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Knee Jonathan A |
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Titolo |
The accidental investment banker [[electronic resource] ] : inside the decade that transformed Wall Street / / Jonathan A. Knee |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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1-280-84664-X |
0-19-804205-1 |
1-4294-4032-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Investment banking - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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A chicken in every pot -- The accidental investment banker -- An empire of its own -- "Let's ask Sydney Weinberg" -- What investment bankers really do -- The culture of M&A -- The rise of John Thornton -- The House of Morgan -- Cracks in the façade -- Drama of the gifted banker -- Take a walk on the buy-side -- "Save the red carpet for the talent" -- View from the top -- The myth of meritocracy -- King of the SLCs -- The long goodbye. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Jonathan A. Knee had a ringside seat during the go-go, boom-and-bust decade and into the 21st century, at the two most prestigious investment banks on Wall Street--Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. In this candid and irreverent insider's account of an industry in free fall, Knee captures anexhilarating era of fabulous deal-making in a free-wheeling Internet economy--and the catastrophe that followed when the bubble burst. Populated with power players, back stabbers, celebrity bankers, and godzillionaires, here is a vivid account of the dramatic upheaval that took place in investment banki |
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