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The titans of M&A The titans of M&A Brett Cole "In M & A Titans, financial journalist Brett Cole offers you a rare look inside the world of mergers and acquisitions by deconstructing some of Wall Street's most important players within this field … OL11892264W
Direct from Dell Direct from Dell Michael Dell The founder of Dell Inc. (now Dell Technologies) recounts the story of his thriving high-tech company and the strategies that have made it so successful and competitive. OL11983156W
Called to account Called to account Paul M. Clikeman Accounting fraud and how it has affected business practices both in the U.S. and internationally has never been of greater importance than it is now. Called to Account describes fourteen financial fr… OL11983854W
Perfect enough Perfect enough George Anders Recruited in 1999 to run Hewlett-Packard, the legendary company that helped invent Silicon Valley, Carly Fiorina promised big changes from the moment she arrived. For twenty years, she had consistent… OL15148912W
The Halliburton agenda The Halliburton agenda Dan Briody The author of the bestseller The Iron Triangle untangles a web of political back scratching in one of the world's most powerful companies Halliburton-a Texas oil-field company Dick Cheney ran before… OL16028817W
Executive roadmap to fraud prevention and internal control Executive roadmap to fraud prevention and internal control Martin T. Biegelman "How-to, authoritative guidance for creating a best-in-class fraud prevention and compliance program in any organizationNow in a Second Edition, this practical book helps corporate executives and man… OL16215876W
Pigs at the trough Pigs at the trough Huffington, Arianna Stassinopoulos "Wonderfully incendiary and right-headed . . .Huffington is mad as hell, and rightly so." --EsquireThe scathing and insightful New York Times bestseller, now updated to include the current economic c… OL1803692W
Who's running the nation? Who's running the nation? Kathlyn Gay Examines how large U.S. corporations can influence the activities of federal, state, and local governments. OL1846244W
Steal This Idea Steal This Idea Michael Perelman "Conventional wisdom argues that intellectual property rights are a necessary and powerful driver of economic progress. By shielding inventions and intellectual work from dangerous competition, these… OL1992867W
Dear chairman Dear chairman Jeff Gramm A sharp and illuminating history of one of capitalism’s longest running tensions—the conflicts of interest among public company directors, managers, and shareholders—told through entertaining case st… OL20022623W
Activist Director - Lessons from the Boardroom and the Future of the Corporation Activist Director - Lessons from the Boardroom and the Future of the Corporation Ira M. Millstein 1 online resource OL21143865W
Big Deal Big Deal Bruce Wasserstein Big Deal is a penetrating look at the world of mergers and acquisitions. Bruce Wasserstein has worked on over 1,000 deals and reveals the inside story of the billion dollar deals that shape America's… OL2725215W
Corporate Irresponsibility Corporate Irresponsibility Lawrence E. Mitchell "Corporations are often so focused on making short-term profits for their stockholders that they behave in ways that adversely affect their employees, the environment, consumers, American politics, a… OL2737641W
King of the Club King of the Club Charles Gasparino A Long Way to the TopRags-to-riches stories abound in American lore, but even Horatio Alger would have been hard-pressed to write one as powerful as Richard Grasso's: the son of a working-class famil… OL276853W
The twilight of American culture The twilight of American culture Morris Berman A prophetic examination of Western decline, The Twilight of American Culture provides one of the most caustic and surprising portraits of American society to date. Whether examining the corruption at… OL4648600W