Evandale's Directory of World Underwriters 2002
Average customer rating: Not rated
    Evandale's Directory of World Underwriters 2002

    Manufacturer: Evandale Pub Ltd
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback

    GeneralGeneral | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Insurance | Industries & Professions | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | International | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Reference | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
    DirectoriesDirectories | Catalogs & Directories | Reference | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Reference | Subjects | Books
    ASIN: 1901390128
    Evandale's Directory of World Underwriters 2002
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Evandale's Directory of World Underwriters 2002

      Manufacturer: Evandale Pub Ltd
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Hardcover

      GeneralGeneral | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Insurance | Industries & Professions | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | International | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Reference | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      DirectoriesDirectories | Catalogs & Directories | Reference | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Reference | Subjects | Books
      ASIN: 1901390098

      Business School Essays That Made a Difference, 2nd Edition (Graduate School Admissions Gui)
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Great Book
      Business School Essays That Made a Difference, 2nd Edition (Graduate School Admissions Gui)
      Princeton Review
      Manufacturer: Princeton Review
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Paperback

      EducationEducation | Reference | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      BusinessBusiness | Graduate School Guides | Education | Reference | Subjects | Books
      College EntranceCollege Entrance | Test Guides - College & University | Education | Reference | Subjects | Books
      Graduate PreparationGraduate Preparation | Test Guides - Graduate & Professional | Education | Reference | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Test Prep Central | Reference | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Education Theory | Education | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
      Similar Items:
      1. Great Application Essays for Business School Great Application Essays for Business School
      2. 65 Successful Harvard Business School Application Essays: With Analysis by the Staff of the Harbus, The Harvard Business School Newspaper 65 Successful Harvard Business School Application Essays: With Analysis by the Staff of the Harbus, The Harvard Business School Newspaper
      3. How To Get Into the Top MBA Programs, 4th Edition (How to Get Into the Top Mba Programs) How To Get Into the Top MBA Programs, 4th Edition (How to Get Into the Top Mba Programs)
      4. The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 11th Edition The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 11th Edition
      5. Your MBA Game Plan: Proven Strategies for Getting into the Top Business Schools Your MBA Game Plan: Proven Strategies for Getting into the Top Business Schools

      ASIN: 0375765697
      Release Date: 2006-09-12

      Book Description

      Most top business schools require multiple essays, and this book is your best bet for acing them all. Business School Essays That Made a Difference, 2nd Edition, contains over 50 essays as well as interviews with admissions pros and with students who've been through the process and made it to business school.

      Inside you’ll find interviews with admissions officers from the following schools:

      Babson College, Olin Graduate School of Business
      Columbia University
      Tulane University–Freeman School of Business
      University of California–Berkeley
      University of Chicago

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Great Book.......2006-11-29

      This is a great book. Read how those people who make the final decision think and what they expect from applicants.
      Business School Essays that Made a Difference (Graduate School Admissions Gui)
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • So Simple
      • Great way for preparation
      Business School Essays that Made a Difference (Graduate School Admissions Gui)
      Princeton Review
      Manufacturer: Princeton Review
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Paperback

      EducationEducation | Reference | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Education | Reference | Subjects | Books
      College EntranceCollege Entrance | Test Guides - College & University | Education | Reference | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Test Prep Central | Reference | Subjects | Books
      Similar Items:
      1. 65 Successful Harvard Business School Application Essays: With Analysis by the Staff of the Harbus, The Harvard Business School Newspaper 65 Successful Harvard Business School Application Essays: With Analysis by the Staff of the Harbus, The Harvard Business School Newspaper
      2. Great Application Essays for Business School Great Application Essays for Business School
      3. Your MBA Game Plan: Proven Strategies for Getting into the Top Business Schools Your MBA Game Plan: Proven Strategies for Getting into the Top Business Schools
      4. How To Get Into the Top MBA Programs, 4th Edition (How to Get Into the Top Mba Programs) How To Get Into the Top MBA Programs, 4th Edition (How to Get Into the Top Mba Programs)
      5. Accepted! 50 Successful Business School Admission Essays Accepted! 50 Successful Business School Admission Essays

      ASIN: 0375763511
      Release Date: 2003-09-09

      Book Description

      Essays That Scored

      What makes business school applications so brutal? For most applicants, it’s the number, length, and complexity of the essays they have to write. Most top schools require multiple essays, and this book is your best bet for acing them all.

