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03024cam a2200481 a 4500 001 6C454D086BF811DEA13FF332A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 080404s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2008015704 020 $a 1591842190 020 $a 9781591842194 035 $a (OCoLC)220859663 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BAKER $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d UPZ $d IK2 $d CDX $d BWX $d VP@ $d SOS $d CUM $d SHH $d CQU $d KEC $d IOE $d SILO 050 00 $a HG3761 $b .C37 2008 082 00 $a 658.4/012 $2 22 100 1 $a Carroll, Paul, $d 1957- 245 1 $a Billion dollar lessons : $b what you can learn from the most inexcusable business failures of the last twenty-five years / $c Paul B. Carroll and Chunka Mui. 260 $a New York : $b Portfolio, $c 2008. 300 $a x, 310 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-301) and index. 520 $a 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. 505 00 $g Epilogue : $t Two revolutions. $g pt. 1. $t Failure patterns. -- $t Illusions of synergy : succumbing to the eighth deadly syn(ergy) -- $t Faulty financial engineering : taking a shortcut through the numbers -- $t Deflated rollups : buying a string of rock bands to form an orchestra -- $t Staying the (misguided) course : threat? what threat? -- $t Misjudged adjacencies : the grass isn't always greener -- $t Fumbling technology : riding the wrong technology -- $t Consolidation blues : doubling down on a bad hand -- $g Coda -- $g pt. 2. $t Avoiding the same mistakes. -- $t Why bad strategies happen to good people : awareness is not enough -- $t Why bad strategies happen to good companies : awareness is still not enough -- $t The devil's advocate : unleashing the power of conflict and deliberation -- $t The safety net : an independent devil's advocate review -- $g Epilogue : $t Two revolutions. 650 0 $a Business failures. 650 0 $a Management. 700 1 $a Mui, Chunka, $d 1962- 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0815/2008015704.html 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008015704-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008015704-d.html 941 $a 11 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525040123.0 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214052505.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909020553.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926091832.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824082923.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20150911022942.0 952 $l UTAX115 $d 20100503135544.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20100120073657.0 952 $l OSAX771 $d 20100120073657.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l O4AX446 $d 20090708133753.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6C454D086BF811DEA13FF332A8D7520A 994 $a 11 $b IOEInitiate Another SILO Locator Search