🏚️ Corporate Collapses

Dramatic accounts of once-mighty companies brought to ruin, dissecting the cascading failures, willful blindness, and structural rot that precede the final fall.

Lights Out

by Thomas Gryta • 2020

GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.

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5k+

⚖️ Corporate Governance 🏢 Organizational Culture 📉 Corporate Decline 🧮 Earnings Manipulation 💰 Financial Engineering

Lights Out 93%

GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.

by Thomas Gryta 2020

3.92

5k+ ratings

⚖️ Corporate Governance 🏢 Organizational Culture 📉 Corporate Decline 🧮 Earnings Manipulation 💰 Financial Engineering

Power Failure

by William D. Cohan • 2022

The celebrated CEO playbook that made GE an icon also programmed its collapse.

4.28

2k+

🏢 Corporate History 💰 Financial Engineering 📖 Business Biography 📊 Earnings Management 📉 Organizational Decline

Power Failure 92%

The celebrated CEO playbook that made GE an icon also programmed its collapse.

by William D. Cohan 2022

4.28

2k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate History 💰 Financial Engineering 📖 Business Biography 📊 Earnings Management 📉 Organizational Decline

The Caesars Palace Coup

by Max Frumes • 2021

One casino, $24 billion in debt, and the holdout creditors who forced Apollo to pay.

4.05

4k+

🏢 Private Equity 💰 Leveraged Buyouts 📋 Corporate Governance 🕵️ Financial Investigations 📉 Distressed Investing

The Caesars Palace Coup 92%

One casino, $24 billion in debt, and the holdout creditors who forced Apollo to pay.

by Max Frumes 2021

4.05

4k+ ratings

🏢 Private Equity 💰 Leveraged Buyouts 📋 Corporate Governance 🕵️ Financial Investigations 📉 Distressed Investing

How The Mighty Fall

by Jim Collins • 2009

Success plants the seeds of collapse: five stages from arrogance to bankruptcy.

3.99

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🏚️ Corporate Decline 📊 Business Case Studies 😤 Hubris And Overreach 🔄 Turnarounds 📋 Evidence-Based Management

How The Mighty Fall 92%

Success plants the seeds of collapse: five stages from arrogance to bankruptcy.

by Jim Collins 2009

3.99

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Corporate Decline 📊 Business Case Studies 😤 Hubris And Overreach 🔄 Turnarounds 📋 Evidence-Based Management

The Smartest Guys in the Room

by Bethany McLean • 2003

Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.

4.22

28k+

🏢 Corporate Fraud 📊 Accounting Manipulation 🏛️ Corporate Governance 💼 Corporate Hubris 🏦 Wall Street Culture

The Smartest Guys in the Room 91%

Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.

by Bethany McLean 2003

4.22

28k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Fraud 📊 Accounting Manipulation 🏛️ Corporate Governance 💼 Corporate Hubris 🏦 Wall Street Culture

House of Cards

by William D. Cohan • 2009

A Wall Street titan on Wednesday, a two-dollar stock on Sunday: the unraveling of Bear Stearns.

3.94

7k+

📆 2008 Financial Crisis 🥂 Wall Street Culture 🏦 Investment Banks 💥 Corporate Collapse 💧 Leverage And Liquidity

House of Cards 91%

A Wall Street titan on Wednesday, a two-dollar stock on Sunday: the unraveling of Bear Stearns.

by William D. Cohan 2009

3.94

7k+ ratings

📆 2008 Financial Crisis 🥂 Wall Street Culture 🏦 Investment Banks 💥 Corporate Collapse 💧 Leverage And Liquidity

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One

by William K. Black • 1995

Bank CEOs were the biggest bank robbers, using deregulation to loot their own institutions.

4.06

185

🏦 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Accounting Fraud ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎲 Moral Hazard

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One Summary

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One 91%

Bank CEOs were the biggest bank robbers, using deregulation to loot their own institutions.

by William K. Black 1995

4.06

185 ratings

🏦 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Accounting Fraud ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎲 Moral Hazard

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense

by Lawrence G. McDonald • 2009

Lehman borrowed forty to one, bet on housing, and fired everyone who saw the crash coming.