      1. Forty-four real-life essays critiqued by admissions
      officers from Tuck, Chicago, MIT, Michigan, Babson, and more

      2. Eight case studies of b-school applicants–what worked
      and what didn’t

      3. Essay question translations–what they’re really asking

      4. Insider advice from admissions officers and current MBA students at the following schools: Columbia Business School; Freeman School of Business, Tulane; Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley; Olin Graduate School of Business, Babson; University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business

      Inside you’ll find application essays from the following business schools:

      Freeman School of Business, Tulane
      Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC–Chapel Hill
      McCombs School of Business,
      U Texas–Austin
      Olin Graduate School of Business, Babson College

      Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University
      Rutgers Business School
      Simon Graduate School of Business Administration,
      U of Rochester
      Sloan School of Management, MIT
      Tippie School of Management, University of Iowa

      Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth
      University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business
      University of Michigan
      Business School
      Weatherhead School of Business, Case Western Reserve

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars So Simple.......2006-03-26

      That's a great guide. Every single thing in this book is genuinely classified and it's this style which makes it the best among this type of publishings. Nedda Gilbert's other works also have this very unique taste. That is the best choice for this topic at Amazon.com. Don't waste your time searching for something else...

      5 out of 5 stars Great way for preparation.......2005-08-05

      It helps me in preparation my own esey:) The instructions are very clear and useful. I hope it will work for my apllication.
      The advice is simple - I have to present my concrete plans for future.

      Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • Anecdotal Book on How To Compromise to Avoid the "Hairball"...
      • Inspiring, creative, and a thought-provoker. Not to miss.
      • A Guide to Chaos, Confinement, and Creativity
      • How to become a Corporate Fool !
      • Ignore How It Looks
      Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace
      Gordon MacKenzie
      Manufacturer: Viking Adult
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Hardcover

      Arts & PhotographyArts & Photography | Subjects | Books | Architecture | Artists, A-Z | Design & Decorative Arts | Drawing | Fashion | General | History & Criticism | Instructional & How-To | Museums & Collections | Other Media | Painting | Performing Arts | Photography | Reference | Religious | Schools, Periods & Styles | Sculpture
      GeneralGeneral | Business Life | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      Job Hunting & CareersJob Hunting & Careers | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books | General | Guides | Interviewing | Job Hunting | Job Markets & Advice | Resumes | Vocational Guidance | Volunteer Work
      GeneralGeneral | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      ManagementManagement | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      BusinessBusiness | Humor | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
      CreativityCreativity | Self-Help | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
      Similar Items:
      1. RULES OF THE RED RUBBER BALL: FIND AND SUSTAIN YOUR LIFE'S WORK RULES OF THE RED RUBBER BALL: FIND AND SUSTAIN YOUR LIFE'S WORK
      2. 75 Cage Rattling Questions to Change the Way You Work: Shake-Em-Up Questions to Open Meetings, Ignite Discussion, and Spark Creativity 75 Cage Rattling Questions to Change the Way You Work: Shake-Em-Up Questions to Open Meetings, Ignite Discussion, and Spark Creativity
      3. The Big Moo: Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable The Big Moo: Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable
      4. The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO's Strategies for Defeating the Devil's Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO's Strategies for Defeating the Devil's Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization
      5. The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm

      ASIN: 0670879835

      Book Description

      Creativity is crucial to business success. But too often, even the most innovative organization quickly becomes a "giant hairball"--a tangled, impenetrable mass of rules, traditions, and systems, all based on what worked in the past--that exercises an inexorable pull into mediocrity. Gordon McKenzie worked at Hallmark Cards for thirty years, many of which he spent inspiring his colleagues to slip the bonds of Corporate Normalcy and rise to orbit--to a mode of dreaming, daring and doing above and beyond the rubber-stamp confines of the administrative mind-set. In his deeply funny book, exuberantly illustrated in full color, he shares the story of his own professional evolution, together with lessons on awakening and fostering creative genius.

