“…El libro estudia un amplio surtido de casos de management desde del punto de vista del capital moral: el estado de los guardias de los aeropuertos norteamericanos antes del 11-S, las vueltas de campana de los Ford Explorer y los fallos de los neumáticos Firestone, la batalla por el estilo HP entre Carly Fiorina y los herederos de las familias fundadoras, la dinámica del comportamiento monopolista de Microsoft, los tropiezos de los directivos de Enron, los compromisos de Howard Lutnick con las familias de los supervivientes de Cantor Fitzgerald, cómo la pérdida de la reputación de Andersen provocó su cierre... …”

“…Marketing and Business DevelopmentCompliance Spectrum""This book is a highly practical, accessible guide to post-Enron reforms and an essential resource for managers who want more than just to comply with SOX; this book will help them benefit from it.""…”

“…While monumental scandals, such as Enron, WorldCom, and Madoff's Ponzi scheme make the front pages, fraud is a daily occurrence impacting companies and individuals alike. …”

“…—Robert Jackson, former Commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission In the early 2000s, federal enforcement efforts sent white collar criminals at Enron and WorldCom to prison. But since the 2008 financial collapse, this famously hasn't happened. …”

“…Management: The Basics provides an easy, jargon-free introduction to the fundamental principles and practices of modern management.Using examples ranging from people management at Cadbury and the Enron crisis to the marketing of fried chicken in China, the book explains key aspects of management, including:business strategy and how to use it to meet goals;how successful marketing works;how organizations are structured and function;fundamentals of corporate finance;human resource management's role in the management and development of people;the importance of knowledge and culture to management.This second edition has been updated to take account of general advances in management thinking, including developments in governance, responsible management and environmental pressures, and a new emphasis on health and well-being in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. …”

“…Why does corporate governance--front page news with the collapse of Enron, WorldCom, and Parmalat--vary so dramatically around the world? …”
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“…Fraud is everywhere-from Nigerian "princes," embezzlers, and Ponzi schemers to corporate giants like Enron and Volkswagen. And fraud is costly. Each year, consumers, small businesses, governments, and corporations lose trillions of dollars. …”

“…THE SPECULATION ECONOMY shows this reversal of economic priorities, and its sometimes-disastrous consequences, demonstrated most recently by Enron…”

“…Cualquier organización, ya sea el Imperio Romano, la industria automovilística británica, Enron o Arthur Andersen, está sometida a la curva del ciclo vital corporativo al igual que lo está el planeta Tierra a la ley de la gravitación. …”
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“…Bonus: You get to practice your detective skills on an email data set used in a real U.S. criminal investigation (i.e., the 2001 Enron fraud case). Gain experience using a data mining toolset to forensically analyze email messages Understand email metadata and the structure of email messages Discover how to visualize email patterns such as who sent or received the most email Pick up the ability to quickly search for key terms in large volumes of email messages Learn how to use a pandas DataFrame to perform queries and manipulate data After completing his PhD in astrophysics, Mikhail Klassen transitioned to data science and refined his expertise in data mining, data analysis, and machine learning. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 6: December 1986: The Leveraged Buyout of Revco Drug StoresChapter 7: September 1989: The Acquisition of Columbia Pictures by Sony Corporation; Chapter 8: September 1991: The Acquisition of NCR Corporation by AT&T Corporation; Chapter 9: December 1993: Renault's Proposed Merger with Volvo; Chapter 10: December 1994: The Acquisition of Snapple by Quaker Oats; Chapter 11: May 1999: Mattel's Acquisition of The Learning Company; Chapter 12: January 2001: Merger of AOL and Time Warner; Chapter 13: December 2001: Dynegy's Proposed Merger with Enron…”

“…Communism is dead, but in the wake of Enron and similar scandal…”

“…Worldcom, Enron, Parmalat... son algunos de los escándalos que han puesto de moda la contabilidad creativa y la ingeniería financiera. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: The new confessions -- Part I. 1963-1971 -- Dirty business -- An economic hit man is born -- "In for life" -- Indonesia : lessons for an EHM -- Saving a country from communism -- Selling my soul -- Part II. 1971-1975 -- My role as inquisitor -- Civilization on trial -- Opportunity of a lifetime -- Panama's president and hero -- Pirates in the Canal Zone -- Soldiers and prostitutes -- Conversations with the general -- Entering a new and sinister period in economic history -- The Saudi Arabian money-laundering affair -- Pimping, and financing Osama bin Laden -- Part III. 1975-1981 -- Panama Canal negotiations and Graham Greene -- Iran's king of kings -- Confessions of a tortured man -- The fall of a king -- Colombia : keystone of Latin America -- American republic versus global empire -- The deceptive résumé -- Ecuador's president battles big oil -- I quit -- Part IV. 1981-2004 -- Ecuador's presidential death -- Panama : another presidential death -- My energy company, Enron, and George W. Bush -- I take a bribe -- The United States invades Panama -- An EHM failure in Iraq -- September 11 and its aftermath for me, personally -- Venezuela : saved by Saddam -- Part V. 2004-today -- Conspiracy : was I poisoned? …”

“…Los acontecimientos de los últimos años (la burbuja de los fondos de inversión de EEUU, el sube y baja de los mercados de valores, y una cadena de grandes escándalos empresariales, de Enron a Parmalat) han hecho que se esfumen miles de millones de dólares de los ahorros de los trabajadores a ambos lados del Atlántico, revelando la incapacidad de la industria de servicios financieros a la hora de desempeñar su papel como custodio de los ahorros y los fondos de pensiones. …”

“…Sustainable investors want to be confident that a company's Environmental (net zero emissions target), Social (response to the COVID-19 pandemic), and Governance (no repeats of Enron and WorldCom) policies and actions are positively impacting the global outlook--and to identify ways that their dollar can incentivize business leaders to do even better. …”

“…Without it, a giant corporation like Enron toppled. In The 10 Laws of Trust , JetBlue chairman Joel Peterson explores how a culture of trust gives companies an edge. …”

“…It's not just spectacular public scandals like Enron (which, incidentally, had a great corporate values statement). …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…- Bernard Madoff; Los malditos más mezquinos - WorldCom; Pregunte por qué - Enron; El juego de los números; CAPÍTULO 3; Vivir por encima de sus medios - Northern Rock; Quiebra el banco de la reina - Banco Barings; Dinero fácil - Compañía del Misisipi; Perseguidores de la gloria - Leeds United plc; Sobrevender el sueño; CAPÍTULO 4; "Motosierra" - Al Dunlap vs. …”

“…Des audaces de l'entrepreneur britannique en Orient au XIXe siècle à celles d'Enron à l'orée du XXIe, une spécificité semble bien se dégager : la prise de risque et la capacité à entreprendre et à innover sont, dans ces cultures, largement liées à l'environnement institutionnel, qu'il s'agisse de réglementation (sociale, comptable, etc.), de fiscalité, ou de soutien à la création d'entreprise. …”