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Billion dollar lessons: what you can learn from the most inexcusable business failures of the last 25 years. / Paul B. Carroll and Chunka Mui.

By: Carroll, Paul B Contributor(s): Mui, Chunka Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York: Portfolio, 2008Description: x, 310 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781591842194Subject(s): Business failures | ManagementDDC classification: 658.4/012 LOC classification: HG3761.C37 Online resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description

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Contents: Failure patterns: Illusions of synergy: succumbing to the eighth deadly syn(ergy) -- Faulty financial engineering: taking a shortcut through the numbers -- Deflated rollups: buying a string of rock bands to form an ochestra -- Staying the (misguided) course: threat? what threat? -- Misjudged adjancies: the grass isn't always greener -- Fumbling technology: riding the wrong technology -- Consolidation blues: doubling down on a bad hand coda -- Avoiding the same mistakes: Why bad strategies happen to good people: awareness is not enough -- Why bad strategies happen to good companies: awareness is still not enough -- The devil's advocate: unleashing the power of conflict and deliberation -- The safety net: an independent devil's advocate review --

Summary: Analyzes the costly mistakes of companies throughout the past quarter century to counsel business professionals on what not to do, in a guide that profiles key strategy failures and challenges popular beliefs about leadership, luck, and effective execution.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-301) and index.

Analyzes the costly mistakes of companies throughout the past quarter century to counsel business professionals on what not to do, in a guide that profiles key strategy failures and challenges popular beliefs about leadership, luck, and effective execution.

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Billion dollar lessons: what you can learn from the most inexcusable business failures of the last 25 years. / Paul B. Carroll and Chunka Mui.

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