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An account of the rise and fall of Enron draws on a wide range of sources while revealing the contributions of lesser-known participants in the scandal.

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9781591840084, titled "Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron" | Portfolio, September 1, 2003, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: An account of the rise and fall of Enron draws on a wide range of sources while revealing the contributions of lesser-known participants in the scandal.

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9781591846604 | Reprint edition (Portfolio, November 26, 2013), cover price $20.00
9781591840534 | Reprint edition (Portfolio, September 28, 2004), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: An account of the rise and fall of Enron, written by award-winning Fortune investigative reporters, draws on a wide range of sources while revealing the contributions of lesser-known participants in the scandal.

In a fast-paced, narrative exposé, two Wall Street Journal journalists reveal the financial machinations and deceit that led to the 2001 fall of Enron, offering an inside look at the investigative process that led to the discovery of the truth about the company's financial losses and their corrupt accounting practices. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

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9780060520748 | Reprint edition (Harperbusiness, October 1, 2004), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: In a fast-paced, narrative exposé, two Wall Street Journal journalists reveal the financial machinations and deceit that led to the 2001 fall of Enron, offering an inside look at the investigative process that led to the discovery of the truth about the company's financial losses and their corrupt accounting practices.

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Follows the story of Enron from the perspective of the vice president who exposed its illegal practices, tracing how its 'anything-goes' culture led to its being hailed a model company and recounting its highly publicized collapse. Reprint.

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9781422350522 | Diane Pub Co, June 30, 2003, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: “They’re still trying to hide the weenie,” thought Sherron Watkins as she read a newspaper clipping about Enron two weeks before Christmas, 2001.
9780385507875 | 1 edition (Doubleday, March 1, 2003), cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Follows the story of Enron from the perspective of the vice president who exposed its illegal practices, tracing how its 'anything goes' culture led to its being hailed a model company and recounting its highly publicized collapse.

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9780767913683 | Reprint edition (Crown Pub, March 9, 2004), cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Follows the story of Enron from the perspective of the vice president who exposed its illegal practices, tracing how its 'anything-goes' culture led to its being hailed a model company and recounting its highly publicized collapse.

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9780553756364 | Abridged edition (Random House, March 1, 2003), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Follows the story of Enron from the perspective of the vice president who exposed its illegal practices, tracing how its 'anything goes' culture led to its being hailed a model company and recounting its highly publicized collapse.

A vivid chronicle of corporate misdeeds charts the spectacular ascent and infamous collapse of the Enron corporation. 100,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo.

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9780471237600 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, October 8, 2002, cover price $47.50 | About this edition: A chronicle of corporate misdeeds charts the spectacular ascent and infamous collapse of the Enron corporation.

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9780471478881 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, December 22, 2003, cover price $19.95

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9780471432203 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, January 30, 2004, cover price $37.95 | About this edition: A vivid chronicle of corporate misdeeds charts the spectacular ascent and infamous collapse of the Enron corporation.

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Identifies the missteps that the author believes contributed to the downfall of the former retail leader, recounting the company's history, questionable CEO practices including technology resistance and brand mismanagement, and the observations of contacts within the business community. (view table of contents)

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9780471435938 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, August 4, 2003, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Identifies the missteps that the author believes contributed to the downfall of the former retail leader, recounting the company's history, questionable CEO practices, and the observations of contacts within the business community.

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9780471481188, titled "Kmarts Ten Deadly Sins: How Incompetence Tainted an American Icon" | John Wiley & Sons Inc, August 8, 2003, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Identifies the missteps that the author believes contributed to the downfall of the former retail leader, recounting the company's history, questionable CEO practices including technology resistance and brand mismanagement, and the observations of contacts within the business community.

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Chronicles the fall of Enron in 2001 due to the investigative process of two reporters who were able to uncover the truth about the company's financial losses.

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9780060520731 | Harperbusiness, August 1, 2003, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Chronicles the fall of Enron in 2001 due to the investigative process of two reporters who were able to uncover the truth about the company's financial losses.

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Chronicles the short life and quick demise of the 'Business Week of the Internet economy,' the publishing phenomenon founded in 1998 that generated more than $200 million in revenue but was gone, along with the dot-com boom, by 2001.

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9781586481292 | 1st edition (Public Affairs, January 1, 2003), cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Chronicles the short life and quick demise of the 'Business Week of the Internet economy,' the publishing phenomenon founded in 1998 that generated more than $200 million in revenue but was gone, along with the dot-com boom, by 2001.

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Product Description: Preface; Enron: A Select Chronology of Congressional, Corporate, and Government Activities; Enron and Stock Analyst Objectivity; Soft Money, Allegations of Political Corruption, and Enron; Enron: Selected Securities, Accounting, and Pension Laws Possibly Implicated in Its Collapse; The Enron Collapse: An Overview of Financial Issues; Auditing and Its Regulators: Proposals for Reform after Enron; Enron's Banking Relationships and Congressional Repeal of Statutes Separating Bank Lending from Investment Banking; Enron Bankruptcy: Issues for Financial Oversight; The Enron Bankruptcy and Employer Stock in Retirement Plans; Enron and Taxes; Title vs Enron Corp...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9781590334607 | Nova Science Pub Inc, September 1, 2002, cover price $69.00 | About this edition: Preface; Enron: A Select Chronology of Congressional, Corporate, and Government Activities; Enron and Stock Analyst Objectivity; Soft Money, Allegations of Political Corruption, and Enron; Enron: Selected Securities, Accounting, and Pension Laws Possibly Implicated in Its Collapse; The Enron Collapse: An Overview of Financial Issues; Auditing and Its Regulators: Proposals for Reform after Enron; Enron's Banking Relationships and Congressional Repeal of Statutes Separating Bank Lending from Investment Banking; Enron Bankruptcy: Issues for Financial Oversight; The Enron Bankruptcy and Employer Stock in Retirement Plans; Enron and Taxes; Title vs Enron Corp.

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Product Description: Not long ago, the world was awash with venture capital in search of the next Yahoo! or Amazon.com. No product, no experience, no technology, no business plan -- no problem. You could still get $40 million from investors to start up your dot-com...read more

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9780743228626 | Simon & Schuster, April 1, 2002, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Offers an insider's perspective on the waste, greed, and stupidity of more than two hundred e-commerce failures.

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9781416577935 | Simon & Schuster, September 21, 2007, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Not long ago, the world was awash with venture capital in search of the next Yahoo!

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A respected business historian explores the failures of such companies as Schwinn, Korvette's, RCA, and Pabst, discussing the pivotal mistakes, management missteps, and product failures that led industry leading into precipitous and sometimes fatal declines. 10,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

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9780735200593 | Prentice Hall Pr, June 1, 1999, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Explores the failures of companies such as Schwinn, Korvette's, RCA, and Pabst, discussing pivotal mistakes, management missteps, and product failures that led industry leading into precipitous and sometimes fatal declines

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Product Description: Explores the principles and strategies certain American and international companies have implemented, and looks at the varied results these strategies have produced. Among the companies examined are McDonald's, Federal Express, DeLorean Motor Company, Woolworth and Coca Cola.

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9780135589663 | 2 sub edition (Prentice Hall, August 1, 1990), cover price $30.80 | About this edition: Explores the principles and strategies certain American and international companies have implemented, and looks at the varied results these strategies have produced.

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