      Originally self-published and already a business "cult classic", this personally empowering and entertaining look at the intersection between human creativity and the bottom line is now widely available to bookstores. It will be a must-read for any manager looking for new ways to invigorate employees, and any professional who wants to achieve his or her best, most self-expressive, most creative and fulfilling work.

      Customer Reviews:

      3 out of 5 stars Anecdotal Book on How To Compromise to Avoid the "Hairball"..........2007-10-06

      Unfortunately for me, I have bad habits- like eating good food and sleeping in the climate controlled indoors. That means getting paid, and in corporate America you don't get paid orbiting the hairball. You get paid only if you're in the thick of it. This book is essentially a book on compromising to avoid, rather than confronting the obvious problems of working in the typical corporate environment.

      I rated it three stars because some of the information is actually useful, it's well written (though the artwork and type are annoying) for the fence-sitters it's aimed at.

      I enjoyed reading it in the context of vague memories of corporate life I have dating back to 2002 and prior. When I finally lost my last job-- well, I didn't actually lose it, I know where it is (Bhopal I think)-- I decided I'd stay way far away from the hairball. Orbit is too close.

      Read it for what it's worth- but if you're reading it because you're really discouraged with life in the cubicle, and being on the electronic leash with your laptop and crackberry wherever you go-- I suggest OUT, not up.

      5 out of 5 stars Inspiring, creative, and a thought-provoker. Not to miss........2007-09-22

      "Orbiting the Giant Hairball" by Gordon MacKenzie is a not-to-miss book for anyone who is looking to tap into their creative mind.

      The book is not for the dull-minded, however. MacKenzie recalls several situations in his career at Hallmark cards, and offers advice in the form of examples.

      The last chapter of the book was what made this book completely worth while. I highly recommend this book to everyone. I guarantee you will not regret it.

      4 out of 5 stars A Guide to Chaos, Confinement, and Creativity.......2007-08-21

      What Orbiting the Giant Hairball (OTGH) is not is another book on corporate management, although heads of creative departments would do well to understand the principles Gordon MacKenzie suggests. OTGH is a guide to chaos, confinement, and creativity. As an artist, I've worked most of my career in the corporate world (the Hairball). The paradox is that creation takes an entirely different set of rules (mainly the defiance of them), which puts creativity at odds with the organizational compulsion of the Hairball. On the one hand, a company can't exist without structure; on the other, artistic expression is antithetical to defined limits. How do you find congruence as a Creative hemmed in a left-brained organization? MacKenzie suggests the middle ground is an orbital path that is free to explore the infinite, but not independent of the organization.

      MacKenzie's book is an effortless read, laid out to take advantage of white space. Doodles mark the margins and gaps, with chapter heads and illustrations taking up 4-page spreads. Some chapters break out in freeform cartoons on lined notepaper, with Chapter 19 devoted to the statement, "Orville Wright did not have a pilot's license." Often digressing, you feel there's always a point to the random character of the work. The book presents itself as an artistic exploration, even if the drawings are primitive in the style of a child's hand. What MacKenzie has to say is thought-provoking. Don't get tangled in the hairball, becoming another crony of the institution. Mentoring is not the same as managing. Dynamic forces exist in the chaos of uncertainty. Orbit provides a place for creative expression that isn't stifling. Find your unique voice and express your one-of-a-kind masterpiece.

      5 out of 5 stars How to become a Corporate Fool !.......2007-05-26

      What a delightful book! You have to read this - if you interested in fostering creativity within a corporation.

      The author is Gordon McKenzie, who worked for Hallmark Cards (the main greeting card company here in the US) for 30 years. His last title at the company was ¡¥Creative Paradox¡¦.

      The main point in his book is that corporations come into existence through the creativity of their founders, but subsequently start to become stratified and ossified because of the need to do things ¡¥that we know work¡¦, thereby discouraging creativity.

      The bias against creativity does not just exist in large corporations. I particularly liked his story about asking school children in different grades how many thought they were artists. Invariably, the older the kids, they less hands would go up. They have been taught that they were not creative, or that being creative is not ¡¥normal¡¦.

      The giant hairball is his analogy for the corporate body with all the rules and regulations, and his prescription is to know how to keep within the orbit of the corporation without being absorbed and suffocated into the main mass. Another useful analogy is how when water-skiing, you do not need to follow directly in the wake of the boat, but can at times move in an arc around the back of the boat, or even sometimes get ahead of the boat.

