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Author Skeel, David A., 1961-

Title Icarus in the boardroom [electronic resource] : the fundamental flaws in corporate America and where they came from / David Skeel.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Description viii, 250 p.
Series Law and current events masters
Law and current events masters.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-234) and index.
Contents Jay Cooke and the birth of America's first large scale corporations -- The gilded age and the crisis of competition -- Icarus meets the New Deal -- "I want to be like Mike" : LBO's and the new corporate governance -- Enron, WorldCom, and the transformation of Icarus -- "The most sweeping securities law reforms since the New Deal" -- "We have met the corporation and it is us."
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Corporate governance -- United States.
Directors of corporations -- United States.
Industrial management -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0195174712

 
    
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