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The Number: How the Drive for Quarterly Earnings Corrupted Wall Street and Corporate America
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House Inc
Publication date
March 1, 2003
Pages
274
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780375508806
ISBN-10
0375508805
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.75 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.15 lbs.
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$24.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Examines how companies have put too much emphasis on 'the number,' companies' quarterly earnings, and lost track of their true purpose of building profititable businesses, which has led to accounting fraud and the recent corporate scandals.
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Hardcover
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1 edition from Random House Inc (March 1, 2003)
9780375508806 | details & prices | 274 pages | 6.75 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $24.95
About: Examines how companies have put too much emphasis on 'the number,' companies' quarterly earnings, and lost track of their true purpose of building profititable businesses, which has led to accounting fraud and the recent corporate scandals.
About: Examines how companies have put too much emphasis on 'the number,' companies' quarterly earnings, and lost track of their true purpose of building profititable businesses, which has led to accounting fraud and the recent corporate scandals.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Random House Inc (April 1, 2004)
9780812966251 | details & prices | 320 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Analyzes accounting practices that led to scandals at such companies as Enron and WorldCom, profiling the American bull market that began in 1982 and tracing the events and deceptions that culminated in misleading Wall Street quarterly reports.
About: Analyzes accounting practices that led to scandals at such companies as Enron and WorldCom, profiling the American bull market that began in 1982 and tracing the events and deceptions that culminated in misleading Wall Street quarterly reports.
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