      This is a small book full of gems! I highly recommend it.

      Here is a quote I really like:

      ¡§If we do not let go, we make prisoners of ourselves¡¨

      The book¡¦s subtitle is: ¡§A Corporate Fool¡¦s Guide to Surviving with Grace.¡¨ So, go ahead and read it. You too can become a Corporate Fool º.

      5 out of 5 stars Ignore How It Looks.......2007-03-15

      This book sat on my shelf for five years before I ran out of things to read and picked it up. Had I know then what I know now, I would have dropped everything and read it then and there. Mr. Mackenzie encourages individual thinking and creative looks at how things can be in a corporate culture, where dollars and cents are more important than pressing forward and being truly innovative. There is not a business where this sort of creativity cannot be applied.
      Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • Tells the Enron story halfway
      • Comprehensive Character List and Complex Issues
      • How easily the "system" failed.
      • Couldn't put it down!
      • This review is for the audio cds
      Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story
      Kurt Eichenwald
      Manufacturer: Broadway
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Paperback

      Company ProfilesCompany Profiles | Biography & History | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      Oil & EnergyOil & Energy | Industries & Professions | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      Conspiracy TheoriesConspiracy Theories | Current Events | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
      True CrimeTrue Crime | True Accounts | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
      Similar Items:
      1. Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
      2. The Informant: A True Story The Informant: A True Story
      3. Disney War Disney War
      4. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
      5. Serpent on the Rock Serpent on the Rock

      ASIN: 0767911792
      Release Date: 2005-12-27

      Amazon.com

      Enron was a $100-billion-a-year company in October 2001--America's seventh-largest. The Houston-based energy firm enjoyed warm ties with newly installed President George W. Bush. Earnings were up 26 percent from the previous quarter, while Fortune magazine had named Enron the country's most innovative company six years in a row. Less than two months later, Enron filed for bankruptcy in the biggest corporate failure in history. Enron became synonymous with the greed and fraud of the go-go high-tech stock bubble of the late 1990s--the worst of a series of spectacular corporate collapses that also took down WorldCom, Tyco, and Global Crossing.

      What went wrong? Veteran New York Times financial journalist Kurt Eichenwald does an epic job of telling Enron's story in his 742-page tome Conspiracy of Fools. Eichenwald, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2000, also authored The Informant, an acclaimed account of a vast international price-fixing scandal at Archer Daniels Midland. Conspiracy of Fools tells the Enron tale with a cinematic narrative style, relying almost exclusively on scene and dialogue to bring his account to vivid life. We see how federal regulators opened the doors for the Enron fraud early on when they let the company loosen up its accounting rules and essentially cook its books. We read how Enron bullied Wall Street firms into issuing favorable reports about its share price by threatening to take away lucrative banking fees. Eichenwald also reveals how Enron manipulated electricity prices during the California energy crisis of 2000. Eichenwald's book is less successful in situating the Enron debacle in its wider context--the cycle of market speculation that reached a historic summit in the dot-com bubble. Was Enron just a cautionary sign of the greed and lack of ethics of a few bad apples, or was it more symptomatic of an entire market system? That may be a debate for another book. --Alex Roslin

      Book Description

      From an award-winning New York Times reporter comes the full, mind-boggling story of the lies, crimes, and ineptitude behind the spectacular scandal that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever . . .

      Download Description

      In 2000, when The Informant was published, few would’ve imagined that a story about price fixing at Archer Daniels Midland could be as un–put–downable as the best crime fiction. Yet critics—and consumers—agreed: The New York Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald had taken the stuff of dry business reporting and turned it into an unparalleled page–turner. With Conspiracy of Fools, Eichenwald has done it again.

