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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827667403321

Autore

Skeel David A. <1961->

Titolo

Icarus in the boardroom : the fundamental flaws in corporate America and where they came from / / David Skeel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-029180-X

1-280-42819-8

0-19-534659-9

1-4237-5826-9

1-60256-514-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Collana

Law and current events masters

Disciplina

338.0973

Soggetti

Corporate governance - United States

Directors of corporations - United States

Industrial management - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-234) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Jay Cooke and the birth of America's first large scale corporations -- The gilded age and the crisis of competition -- Icarus meets the New Deal -- "I want to be like Mike" : LBO's and the new corporate governance -- Enron, WorldCom, and the transformation of Icarus -- "The most sweeping securities law reforms since the New Deal" -- "We have met the corporation and it is us."

Sommario/riassunto

1. Jay Cooke and the Birth of America's First Large Scale Corporation2. The Gilded Age and the Crisis of Competition3. Icarus Meets the New Deal4. I Want to Be Like Mike: LBO's and the New Corporate Governance5. Enron, WorldCom and the Transformation of Icarus6. ""The Most Sweeping Securities Law Reforms Since the New Deal""7. ""We Have Met the Corporation and it is Us""