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Icarus in the Boardroom: The Fundamental Flaws in Corporate America and Where They Came From - Law and Current Events Masters Skeel, David, Jr. (Professor, Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School)
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Icarus in the Boardroom: The Fundamental Flaws in Corporate America and Where They Came From - Law and Current Events Masters
Skeel, David, Jr. (Professor, Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School)
Americans have always loved risktakers. Like the Icarus of ancient Greek lore, however, even the most talented entrepreneurs can overstep their bounds. All too often, the very qualities that make Icaran executives special- self-confidence, visionary insight, and extreme competitiveness-spur them to take misguided and even illegal chances. The Icaran failure of an ordinary entrepreneur isn't headline news. But put Icarus in the corporate boardroom and, as DavidSkeel vividly demonstrates, the ripple effects can be profound. Today's business environment poses unprecedented perils for the average American as for the first time ever, more than half of Americans now own stock. Identifying the problems of the past, Skeel offers a strikingly new diagnosis of thefundamental flaws in corporate America today, and of what can be done to fix them.
260 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 20, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195310177 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 264 |
| Dimensions | 129 × 201 × 18 mm · 272 g |
| Language | English |
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