failures

Summary

Presents a series of tales of entrepreneurs and business leaders who went from corporate gurus to financial disaster zones in rapid and humiliating fashion. Full of surprising details and mind-blowing sums of money, this tile looks at the characteristics of these leaders and the fine line between hero and zero

Table Of Contents

Bernie Ebbers : chosen? -- Christopher Foster : deadly intent -- Mikhail Khodorkovsky : stitch up -- Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson : rock star -- Reuben Singh : all that glitters -- Tim Power : more than he could chew -- Dick Fuld : King Kong -- Guy Naggar and Peter Klimt : the art of money -- Adolf Merckle : one step too far -- Boris Berezovsky : exile -- Zhou Zhengyi : power politics -- Mark Goldberg : paying the penalty -- Ken Lay : friends in high places -- Kevin Leech : how to blow a billion -- James Cayne : a bridge too far -- Robert Tchenguiz : credit crunched

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