      Say the name “Enron” and most people believe they’ve heard all about the story that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever. But in the hands of Kurt Eichenwald, the players we think we know and the business practices we think have been exposed are transformed into entirely new—and entirely gripping—material. The cast includes but is not limited to George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Paul O’Neill, Harvey Pitt, Colin Powell, Gray Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alan Greenspan, Ken Lay, Andy Fastow, Jeff Skilling, Bill Clinton, Rupert Murdoch, and Michael Eisner. Providing a you–are–there glimpse behind closed doors in the executive suites of the Enron Corporation, the Texas governor’s mansion, the Justice Department, and even the Oval Office, Conspiracy of Fools is an all–true financial and political thriller of cinematic proportions.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Tells the Enron story halfway.......2007-10-10

      I really enjoyed "Conspiracy of Fools," although it feels as if it only told half of the story about Enron's collapse, ending before the plea deals and convictions of the company's top executives. The book traces the history of the company and its chairman, Ken Lay, describing his early innovations in launching a market for natural gas during a time when the industry was being deregulated. It then describes the rise of company president, Jeff Skilling, a former consultant at McKinsey & Co. and graduate of Harvard Business School, and his role in advancing the career of Andrew Fastow, Enron's CFO. While the book is sympathetic to Lay (portraying him as an unwitting victim of the company's collapse) and less so to Skilling (portraying him as a tortured alcoholic who urged underlyings to cook the company's books to gin up earnings), it portrays Fastow for the crook that he was. Not only was Fastow completely incompetent as a corporate CFO, but he also schemed and schemed and schemed for his personal enrichment, and surrounded his greedy self with other willing participants in his financial machinations (including Michael Kopper and his boyfriend, wife Lea Fastow, treasurer Ben Glisan Jr., chief accounting officer Richard Causey, chief risk officer Richard Buy, executive vice president J. Clifford Baxter, executive Kenneth Rice, and lawyer Kristina Mordaunt). The head of Enron's international group, Rebecca Mark, is portrayed as an incompetent spendthrift. Meanwhile, Arthur Andersen was populated with dunderheads, including David Duncan, who kowtowed to Enron's every wish, and lawyer Nancy Temple, who ordered the mass shredding of Enron-related documents. Merrill Lynch fired its oil analyst, John Olson, because Enron didn't like his stock opinions and wanted Enron's banking business, according to the book. Enron's law firm of Vinson & Elkins appears particularly incompetent and all too willing to assist Enron in cooking its books. Three money-grubbing bankers from Greenwich NatWest, Giles Darby, David Bermingham, and Gary Mulgrew, also participated in a plan to steal money from their company while helping Fastow, according to the book (the three were later extradited to the United States to face a criminal trial).

      One of the book's shortcomings is its descriptions of links between Enron executives and members of the Bush administration, as if to suggest that Republicans are somehow implicated in Enron's internal problems. Ultimately, there are no bombshells to report. If anything, the moral vacuousness of Enron's executives has more in common with President Clinton's mendacity and the vapidity of the dot-com and telecom stock bubbles, an age when fantasy completely trumped reality. The Bush administration and U.S. taxpayers were left to clean up the mess.

      Eichenwald's book climaxes with the bankruptcy filing of Enron, but the criminal trials of key executives had yet to occur (and Lay died of a heart attack in 1996). Thus, the book feels somewhat anticlimactic.

      Another book, "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," is much more critical of Skilling and Lay's managerial shortcomings, whereas "Conspiracy of Fools" is most critical of Fastow and his use of off-balance-sheet special-purpose entities to move debt from Enron's balance sheet and to enrich himself and his coterie of spineless miscreants.

      4 out of 5 stars Comprehensive Character List and Complex Issues.......2007-08-04

      Without going in to great detail about the book - I am sure we all know it dealt with the collapse of one of corporate Americas' big swingers. The book contained quite a deal of information about events from inside Enron. I guess the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was because the author had a way of really annoying me by trying to write the book as a novel (in places). I look forward to the movie - hopefully the ending is better for the investors.

      4 out of 5 stars How easily the "system" failed........2007-07-28

      You will be amazed at how Enron was able to frustrate every check and balance in place in American Finance. The SEC, individual and institutional investors, auditors, lawyers, accountants, rating agencies, banks, creditors, peers, and even insiders were blindsided by a couple of smart but foolhardy executives who were willing to exploit every loophole in the name of manufacturing *profits* (and not products).

      All in all a very readable and addictive book.

      5 out of 5 stars Couldn't put it down!.......2007-06-24

      I do *not* have a high degree of financial acumen, but this book laid out what was really wrong with Enron in a thoroughly engaging manner. I couldn't put it down, and I finally understand the financial reasons for the collapse, not just managerial incompetence...which was EPIC, by the way.

