Icarus in the boardroom :

Skeel, David A., Jr., 1961-

Icarus in the boardroom : the fundamental flaws in corporate America and where they came from / David Skeel. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - viii, 250 pages ; 22 cm. - Law and current events masters .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-234) and index.

Jay Cooke and the birth of America's first large scale corporations -- The gilded age and the crisis of competition -- Icarus meets the New Deal -- "I want to be like Mike" : LBO's and the new corporate governance -- Enron, WorldCom, and the transformation of Icarus -- "The most sweeping securities law reforms since the New Deal" -- "We have met the corporation and it is us."

9780195310177 0195310179

2004009677

HD2785 / .S437 2005

338.0973