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The Dumbest Moments in Business History: Useless Products, Ruinous Deals, Clueless Bosses, and Other Signs of Unintelligent Life in the Workplace
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Nicholas Brealey
Publication date
May 20, 2004
Pages
208
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781857883510
ISBN-10
1857883519
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.62 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$16.35
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Culled from the archives of 'Business 2.0' magazine, these tales of the outrageous, ridiculous, hilarious, and just plain dumb things that happen in the world of business, include the launch of 'New Coke' and a videogame maker that planned to put advertising on real gravestones.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: When the stakes are high and there are important decisions to make, you can count on...well, no one in this book, anyway. This is a dazzling compilation of incompetent fools and their humiliating screwups. Grouped by theme - bosses gone bad, criminally creative accounting, etc. - The Dumbest Moments in Business History is a fun and funny look at the big-time ways that big-time companies have screwed up through the decades.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Nicholas Brealey (May 20, 2004); titled "The Dumbest Moments in Business History: Useless Products, Ruinous Deals, Clueless Bosses, and Other Signs of Unintelligent Life in the Workplace"
9781857883510 | details & prices | 208 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.62 lbs | List price $16.35
About: Culled from the archives of 'Business 2.
About: Culled from the archives of 'Business 2.
from Portfolio (February 1, 2004); titled "The Dumbest Moments in Business History: Useless Products, Ruinous Deals, Clueless Bosses, and Other Signs of Unintelligent Life in the Workplace"
9781591840350 | details & prices | 208 pages | 5.50 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $19.95
About: Organized according to such themes as 'Bosses Gone Bad' or 'Criminally Creative Accounting,' a look inside the follies of the business world examines ruinous deals, highly unsuccessful products, and miserable ad campaigns.
About: Organized according to such themes as 'Bosses Gone Bad' or 'Criminally Creative Accounting,' a look inside the follies of the business world examines ruinous deals, highly unsuccessful products, and miserable ad campaigns.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Portfolio (December 1, 2004)
9781591840671 | details & prices | 161 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.25 in. | 0.32 lbs | List price $13.00
About: Organized according to such themes as 'Bosses Gone Bad' or 'Criminally Creative Accounting,' this entertaining look inside the follies and foibles of the business world examines ruinous deals, highly unsuccessful products, miserable ad campaigns, and other corporate screw ups.
About: Organized according to such themes as 'Bosses Gone Bad' or 'Criminally Creative Accounting,' this entertaining look inside the follies and foibles of the business world examines ruinous deals, highly unsuccessful products, miserable ad campaigns, and other corporate screw ups.
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