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Indlæser... SCANDAL!: Amazing Tales of Scandals that Shocked the World and Shaped Modern Business (udgave 2009)af Editors of Fortune Magazine
Work InformationSCANDAL!: Amazing Tales of Scandals that Shocked the World and Shaped Modern Business af Editors of Fortune Magazine
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. I love this sort of stuff, but it really is just Fortune Magazine bite-sized pieces and nothing too substantive or gripping. Stick with the full-size exposes. ( ) Scandal! is a rehash of articles from the earliest days of Fortune Magazine to the present. Many of the articles haven't aged well as events unfolded after their publication. For example, the Enron chapter ends before any of the executives were sentenced. Small follow-up sections at the end of every chapter attempt to remedy this, but I found myself wanting to know more of the consequences of various scandals. Also, poor marks go to the editors for numerous copy-editing misses. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Greed, cupidity, corruption, and a kind of gluttony so outrageous that it's laughable have always been part of business. Consider, for example, the case of the Swedish match king. At one time, Ivar Kreuger, manufactured almost half of the world's matches, with monopolies in 16 countries. He had so much money that he was a reliable lender to many countries, becoming known as the "saviour of Europe" for his willingness to give aid to banks crippled by World War I. At the time of the 1929 market crash, his was the most widely held stock in the world. But when he killed himself three years later, the whole thing went up in flames. The company's debts exceeded those of the entire Swedish government, as it was based on a gigantic pyramid scheme. Other examples in this book will include the story of Enron, of which Fortune Magazine was the first to break the news, Orange County bankcruptcy, Sotheby's and AI Taubman, and many more. No library descriptions found. |
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