      1 out of 5 stars This review is for the audio cds.......2007-06-16

      I borrowed these cds from the library because I'm interested in corporate governance and case studies. I'm not an expert on Enron, but this felt like fiction from the first couple of minutes. When the narrator speaks for Ken Lay, he uses a deep, fatherly voice. Andy Fastow's voice is whiny and child-like. Its content is obviously biased and selective. So from a factual standpoint, I'm not learning a heck of a lot.
      As fiction, it's way too long at 25 cds; should be abridged by about 2/3. There's just not that much content, and it's often painful to listen to. If I didn't have a one-hour commute to fill, I'd have given up on it hours ago.
      I highly recommend The Smartest Guys in the Room instead.
      Fools Rush In : Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Unmaking of AOL Time Warner
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • A Must Have !
      • Can You Tell a Book by Its Cover?
      • Eye opener for small investors
      • Great for reflection
      • Overpriced and overhyped
      Fools Rush In : Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Unmaking of AOL Time Warner
      Nina Munk
      Manufacturer: Collins
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Hardcover

      GeneralGeneral | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
      BusinessBusiness | Professionals & Academics | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
      Company ProfilesCompany Profiles | Biography & History | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      CommunicationsCommunications | Skills | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      Consolidation & MergerConsolidation & Merger | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      ManagementManagement | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      Similar Items:
      1. Stealing Time: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner Stealing Time: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner
      2. Applied Mergers and Acquisitions (Wiley Finance) Applied Mergers and Acquisitions (Wiley Finance)
      3. There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere: The AOL Time Warner Debacle and the Quest for the Digital Future There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere: The AOL Time Warner Debacle and the Quest for the Digital Future
      4. Master of the Game: Steve Ross and the Creation of Time Warner Master of the Game: Steve Ross and the Creation of Time Warner
      5. aol.com: How Steve Case Beat Bill Gates, Nailed the Netheads, and Made Millions in the War for the Web aol.com: How Steve Case Beat Bill Gates, Nailed the Netheads, and Made Millions in the War for the Web

      ASIN: 0060540346
      Release Date: 2004-01-06

      Product Description

      Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: HarperBusiness (January 1, 2004) ISBN: 0060540346 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches Fools Rush In is the definitive account of one of the greatest fiascos in the history of corporate America. In a narrative fraught with drama, Nina Munk reveals the overweening ambition and moral posturing that brought down the Deal of the Century. With painstaking reporting and the remarkable eye for detail she's known for, Munk lays out, step by step, the anatomy of a debacle. Irreverent, witty, and iconoclastic, she sees through it all brilliantly. "As in all great Greek tragedies, you knew the plot before it played out," one perceptive insider told Munk on the subject of the AOL Time Warner deal; "you knew who'd be sacrificed at the altar." Here's what we discover in Fools Rush In: In their single-minded quest for power, Steve Case and Jerry Levin were at each other's throats even before the deal was announced. Bob Pittman was regarded! as a "windup CEO" by Case, and viewed as a hustler by just about everyone at Time Warner. Ted Turner underestimated Jerry Levin's ruthlessness badly. And Levin himself, convinced he was creating a great legacy comparable to that of Time Inc.'s founder, Henry Luce, refused to acknowledge the obvious: that, with a remarkable sense of timing, Steve Case had used grossly inflated Internet paper to buy Time Warner.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars A Must Have !.......2006-01-10

      You don't have to be interested in AOL, Time Warner or their merger to read this book! This is a classic tale in American history of what happens when everyone thinks they are the only one with an idea and forgets that to make a company work, there must, under no uncertain terms be Teamwork. Any company already in existence, any company about to be formed, any company about to merge, any company thinking about merging, any business person, any person entering a business field ... oh forget it - anyone on the face of the earth should read this book and their knowledge of America and its business practices would vastly improve their ability to navigate through it.

      4 out of 5 stars Can You Tell a Book by Its Cover?.......2005-02-22

      Having read Stealing Time by Alec Klein, I was sure that I didn't want to read another book about the AOL-Time Warner fiasco. But then I happened to see the cover of this book at the library and couldn't resist its delightful cover. And I'm glad that the cover drew me in.

