Bibliograph

Fit to bust, how great companies fail, Tim Phillips

Type

Label

Fit to bust, how great companies fail, Tim Phillips

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fit to bust

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

727052872

Responsibility statement

Tim Phillips

Sub title

how great companies fail

Summary

Warren Buffet remarked that it takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. "If you think about that, you'll do things differently." Journalist Tim Phillips turns his eye toward the most avoidable business disasters of recent history. In each case, the story begins at the point where a disastrous decision was made, and then it examines what happened, why it happened and what could have been different. Each story highlights a flaw that could affect any organization -- for example, overexpansion, failure to do due diligence, or blindness toward an economic bubble. Phillips t

Table Of Contents

Bad behaviour -- Too good to fail -- It worked last time -- Modern Rambos -- All together now -- Greater fools -- Look what we made -- Almost revolutionary

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