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Pursuing a methodical analysis of the causes and lessons of Enron's collapse, this book seeks to understand the management behaviour and practices that led Enron down the path from innovation to fraud, how the board of directors failed to detect the risks in the company's strategies and why external agencies failed to step in.

A former manager at Enron offers his view of the rise and fall of the corporation, describing the financial shenanigans, insider stock trades, fraudulent partnerships, and double-dealing attitudes that led to Enron's destruction.

In the wake of the recent dramatic series of corporate meltdowns (Enron; Tyco; Adelphia; WorldCom) the third edition of this text provides students and business professionals with a welcome update of the key issues facing managers, boards of directors, investors and shareholders.

Examines the collapse of the Enron Corporation and other financial scandals that arose in the wake of the market downturn of 2000. Provides context and analysis to the modern era of corporate corruption.

Energy, the master resource, is the world's largest industry and the bedrock of modern life. Without carbon-based energy, in particular, production and consumption as we know it would not exist. During the last 150 years, the United States has been at the forefront of energy development. This book chronicles important swaths of history by focusing on the great entrepreneurs of electricity and natural gas: their lives and labors, their faults and failures,...

A respected economist shares a collection of his columns from "The New York Times" that analyzes the course of the American economy, looking at the collapse of fiscal responsibility, corporate scandals, and how the nation can get back on track.