Enron: The Rise and Fall

图书标准信息

• 作者 Loren Fox 著
• 出版社 Wiley
• 出版时间 2003-12
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780471478881
• 定价 142.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 384页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

"I'dsayyouwereacarnivalbarker,exceptthatwouldn'tbefairtocarnivalbarkers.Acarniewillatleasttellyouupfrontthathe'srunningashellgame.You,Mr.Lay,wererunningwhatpurportedtobetheseventhlargestcorporationinAmerica."-SenatorPeterFitzgerald(R-IL)toEnronCEOKennethLay,SenateCommerceScience&Transportation'sSubcommittee,HearingonEnron,2/12/02
ThespeedofEnron'sriseandfallistrulyastonishingandperhapsthesinglemostimportantstoryofcorporatefailureinthetwenty-firstcentury.InEnroninvestigativejournalistLorenFoxpromisesreadersnothingshortofthemostcompellingandinsightfulinvestigationintoEnron'smeteoricascent-regardedbyWallStreetandthemediaastheepitomeofinnovation-anditsspectacularfallfromgrace.Inalivelyandauthoritativemanner,FoxdiscusseshowthebiggestcorporatebankruptcyinAmericanbusinesshistoryhappened,whyforsolongnoone(exceptforanenlightenedfew)sawitcoming,andwhatitsimpactwillbeonfinancialmarkets,theU.S.economy,U.S.energypolicy,andthepublicforyearstocome.Withaccesstomanycompanyinsiders,Fox'sintriguingaccountofthiscorporatedebaclealsoprovidesanoverviewofthecorporatecultureandbusinessmodelthatledtoEnron'shigh-flyingsuccessanddisastrousfailure.ThestoryofEnronisonethatwillreverberateinglobalfinancialandenergymarketsaswellasincriminalandcivilcourtsforyearstocome.Rifewithalltheelementsofaclassicthriller-scandal,dishonestaccounting,personalgreed,questionablecampaigncontributions,suicide-Enroncapturestheessenceofacompanythatwenttoofartoofast.

【作者简介】

LORENFOXisaformersenioreditoratBusiness2.0,theaward-winningbusinessmagazine,andaleadingauthorityonbusinessstrategy.Previously,FoxwasfinanceeditorofUpsidemagazine.Healsospentfiveandone-halfyearsaseditorandreporterforDowJonesNewsService,wherehecoveredtheenergyindustryandEnron.HisworkhasappearedinTheWallStreetJournal,Barron’s,Salon.com,andothermedia.