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The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
Bethany McLean , and Peter Elkind Manufacturer: Portfolio Trade ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1591840538 Release Date: 2004-09-28 |
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Like its subject, The Smartest Guys in the Room is ambitious, grand in scope, and ruthless in its dealings. Unlike Enron, the Texas-based energy giant that has come to represent the post-millennium collapse of 1990s go-go corporate culture, it's also ultimately successful. Penned by Fortune scribes Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, the 400-page-plus chronicle of the scandal digs deep inside the numbers while, wisely, maintaining focus on the "smart guys" deep-frying the books. The likes of paternal but disengaged CEO Ken Lay (dubbed "Kenny Boy" by George W. Bush, one of many prominent public figures with whom he rubbed shoulders), cutthroat man-behind-the-curtain Jeff Skilling, and ethically blind numbers whiz Andy Fastow vividly come to life as they make a mockery of conventional accounting practices and grow increasingly arrogant and bind to their collective hubris. They're not a likable lot, and the writers find it difficult to suppress their astonishment and revulsion with the crew who rapidly went from golden boys and girls of the financial world to pariahs when the bill finally came due. The authors' unrepressed sarcasms are more than often unnecessarily given the scope of the outrage. Enron's leading lights were or a time celebrated for their ability to concoct nearly unfathomable business schemes to hide mounting shortfalls and keeping track on their machinations can be a chore, but, by sticking hard to the story behind the fall, McLean and Elkind have reported and written the definitive account of the Enron debacle. --Steven StolderBook Description
Just as Watergate was the defining political story of its time, so Enron is the biggest business story of our time. And just as All the President's Men was the one Watergate book that gave readers the full story, with all the drama and nuance, The Smartest Guys in the Room is the one book you have to read to understand this amazing business saga. And the critics agree:Customer Reviews:
Blunt, intriguing analysis of Enron.......2007-10-05
The smartest guys in the room.......2007-09-10
Wanted to read the book after seeing the documentary........2007-08-23
Great book on bad management.......2007-08-02
Case Study of Corruption on Steroids.......2007-06-05
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Enron: The Rise and Fall
Loren Fox Manufacturer: Amazon Remainders Account ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: B000F3UQT2 |
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"I'd say you were a carnival barker, except that wouldn't be fair tocarnival barkers. A carnie will at least tell you up front that he's running a shell game. You, Mr. Lay, were running what purported to be the seventh largest corporation in America."-Senator Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL) to Enron CEO Kenneth Lay, Senate Commerce Science & Transportation's Subcommittee, Hearing on Enron, 2/12/02Download Description
"I'd say you were a carnival barker, except that wouldn't be fair tocarnival barkers. A carnie will at least tell you up front that he's running a shell game. You, Mr. Lay, were running what purported to be the seventh largest corporation in America."-Senator Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL) to Enron CEO Kenneth Lay, Senate Commerce Science & Transportation's Subcommittee, Hearing on Enron, 2/12/02Customer Reviews:
Incredibly boring .......2006-01-09
Insightful!.......2004-08-31
Read in conjunction with Smith/Emshwiller.......2004-01-20
What one ought to take away from both books is the realization that, despite the failure and indeed despite the evident criminality, Enron (as Fox says in his epilogue), "wasn't a complete hoax. The company deserved admiration for its early forays into trading gas and electricity, and for its plunge into the innovative financing of energy projects. It out-maneuvered the old-line energy companies to expand the use of derivatives in the energy industry. This introduced new ways of managing risk, which lowered the costs of energy-related transactions for an array of businesses."
Another reviewer has said that the Fox book is a cure for insomnia. The fact is that if you need to have material on Enron MADE interesting for you by dramatic presentation, by a well-shaped narative flow, then you may have trouble with Fox, simply because he lets the material speak for itself.
Sometimes it speaks in ambiguous tones.
Solid.......2003-09-27
A "fair and balanced" treatment that can cure insomnia.......2003-09-18
I guess Fox couldn't get anyone significant to talk to him and maybe that held him back some, but it didn't keep Cruver and Brewer and Swartz from producing more entertaining stuff in their efforts which were similarly unencumbered by input from people who were really making it happen. Oh well, he produced a "fair and balanced" treatment that just might help you with that insomnia thing.
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Enron: The Rise and Fall
Manufacturer: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0641649193 |
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"I'd say you were a carnival barker, except that wouldn't be fair tocarnival barkers. A carnie will at least tell you up front that he's running a shell game. You, Mr. Lay, were running what purported to be the seventh largest corporation in America."-Senator Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL) to Enron CEO Kenneth Lay, Senate Commerce Science & Transportation's Subcommittee, Hearing on Enron, 2/12/02 The speed of Enron's rise and fall is truly astonishing and perhaps the single most important story of corporate failure in the twenty-first century. In Enron investigative journalist Loren Fox promises readers nothing short of the most compelling and insightful investigation into Enron's meteoric ascent-regarded by Wall Street and the media as the epitome of innovation-and its spectacular fall from grace. In a lively and authoritative manner, Fox discusses how the biggest corporate bankruptcy in American business history happened, why for so long no one (except for an enlightened few) saw it coming, and what its impact will be on financial markets, the U.S. economy, U.S. energy policy, and the public for years to come. With access to many company insiders, Fox's intriguing account of this corporate debacle also provides an overview of the corporate culture and business model that led to Enron's high-flying success and disastrous failure. The story of Enron is one that will reverberate in global financial and energy markets as well as in criminal and civil courts for years to come. Rife with all the elements of a classic thriller-scandal, dishonest accounting, personal greed, questionable campaign contributions, suicide-Enron captures the essence of a company that went too far too fast.
