Disconnected : deceit and betrayal at WorldCom / Lynne W. Jeter.
"Disconnected: Deceit and Betrayal at WorldCom provides you with a front row seat to the WorldCom disaster. Journalist Lynne Jeter uses her two decades of experience covering WorldCom, along with her inside connections as a longtime Mississippi business reporter, to examine how a company that c...
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| Hōputu: | Pukapuka |
| Reo: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
J. Wiley,
[2003]
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| Urunga tuihono: | Contributor biographical information |
| Whakarāpopototanga: | "Disconnected: Deceit and Betrayal at WorldCom provides you with a front row seat to the WorldCom disaster. Journalist Lynne Jeter uses her two decades of experience covering WorldCom, along with her inside connections as a longtime Mississippi business reporter, to examine how a company that created so much wealth was able to lose so much so quickly. Filled with financial details and anecdotes of the Runyonesque characters that created, and then all but destroyed, WorldCom, Disconnected takes you inside this telecom giant to explore: How CEO Bernie Ebbers parlayed ownership of a two-bit motel into stewardship of the nation's second-largest long-distance provider - and the world's largest Internet carrier; WorldCom's failed 2000 courtship of long-distance competitor Sprint, and how the details that emerged revealed the company's growing pains - and foreshadowed its eventual demise; and WorldCom's June 2002 revelation of overstated earnings, and the debacle of mistakes, missteps, and downright unethical management behavior that followed." "Much more than a simple corporate biography, Disconnected is a compelling narrative on winning big - and losing everything - on the stages of American and global business. It provides fresh insights into WorldCom's inner workings and corporate culture, while describing the social setting, religious influences, political gamesmanship, and cultural climate that drove the company and its leaders. Stories of Bernie Ebbers's laid-back workplace attitude share space with firsthand accounts of being reassured of your position over lunch with "the boss" - only to return to find your office locks changed and your possessions waiting in a cardboard box!"--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Whakaahutanga tūemi: | Originally published: 2003. |
| Whakaahuatanga ōkiko: | xxiv, 248 pages ; 24 cm |
| Rārangi puna kōrero: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-240) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0471647470 9780471647478 047142997X 9780471429975 |