Billion dollar lessons: what you can learn from the most inexcusable business failures of the last 25 years. / Paul B. Carroll and Chunka Mui.

By:

Carroll, Paul B

Contributor(s):

Mui, Chunka

Material type:

TextPublication details: New York: Portfolio, 2008.Description: x, 310 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781591842194

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DDC classification:

658.4/012 22

LOC classification:

HG3761.C37

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Contents:

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 --

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-301) and index.

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.

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