Corporate Disasters

Author : S. Hamilton
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023050275X
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greed and Corporate Failure written by S. Hamilton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-18 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for anyone who wants to know what truly lies behind the scandals and disasters of global business which marred the first few years of the 21st century. It examines why companies fail, finding the reasons few, yet all too common. It also explores what the prudent investor, board member or manager should be alert to but often is not.

Author : Gerry Brown
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030916588
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disaster in the Boardroom written by Gerry Brown and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why when companies come crashing down, do we hear of boards who have failed in their fiduciary duties? Or that they have been ignorant, complacent or downright complicit in these scandals and downfalls? Of course, corporate scandals are nothing new, nor are they limited to any one geography. They are a damning indictment of our systems of corporate governance around the world. And yet, despite this frequency, little or nothing changes. We shrug and move on, accepting they are an unavoidable part of the system that produces incredible wealth for economies and societies. But it should not be that way. Disaster in the Boardroom shows how boards can be better. Looking at why these scandals happen, authors Peterson and Brown present in-depth case studies of major global corporations – including recent contemporary scandals associated with companies such as BP, Facebook and Uber – using the optic of their unique, original and compelling ‘six dysfunctions of the board’ analysis to reveal their particularities but also how they can be overcome. In this book, Brown and Peterson explore common attributes of scandals such as lack of independence from management, missing key voices, cultural amplification, diffusion of responsibility, rule-bound cultures and groupthink. They also identify ways to strengthen boards, improve their culture and competence, and give directors and others the power to take action and ultimately prevent disasters from happening. Disaster in the Boardroom is essential reading for every executive in every boardroom, those aspiring to board positions as well as anyone interested in why boards fail. It has never been more important to pre-identify and eradicate these boardroom dysfunctions – not least so that their impacts upon society can better seen, understood, mitigated, and avoided.

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 1535816279
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Disasters: written by Gale, Cengage Learning and published by Gale, Cengage Learning . This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate Disasters: What Went Wrong and Why profiles the biggest corporate mistakes or misdeeds throughout history -- covering the people, the times, the decisions made. This volume covers Health, Safety and Environment in Peril. Each essay puts the business and its operators in the context of its own time, explaining the market, social, and technology forces at play, and each explores the key make-or-break decisions that led to disaster.

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 1535816317
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Disasters: written by Gale, Cengage Learning and published by Gale, Cengage Learning . This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate Disasters: What Went Wrong and Why profiles the biggest corporate mistakes or misdeeds throughout history -- covering the people, the times, the decisions made. This volume covers Management and Leadership Failures. Each essay puts the business and its operators in the context of its own time, explaining the market, social, and technology forces at play, and each explores the key make-or-break decisions that led to disaster.

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 1535816287
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Disasters: written by Gale, Cengage Learning and published by Gale, Cengage Learning . This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate Disasters: What Went Wrong and Why profiles the biggest corporate mistakes or misdeeds throughout history -- covering the people, the times, the decisions made. This volume covers Speculative Mania and Bubble Bursts. Each essay puts the business and its operators in the context of its own time, explaining the market, social, and technology forces at play, and each explores the key make-or-break decisions that led to disaster.

Author : Michele P. LaMeau Miranda H. Ferrara
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781410338068
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Disasters written by Michele P. LaMeau Miranda H. Ferrara and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the biggest corporate mistakes or misdeeds throughout history, covering the people, the times, the decisions made.

Author : Kenneth N. Myers
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 047006790X
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Business Continuity Strategies written by Kenneth N. Myers and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-09-18 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cost-efficient business contingency and continuity planning for a post-9/11 and Katrina world Disasters can happen. Contingency plans are necessary. But how detailed and expensive do your contingency and continuity plans really need to be? Employing a thoroughly practical approach, Business Continuity Strategies: Protecting Against Unplanned Disasters, Third Edition provides a proven methodology for implementing a realistic and cost-efficient business contingency program. Kenneth Myers--an internationally recognized contingency planning specialist--shows corporate leaders how to prepare a logical "what if" plan that would enable an organization to retain market share, service customers, and maintain cash flow if a disaster occurs. Completely updated throughout to reflect lessons learned from 9/11 and hurricanes Katrina and Wilma, Business Continuity Strategies, Third Edition helps cost-conscious senior management: * Establish a corporate contingency program policy and strategy that ensures timely completion of a plan, with minimal disruption to operations * Minimize plan development costs * Understand the importance of conducting briefings to communicate the proper mindset before the program development process begins * Save time and money by avoiding a consultant's traditional approach of extensive information-gathering that contributes little to the development of practical solutions, but much in the way of consultant fees Addressing countless hypothetical disaster scenarios doesn't make good business sense. Business Continuity Strategies, Third Edition helps companies focus on what is necessary to survive a natural catastrophe, workplace violence, or a terrorist attack.

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 1535816295
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Disasters: written by Gale, Cengage Learning and published by Gale, Cengage Learning . This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate Disasters: What Went Wrong and Why profiles the biggest corporate mistakes or misdeeds throughout history -- covering the people, the times, the decisions made. This volume covers Financial Reporting Flaws. Each essay puts the business and its operators in the context of its own time, explaining the market, social, and technology forces at play, and each explores the key make-or-break decisions that led to disaster.

Author : Thang Nhut Nguyen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137492503
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preventing Corporate Fiascos written by Thang Nhut Nguyen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-25 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lasting effects of corporate fiascos on business and the economy have spurred investigations, panel discussions, and research in an attempt to find out why these events happen and ways to prevent them. Through case studies and analysis of bankruptcy and institutional collapse, Preventing Corporate Fiascos examines the root cause of these disasters and offers a management exceptions system that diagnoses potential failure from the start. Dr. Nguyen's unique framework is inspired by the biological spectrum, using cancer and disease as a metaphor for prevention and destruction. He uses a proven management repertory grid technique to evaluate aberrant and emotionally-charged decisions which could bring an institution to collapse. By recognizing the institution, its employees, the market and the economy as components of the biological spectrum, we can identify aggravating failure and disease and begin to take effective steps toward prevention.

Author : Christopher L. Culp
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471474142
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Aftershock written by Christopher L. Culp and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-06-17 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Das Scheitern von scheinbar grundsoliden, unerschütterlichen Unternehmen wie Enron haben nicht nur zu großen Missverständnissen über die Märkte geführt, sondern auch zu übereilten Forderungen nach strengeren Vorschriften. "Corporate Aftershock" ist eine fundierte Antwort auf die zahlreichen Vorschläge, Derivate und andere Finanztransaktionen als Folge des Zusammenbruchs von Enron, zu beschränken. Der Band präsentiert eine stichhaltige Analyse der Situation der Public Policy nach dem Enron Debakel. Er erläutert, was wahrscheinlich passieren wird und geht auch darauf ein, was aus Sicht einer ausgewogenen Wirtschaftsanalyse passieren sollte. Autor Christopher Culp ist ein anerkannter Experte auf diesem Gebiet. Er ist Managing Director von C.P. Risk Management LCC, Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance an der Graduate School of Business der Universität von Chicago sowie Gastprofessor für 'Risk and Insurance' am Institut für Finanzmanagement der Universität Bern.