48 records matched your query       

Author:

Carroll, Paul, 1957-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Portfolio,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

x, 310 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Business failures.
Management.

Other Authors:

Mui, Chunka, 1962-

Notes:

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

Contents:

Epilogue : Two revolutions. pt. 1. 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 orchestra -- Staying the (misguided) course : threat? what threat? -- Misjudged adjacencies : the grass isn't always greener -- Fumbling technology : riding the wrong technology -- Consolidation blues : doubling down on a bad hand -- Coda -- pt. 2. 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 -- Epilogue : Two revolutions.

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.

ISBN:

1591842190
9781591842194

OCLC:

(OCoLC)220859663

LCCN:

2008015704

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)