TY - BOOK AU - Hamilton,Stewart AU - Micklethwait,Alicia TI - Greed and corporate failure: the lessons from recent disasters SN - 1403986363 (cloth) AV - HD2747 .H36 2006 U1 - 338.6/041 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Basingstoke [England], New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Business failures KW - Case studies KW - Corporations KW - Finance KW - Accounting KW - Corrupt practices N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Barings and Allied Irish Bank: Lessons Ignored -- Enron: Paper Profits, Cash Losses -- WorldCom: Disconnected -- Tyco: Greed, Hubris and the $6000 Shower Curtain -- Marconi: Establishment to Wunderkind to Basketcase -- Swissair: Crashed and Burned -- Royal Ahold: Shopped till he Dropped -- Parmalat: Milking the System UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0642/2006040487-t.html ER -