what you can learn from the most inexcusable business failures of the last 25 years Carroll, Paul B. creator Mui, Chunka text bibliography nyu New York Portfolio 2008 monographic eng

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x, 310 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Analyzes the costly mistakes of companies throughout the past quarter century to counsel business professionals on what not to do, in a guide that profiles key strategy failures and challenges popular beliefs about leadership, luck, and effective execution. Contents: Failure patterns: Illusions of synergy: succumbing to the eighth deadly syn(ergy) -- Faulty financial engineering: taking a shortcut through the numbers -- Deflated rollups: buying a string of rock bands to form an ochestra -- Staying the (misguided) course: threat? what threat? -- Misjudged adjancies: the grass isn't always greener -- Fumbling technology: riding the wrong technology -- Consolidation blues: doubling down on a bad hand coda -- Avoiding the same mistakes: Why bad strategies happen to good people: awareness is not enough -- Why bad strategies happen to good companies: awareness is still not enough -- The devil's advocate: unleashing the power of conflict and deliberation -- The safety net: an independent devil's advocate review -- Paul B. Carroll and Chunka Mui. Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-301) and index. Business failures Management HG3761.C37 658.4/012 9781591842194 2008015704 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0815/2008015704.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008015704-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008015704-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0815/2008015704.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008015704-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008015704-d.html DLC 080404 20230705140351.0 15247856