3.91

3k+

🏦 Wall Street 💼 Investment Banking 📉 2008 Financial Crisis 💥 Corporate Collapse ⚠️ Toxic Leadership

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense Summary

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense 91%

Lehman borrowed forty to one, bet on housing, and fired everyone who saw the crash coming.

by Lawrence G. McDonald 2009

3.91

3k+ ratings

🏦 Wall Street 💼 Investment Banking 📉 2008 Financial Crisis 💥 Corporate Collapse ⚠️ Toxic Leadership

Going Infinite

by Michael Lewis • 2023

He saw people as math problems, built a $40 billion crypto empire, then watched it dissolve.

3.83

36k+

🪙 Crypto Collapse 💸 Financial Scandal 🌍 Effective Altruism 🧮 Bayesian Reasoning 👤 Character Study

Going Infinite 91%

He saw people as math problems, built a $40 billion crypto empire, then watched it dissolve.

by Michael Lewis 2023

3.83

36k+ ratings

🪙 Crypto Collapse 💸 Financial Scandal 🌍 Effective Altruism 🧮 Bayesian Reasoning 👤 Character Study

Reckless Endangerment

by Gretchen Morgenson • 2011

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

3.96

2k+

🏦 Financial Crises ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 🏚️ Subprime Lending 💰 Wall Street Excess 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Reckless Endangerment 91%

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

by Gretchen Morgenson 2011

3.96

2k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Crises ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 🏚️ Subprime Lending 💰 Wall Street Excess 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Rogue Trader

by Nick Leeson • 1996

A 233-year-old bank collapsed because one young trader was allowed to hide his own losses.

3.93

1k+

🔍 Financial Fraud 🏦 Banking Failures 📊 Derivatives Trading ⚠️ Risk Management 📝 Confession Memoirs

Rogue Trader 91%

A 233-year-old bank collapsed because one young trader was allowed to hide his own losses.

by Nick Leeson 1996

3.93

1k+ ratings

🔍 Financial Fraud 🏦 Banking Failures 📊 Derivatives Trading ⚠️ Risk Management 📝 Confession Memoirs

Too Big to Fail

by Andrew Ross Sorkin • 2009

The weekend Lehman fell: frantic phone calls, shattered egos, and a global economy on the brink.

4.16

44k+

🏦 Wall Street 📉 Financial Crises 💼 Investment Banking 🏛️ Government Bailouts 📊 Corporate Downfall

Too Big to Fail 91%

The weekend Lehman fell: frantic phone calls, shattered egos, and a global economy on the brink.

by Andrew Ross Sorkin 2009

4.16

44k+ ratings

🏦 Wall Street 📉 Financial Crises 💼 Investment Banking 🏛️ Government Bailouts 📊 Corporate Downfall

Money Men

by Dan McCrum • 2022

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

4.03

3k+

🏦 Corporate Fraud 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 📉 Short Sellers

Money Men 91%

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

by Dan McCrum 2022

4.03

3k+ ratings

🏦 Corporate Fraud 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 📉 Short Sellers

The Cult of We

by Eliot Brown • 2021

An office landlord convinced Wall Street he was worth $47 billion. Then the IPO filing landed.

4.26

7k+

💼 Startup Culture 📊 Corporate Governance 💰 Venture Capital 🫠 Founder Hubris 🔥 Unicorn Flameouts

The Cult of We 91%

An office landlord convinced Wall Street he was worth $47 billion. Then the IPO filing landed.

by Eliot Brown 2021

4.26

7k+ ratings

💼 Startup Culture 📊 Corporate Governance 💰 Venture Capital 🫠 Founder Hubris 🔥 Unicorn Flameouts

Losing the Signal

by Jacquie McNish • 2015

BlackBerry owned the smartphone. Then two CEOs, a buggy Storm, and the iPhone took everything.