      Ms. Munk has written a delightful story of the world's worst large merger that features lots of texture about the key players (especially Gerry Levin) and is written in a simple, effective style. Her book has more balance than the Klein book which emphasizes the sales and accounting legerdemain at AOL.

      One of the book's most engaging qualities is that it is filled with powerful and interesting quotes from the participants and the observers.

      I have had the opportunity to observe Time Warner in the past as a consultant, and I was struck that Ms. Munk did well in capturing the management style of the company and its reclusive CEO, Mr. Levin.

      I would have rated the book higher except that this report still leaves the central mystery of AOL-Time Warner unexplained . . . why didn't anyone at Time Warner or its advisors figure out that AOL's profit success was based on a three-card Monte game before the deal was announced? Either people were bought off or they were monumentally stupid. Getting to the bottom of that mystery will have to await yet another book on this subject, I'm afraid. Ms. Munk puts it down to Mr. Levin's "big-picture, don't-bother-me-with-the-details" mentality.

      If you want smooth, easy reading that gets most of the facts right, this book is a good choice. I particularly commend this book to students who are learning about how to make (and more importantly, not to make) acquisitions. If you mainly want to know about the AOL shenanigans, I suggest Stealing Time instead.

      3 out of 5 stars Eye opener for small investors.......2004-12-08

      Munk's book reads like a fast paced novel and is easy enough to understand. It has not received the publicity of books like 'Good to Great' although in many ways it provides fundamental information on how big business is really conducted- for the benefit of pushy and powerful owners, managers and special interests.

      Read this book to get real insight into how compliant board members and clueless senior management can wreck your 401K account. If an insider like Ted Turner could lose $ 8 billion in a three year period, where does it leave Joe Blow who plans to retire on his stock market investments?

      Munk's book surprised even a cynic like myself- how could 2 persons deceive and mislead so many professionals and investors and evaporate $ 200 billion in less than 3 years? If this story does not provoke actionable investigations into the effectivness of oversight and toothlessnes of the legal system (to protect investors), I am not sure what will. In this regard, it is a very valuable read.

      5 out of 5 stars Great for reflection.......2004-11-05

      I really liked this book. As a former participant of the crazy ways of carrying out business during the Internet hype, I think Nina Munk captured the essence of what drove so many people to act irrationally. She is objective, thorough and able to take the reader through a smooth ride across the AOL story.

      3 out of 5 stars Overpriced and overhyped.......2004-05-22

      This is an article masquerading as a book. When the price drops to the price of a newsstand magazine, as the towering remainder pile suggests it will any day now, pick up a copy. Until then, read the Vanity Fair excerpt.
      The Corporate Fool
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Very refreshing and worthy of reading.
      The Corporate Fool
      David Firth , and Alan Leigh
      Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Paperback

      GeneralGeneral | Business Life | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Organizational Behavior | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      LeadershipLeadership | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      MotivationalMotivational | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
      ASIN: 1900961512

      Book Description

      "A fascinating, thought-provoking and entertainingly written book - a must for anyone who wants to have a stab at upturning the corporate status quo and inspiring some creative, questioning and excitingly unconventional behaviors. This book could be dangerous for people who take themselves too seriously.…" Justin Ockenden Director, Cambridge Technology Partners, New York "A bible on leadership. For, iconoclasts, renegades, and pranksters that want to impact their organization - whether they stand at the bottom or the top." Bryan Finkel Managing Director, Technology Venture Management

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Very refreshing and worthy of reading........1998-12-28

      This book does not deserve to be that low on the sales rank. It's fresh, it's about looking with a different perspective at business. If you like Tom Peters, you'l definetly like this one.
      Corporate Fools
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        Corporate Fools
        Joseph, L. Piot
        Manufacturer: Xlibris Corporation
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Paperback

        ContemporaryContemporary | General | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
        ASIN: 1425761143
        Fort Smith fools mother nature; $25 million Beverly Corporate Center expected to boost downtown.: An article from: Arkansas Business
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          Fort Smith fools mother nature; $25 million Beverly Corporate Center expected to boost downtown.: An article from: Arkansas Business
          Simon Lee
          Manufacturer: Journal Publishing, Inc.
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Digital

