Bibliograph

Power failure, the inside story of the collapse of Enron, Mimi Swartz with Sherron Watkins

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Power failure, the inside story of the collapse of Enron, Mimi Swartz with Sherron Watkins

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Power failure

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

51323701

Responsibility statement

Mimi Swartz with Sherron Watkins

Sub title

the inside story of the collapse of Enron

Summary

Power Failure: the Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron follows the story of Enron from the perspective of Sherron Watkins, the vice president who exposed its illegal practices, and traces how its "anything goes" culture led to its being hailed a model company until its highly publicized collapse

Table Of Contents

Winners and loser -- Mythology -- Star search -- Enron smart -- The monkey house -- Fair value -- Vision and values -- Living large -- Andy's world -- Smoke and mirrors -- Dancing on the edge -- No harm, no foul -- Coming undone -- Flakes vs. cowboys -- Suspicious minds -- Trapped -- Aboard the Titanic -- The spin cycle -- The death spiral -- Payback -- Appendix A: Sherron Watkins' anonymous memo to Enron CEO Ken Lay -- Appendix B: Sherron Watkins' follow-up memos to Ken Lay and others -- Appendix C: Sherron Watkins' memo from her last meeting with Ken Lay -- Appendix D: Example of Enron's complex SPE structures -- Appendix E: Graph showing Enron's stock price from 1993 to 2002

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Inside story of the collapse of Enron

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