3.98

5k+

🏭 Tech Industry 📖 Company Sagas ⚠️ Innovator's Dilemma 💥 Leadership Failures 📉 Corporate Decline

Losing the Signal 91%

BlackBerry owned the smartphone. Then two CEOs, a buggy Storm, and the iPhone took everything.

by Jacquie McNish 2015

3.98

5k+ ratings

🏭 Tech Industry 📖 Company Sagas ⚠️ Innovator's Dilemma 💥 Leadership Failures 📉 Corporate Decline

Bailout Nation

by Barry Ritholtz • 2009

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

3.87

572

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles 💰 Corporate Bailouts ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Bailout Nation 91%

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

by Barry Ritholtz 2009

3.87

572 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles 💰 Corporate Bailouts ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Business Adventures

by John Brooks • 1969

A $350 million flop, a market panic, and ten other disasters Wall Street keeps repeating.

3.81

25k+

🏢 Corporate Case Studies 📈 Financial History 🏦 Wall Street 📉 Market Panics 💥 Corporate Hubris

Business Adventures 91%

A $350 million flop, a market panic, and ten other disasters Wall Street keeps repeating.

by John Brooks 1969

3.81

25k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Case Studies 📈 Financial History 🏦 Wall Street 📉 Market Panics 💥 Corporate Hubris

Crash Course

by Paul Ingrassia • 2009

Mass production built Detroit. It also built the complacency that undid it, fifty years later.

3.91

686

🚗 Automotive Industry 🏭 Industrial Decline 🇺🇸 American Manufacturing 💤 Corporate Complacency 🏢 Corporate Culture

Crash Course 91%

Mass production built Detroit. It also built the complacency that undid it, fifty years later.

by Paul Ingrassia 2009

3.91

686 ratings

🚗 Automotive Industry 🏭 Industrial Decline 🇺🇸 American Manufacturing 💤 Corporate Complacency 🏢 Corporate Culture

Lying for Money

by Dan Davies • 2018

Fraud is the price of trust: a predictable equilibrium with its own rules, not a system glitch.

3.99

1k+

🕵️ White Collar Crime 🤝 Systems Of Trust 🪤 Perverse Incentives 📉 Regulatory Failure 🏢 Toxic Organizations

Lying for Money 91%

Fraud is the price of trust: a predictable equilibrium with its own rules, not a system glitch.

by Dan Davies 2018

3.99

1k+ ratings

🕵️ White Collar Crime 🤝 Systems Of Trust 🪤 Perverse Incentives 📉 Regulatory Failure 🏢 Toxic Organizations

A Demon of Our Own Design

by Richard Bookstaber • 2007

Why safer economies create more volatile markets: a hidden design flaw that turns progress to peril.

3.92

1k+

🏦 Financial Markets ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🔧 Financial Engineering 🕸️ Complex Systems 📉 Financial Crises

A Demon of Our Own Design 91%

Why safer economies create more volatile markets: a hidden design flaw that turns progress to peril.

by Richard Bookstaber 2007

3.92

1k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Markets ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🔧 Financial Engineering 🕸️ Complex Systems 📉 Financial Crises

The Man Who Broke Capitalism

by David Gelles • 2022

Jack Welch's doctrine still rules the corner office, and it is slowly gutting the middle class.

4.03

3k+

💼 Shareholder Primacy ⏱️ Corporate Short-Termism 💰 Financialization 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 📉 Corporate Downsizing

The Man Who Broke Capitalism 91%

Jack Welch's doctrine still rules the corner office, and it is slowly gutting the middle class.

by David Gelles 2022

4.03

3k+ ratings

💼 Shareholder Primacy ⏱️ Corporate Short-Termism 💰 Financialization 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 📉 Corporate Downsizing

Exile on Wall Street

by Mike Mayo • 2011

Wall Street learned nothing from 2008. One analyst who saw it coming explains why.

3.69

260

🏦 Banking Industry 📖 Wall Street Memoirs 📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Corporate Governance 🧮 Creative Accounting

Exile on Wall Street 91%

Wall Street learned nothing from 2008. One analyst who saw it coming explains why.

by Mike Mayo 2011

3.69

260 ratings

🏦 Banking Industry 📖 Wall Street Memoirs 📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Corporate Governance 🧮 Creative Accounting

The Unaccountability Machine

by Dan Davies • 2024

Why nobody is responsible: the machinery that absorbs blame and starves institutions of feedback.