          GeneralGeneral | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
          GeneralGeneral | Business & Investing | Subjects | e-Docs | Formats | Books
          ASIN: B00097RDFO
          Release Date: 2005-07-28

          Book Description

          This digital document is an article from Arkansas Business, published by Journal Publishing, Inc. on July 28, 1997. The length of the article is 1826 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

          Citation Details
          Title: Fort Smith fools mother nature; $25 million Beverly Corporate Center expected to boost downtown.
          Author: Simon Lee
          Publication: Arkansas Business (Magazine/Journal)
          Date: July 28, 1997
          Publisher: Journal Publishing, Inc.
          Volume: v14 Issue: n30 Page: p1(2)

          Distributed by Thomson Gale

          Simulation Games and Learning in Production Management (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing)
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            Simulation Games and Learning in Production Management (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing)

            Manufacturer: Springer
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Hardcover

            GeneralGeneral | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
            Management ScienceManagement Science | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
            Production & OperationsProduction & Operations | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
            Quality ControlQuality Control | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
            Production, Operation & ManagementProduction, Operation & Management | Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems | Engineering | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
            All TitlesAll Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
            Business & InvestingBusiness & Investing | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
            ProfessionalProfessional | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
            ASIN: 0412721007

            Book Description

            Over the last few years, games of different types have been successfully used in the teaching of production management and in the introduction of new planning methods and systems in industrial enterprises. Games have been used to explain the dynamic nature of production management and for testing new planning principles. Company-specific games have recently been involved as part of developing new production management systems.
            Simulation Games and Learning in Production Management. (book reviews): An article from: IIE Transactions
            Average customer rating: Not rated
              Simulation Games and Learning in Production Management. (book reviews): An article from: IIE Transactions
              W. David Kelton
              Manufacturer: Institute of Industrial Engineers, Inc. (IIE)
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Digital
              ASIN: B0009864SK
              Release Date: 2005-07-28

              Book Description

              This digital document is an article from IIE Transactions, published by Institute of Industrial Engineers, Inc. (IIE) on March 1, 1998. The length of the article is 755 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

              Citation Details
              Title: Simulation Games and Learning in Production Management. (book reviews)
              Author: W. David Kelton
              Publication: IIE Transactions (Refereed)
              Date: March 1, 1998
              Publisher: Institute of Industrial Engineers, Inc. (IIE)
              Volume: v30 Issue: n3 Page: p283(2)

              Article Type: Book Review

              Distributed by Thomson Gale

              Books:

              1. Expense Analysis: Condominiums, Cooperatives & Planned Unit Developments 1997 (Serial)
              2. Family Trusts : Financial Errors in Trusts, How to Avoid and Correct Them, Provide for Your Family, Save Taxes, Protect Your Assets and Avoid Probate (Second Edition)
              3. Fao Trade Yearbook, 1996 (Fao Trade Yearbook/Annuaire Fao Du Commerce/Anuario Fao De Comercie)
              4. Free trade agreements: impact on U.S. trade and implications for U.S. trade policy.(Table)(Report): An article from: Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs
              5. General Guidelines for Developing the Tourism Satellite Account (Tsa): Measuring Total Tourism Demand
              6. Global Market Share Planner: World Leading Global Brand Owners (Golbal Market Share Planner, Volume 3)
              7. Harris Arkansas Manufacturers Directory 2005 (Arkansas Manufacturers Directory)
              8. High-Performance Work Organizations: Definitions, Practices, and an Annotated Bibliography
              9. History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
              10. Inside the Tornado: Strategies for Developing, Leveraging, and Surviving Hypergrowth Markets (Collins Business Essentials)

              Books Index

              Books Home

              Recommended Books

              1. Statistics for Management and Economics
              2. La frontera / Borderlands
              3. Droll Science: Being a Treasury of Whimsical Characters, Laboratory Levity, and Scholarly Follies
              4. Fodor's Los Angeles 2007: With Disneyland and Orange County
              5. History: Fiction or Science
              6. Love for Sale
              7. Great Bears of Hyder Ak & Stewart Bc: The World's Greatest Bear Display That You Can Get to by C
              8. Design Verification with e
              9. Annual Report Project to accompany Principles and Financial
              10. Downers Grove