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Bethany McLean & Peter Elkind The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron.: An article from: Communications & Strategies
James Alleman Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000TAQB7M Release Date: 2007-07-07 |
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This digital document is an article from Communications & Strategies, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1176 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Innovation corrupted: The rise and fall of Enron (Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School)
Malcolm S Salter Manufacturer: Division of Research, Harvard Business School ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006RYB66 |
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Corporate Dynamism: How World Class Companies Became World Class
Cuno Pumpin Manufacturer: Gower Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0566072777 |
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How World Class Companies Became World Class: Studies in Corporate Dynamism
Cuno Pumpin Manufacturer: Ashgate Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0566074788 |
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Some Reflections on Judicial Activism
Robert Juhl Manufacturer: Xlibris Corporation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0738842435 |
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Drying and Storage Of Grains and Oilseeds
Donald B. Brooker , F.W. Bakker-Arkema , and Carl W. Hall Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0442205155 |
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This text and reference discusses the drying of grains, in particular the staple cereals, maize, rice, and wheat, and the oilseeds, soybeans and canola. The basic physical and thermodynamic properties of grain and air are examined, and the theory of the drying process is developed. Design of the optimum operating conditions for on-farm and off-farm dryers are presented. The book is written as an engineering text, but should also prove beneficial to all who are interested in the proper drying and storage of grains. Examples and problems are given in both S.I. and Imperial units.
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Effect of Phosphorylation and Ca-binding Proteins of Caldesmon (Soviet Scientific Reviews Series, Section D)
N. B. Guesev , and A. V. Vorotnikov Manufacturer: Routledge ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 371865458X |
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"Coal Age Galapagos": Joggins and the lions of Nineteenth Century geology.: An article from: Atlantic Geology
John H. Calder Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000I2K33Y Release Date: 2007-09-11 |
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This digital document is an article from Atlantic Geology, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2006. The length of the article is 7937 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Staking activity levels increase. (Mining).(Brief Article): An article from: Northern Ontario Business
Michael Lynch Manufacturer: Laurentian Business Publishing, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008FB6WS Release Date: 2005-07-30 |
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This digital document is an article from Northern Ontario Business, published by Laurentian Business Publishing, Inc. on May 1, 2002. The length of the article is 739 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Availability of federal land for mineral exploration and development in the state of Washington (Geologic map / State of Washington, Division of Geology and Earth Resources)
D'Arcy P Banister Manufacturer: Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Earth Resources ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B000714NRI |
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Exploration for heavy minerals on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina (South Carolina. State Development Board. Division of Geology. Bulletin 26)
Camilla K McCauley Manufacturer: Division of Geology, State Development Board ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007EHFEI |
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Geology for development: A survey of the principal mineral resources of Liberia and their exploration potential
Eugene H Shannon Manufacturer: Liberian Geological Survey ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007B34DW |
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Geology for Development: Mineral Resources and Exploration Potential of Africa (Journal of African Earth Sciences,)
C. A. Kogbe Manufacturer: Elsevier Science Pub Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0080314244 |
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Geothermal energy: Geology, exploration and developments (Mineral industries bulletin)
L. Trowbridge Grose Manufacturer: Colorado School of Mines ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006WHIHU |
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The potential for northern participation in the exploration and development of non-energy mineral mines in northern Alberta: Final report
M. B Dufresne Manufacturer: APEX Geoscience Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006RZ7O6 |
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Solitary Waves in Dispersive Complex Media
Vasily Y. Belashov , and Sergey V. Vladimirov Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 3540233768 |
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This book is devoted to one of the most interesting and rapidly developing areas of modern nonlinear physics and mathematics - the theoretical, analytical and advanced numerical study of the structure and dynamics of one-dimensional as well as two- and three-dimensional solitons and nonlinear waves described by Korteweg-de Vries (KdV), Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP), nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) and derivative NLS (DNLS) classes of equations. Special attention is paid to generalizations (relevant to various complex physical media) of these equations, accounting for higher-order dispersion corrections, influence of dissipation, instabilities, and stochastic fluctuations of the wave fields. The book addresses researchers working in the theory and numerical simulations of dispersive complex media in such fields as hydrodynamics, plasma physics, and aerodynamics. It will also be useful as a reference work for graduate students in physics and mathematics.
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Deepen The Mystery: Science and The South Onstage
Lauren M Gunderson Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0595379664 |
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This first collection of award-winning full-length plays by Lauren Gunderson includes:LEAP A delightful, moving synthesis of science, history, and magic with a young Isaac Newton and two mysterious sisters. LEAP features splendid language and easy confidence with heady material. Think Tom Stoppard, - Creative Loafing
BACKGROUNDa time-twisting, science-drama about the inspirational study of cosmology and the devastating effects of denied credit. Based on a true story of Dr. Ralph Alpher.
PARTS THEY CALL DEEPA hilarious southern drama with three generations of women in a Winnebego. PARTS THEY CALL DEEP is a little gem,New York Times
It is easy to imagine future theatrical success for Gunderson and this year's YPI winners,New York Times
There's no denying she's one of the most formidably talented voices to emerge here in years.Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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An Amazing Race.......2006-05-10
Great plays for science classes.......2006-01-24
An Amazing Playwright.......2006-01-13
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