3.74

1k+

🏢 Corporate Governance 🔄 Systems Thinking 🏚️ Organizational Dysfunction 💰 Shareholder Primacy 📊 Financialization

The Unaccountability Machine 91%

Why nobody is responsible: the machinery that absorbs blame and starves institutions of feedback.

by Dan Davies 2024

3.74

1k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Governance 🔄 Systems Thinking 🏚️ Organizational Dysfunction 💰 Shareholder Primacy 📊 Financialization

What Happened to Goldman Sachs

by Steven G. Mandis • 2013

Goldman's handshake culture eroded when it went public, scaled, and let legalism replace ethics.

3.60

208

🏦 Wall Street 📈 Investment Banking 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Business Ethics 🔬 Organizational Sociology

What Happened to Goldman Sachs 90%

Goldman's handshake culture eroded when it went public, scaled, and let legalism replace ethics.

by Steven G. Mandis 2013

3.60

208 ratings

🏦 Wall Street 📈 Investment Banking 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Business Ethics 🔬 Organizational Sociology

The Bankers' New Clothes

by Anat Admati • 2013

The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.

3.83

776

🏦 Banking Regulation 🐍 Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Too Big To Fail ⚠️ Moral Hazard 📉 Leverage

The Bankers' New Clothes 90%

The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.

by Anat Admati 2013

3.83

776 ratings

🏦 Banking Regulation 🐍 Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Too Big To Fail ⚠️ Moral Hazard 📉 Leverage

It Takes a Pillage

by Nomi Prins • 2009

Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.

3.96

195

🏦 Investment Banking 💰 Government Bailouts 🏢 Too Big To Fail 🚪 Revolving Door 📊 Financial Derivatives

It Takes a Pillage 90%

Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.

by Nomi Prins 2009

3.96

195 ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 💰 Government Bailouts 🏢 Too Big To Fail 🚪 Revolving Door 📊 Financial Derivatives

Transaction Man

by Nicholas Lemann • 2019

America traded institutions for deals, then deals for networks. Each era left more people behind.

3.71

318

🏢 Corporate Governance 📜 Financial History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📈 Shareholder Capitalism 🏚️ Institutional Decline

Transaction Man 90%

America traded institutions for deals, then deals for networks. Each era left more people behind.

by Nicholas Lemann 2019

3.71

318 ratings

🏢 Corporate Governance 📜 Financial History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📈 Shareholder Capitalism 🏚️ Institutional Decline

Swimming With Sharks

by Joris Luyendijk • 2015

Inside London's financial tribe: how it nearly collapsed the world economy, and why it still could.

3.84

7k+

🏦 Investment Banking 💥 Financial Crisis ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎯 Perverse Incentives 🔍 Workplace Ethnography

Swimming With Sharks 90%

Inside London's financial tribe: how it nearly collapsed the world economy, and why it still could.

by Joris Luyendijk 2015

3.84

7k+ ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 💥 Financial Crisis ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎯 Perverse Incentives 🔍 Workplace Ethnography

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst

by Daniel Reingold • 2006

His rival was the king of telecom analysts. WorldCom was his kingdom. Then the fraud unraveled.

3.88

1k+

🏢 Wall Street Insiders ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 🔍 Insider Information 📡 Tech Bubbles 🕵️ Corporate Fraud

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst Summary

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst 90%

His rival was the king of telecom analysts. WorldCom was his kingdom. Then the fraud unraveled.

by Daniel Reingold 2006

3.88

1k+ ratings

🏢 Wall Street Insiders ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 🔍 Insider Information 📡 Tech Bubbles 🕵️ Corporate Fraud

The People's Business

by Lee Drutman • 2004

Corporations are not people, yet they won human rights and bought the democracy that created them.

