The Number

The Number How the Drive for Quarterly Earnings Corrupted Wall Street and Corporate America

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Publisher's Synopsis

Examines how companies have put too much emphasis on "the number," companies' quarterly earnings, and lost track of their true purpose of building profititable businesses, which has led to accounting fraud and the recent corporate scandals.

Book information

ISBN: 9780375508806
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Random House
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 364.168
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 274
Weight: 531g
Height: 246mm
Width: 160mm
Spine width: 29mm