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The smartest guys in the room : the amazing rise and scandalous fall of Enron / Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind.

McLean, Bethany. (Author). Elkind, Peter. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 1591840082
  • ISBN: 9781591840084
  • Physical Description: xxv, 435 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Portfolio, 2003.

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General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Our Values xix -- 1. Lunch on a Silver Platter 1 -- 2. "Please Keep Making Us Millions" 15 -- 3. "We Were the Apostles" 27 -- 4. First Prima Donna 44 -- 5. Guys with Spikes 55 -- 6. Empress of Energy 70 -- 7. The 15 Percent Solution 85 -- 8. A Recipe for Disaster 100 -- 9. Klieg-Light Syndrome 114 -- 10. Hotel Kenneth-Lay-a 132 -- 11. Andy Fastow's Secrets 150 -- 12. Big Enchilada 171 -- 13. "An Unnatural Act" 189 -- 14. Beating Heart of Enron 212 -- 15. Everybody Loves Enron 229 -- 16. When Pigs Could Fly 246 -- 17. Gaming California 264 -- 18. Bandwidth Hog 284 -- 19. "Ask Why, Asshole" 313 -- 20. "I Want to Resign" 337 -- 21. The $45 Million Question 352 -- 22. "We Have No Cash!" 378 -- Epilogue: Isn't Anybody Sorry? 406.

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Subject:
Enron Corp. > History.
Energy industries > Corrupt practices > United States.
Business failures > United States > Case studies.
Business failures > United States > Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.

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