Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
It's an all too common scenario: A great company breaks from the pack; the analysts are in love, the smiling CEO appears on the cover of BusinessWeek and Fortune, the stock soars. Two years later, the company is in flames, the CEO is under attack, and the stock has tanked. Why does this sort of thing keep happening at respectable companies like Motorola, Quaker, and Sony, all of which have very smart, hard-working senior executives? And how can you tell if it's about to happen at your own company? Why Smart Executives Fail answers these and many more crucial questions. Sydney Finkelstein, a distinguished professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, carried out a six-year study of leadership failure, the largest of its kind. After hundreds of interviews with insiders at top companies that got into major trouble—such as GM, Mattel, and RiteAid—Finkelstein figured out the common causes behind failures in wildly different types of companies. He...
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
Previews available in: English
Showing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Why Smart Executives Fail
2009, Penguin USA, Inc.
Electronic resource
in English
1101111399 9781101111390
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
Why smart executives fail: and what you can learn from their mistakes
2004, Portfolio
in English
1591840104 9781591840107
|
eeee
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
Why Smart Executives Fail: And What You Can Learn from Their Mistakes
May 25, 2004, Portfolio Trade
Paperback
in English
1591840457 9781591840459
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
4
Why Smart Executives Fail: And What You Can Learn from Their Mistakes
May 29, 2003, Portfolio Hardcover
Hardcover
in English
1591840104 9781591840107
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
First Sentence
"You've seen them on the covers of Forbes, Fortune, and BusinessWeek."
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Excerpts
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?December 17, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
August 1, 2020 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
July 22, 2019 | Edited by MARC Bot | remove fake subjects |
October 8, 2017 | Edited by MARC Bot | merge duplicate works of 'Why smart executives fail' |
July 13, 2011 | Created by ImportBot | import new book |