4.33

🏛️ Corporate Accountability ⚖️ Corporate Personhood 💰 Money In Politics 🕴️ Shareholder Primacy 🐙 Regulatory Capture

The People's Business 90%

Corporations are not people, yet they won human rights and bought the democracy that created them.

by Lee Drutman 2004

4.33

12 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Accountability ⚖️ Corporate Personhood 💰 Money In Politics 🕴️ Shareholder Primacy 🐙 Regulatory Capture

Fooling some of the People all of the time

by David Einhorn • 2007

He exposed their accounting fraud and shorted the stock. So they stole his phone records.

4.01

4k+

🔍 Corporate Fraud 📉 Short Selling ⚡ Activist Investing 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Regulatory Failure

Fooling some of the People all of the time Summary

Fooling some of the People all of the time 90%

He exposed their accounting fraud and shorted the stock. So they stole his phone records.

by David Einhorn 2007

4.01

4k+ ratings

🔍 Corporate Fraud 📉 Short Selling ⚡ Activist Investing 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Regulatory Failure

The Sellout

by Charles Gasparino • 2009

Two outsiders invented a bond that made Wall Street billions, then destroyed the entire system.

3.92

302

🧨 Financial Crises 🗽 Wall Street History 🏠 Mortgage Bonds ⚙️ Financial Engineering 📈 Leverage

The Sellout 90%

Two outsiders invented a bond that made Wall Street billions, then destroyed the entire system.

by Charles Gasparino 2009

3.92

302 ratings

🧨 Financial Crises 🗽 Wall Street History 🏠 Mortgage Bonds ⚙️ Financial Engineering 📈 Leverage

A Failure of Capitalism

by Richard A. Posner • 2009

The 2008 crash wasn't a panic; it was a depression built by rational bankers and blind regulators.

3.71

352

📉 Financial Crises 🫧 Asset Bubbles 🗂️ Deregulation 🏦 Too Big To Fail 🕸️ Systemic Risk

A Failure of Capitalism 90%

The 2008 crash wasn't a panic; it was a depression built by rational bankers and blind regulators.

by Richard A. Posner 2009

3.71

352 ratings

📉 Financial Crises 🫧 Asset Bubbles 🗂️ Deregulation 🏦 Too Big To Fail 🕸️ Systemic Risk

Barbarians to Bureaucrats

by Lawrence M. Miller • 1989

Seven leadership personalities drive every company from vision to decay. The pattern can be broken.

4.22

204

🔄 Corporate Lifecycles 📉 Organizational Decline 🎭 Leadership Archetypes 🏢 Corporate Culture 📋 Bureaucracy Critique

Barbarians to Bureaucrats 90%

Seven leadership personalities drive every company from vision to decay. The pattern can be broken.

by Lawrence M. Miller 1989

4.22

204 ratings

🔄 Corporate Lifecycles 📉 Organizational Decline 🎭 Leadership Archetypes 🏢 Corporate Culture 📋 Bureaucracy Critique

The Lost Bank

by Kirsten Grind • 2012

A $1.88 billion fire sale and a silent bank run: inside the collapse of Washington Mutual.

4.12

1k+

🏦 Banking History 💥 Financial Crises 💸 Subprime Lending ☣️ Toxic Corporate Culture ⚖️ Regulatory Failure

The Lost Bank 90%

A $1.88 billion fire sale and a silent bank run: inside the collapse of Washington Mutual.

by Kirsten Grind 2012

4.12

1k+ ratings

🏦 Banking History 💥 Financial Crises 💸 Subprime Lending ☣️ Toxic Corporate Culture ⚖️ Regulatory Failure

Confidence Game

by Christine S. Richard • 2010

Bill Ackman bet the biggest bond insurer was a fraud. The market laughed; then the system collapsed.

4.14

927

🐻 Short Selling 🏚️ 2008 Financial Crisis 🦈 Activist Investors 🕵️ Corporate Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Confidence Game 90%

Bill Ackman bet the biggest bond insurer was a fraud. The market laughed; then the system collapsed.

by Christine S. Richard 2010

4.14

927 ratings

🐻 Short Selling 🏚️ 2008 Financial Crisis 🦈 Activist Investors 🕵️ Corporate Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Extraordinary Circumstances

by Cynthia Cooper • 2007

From internal auditor to whistleblower: her hunt for the fraud inside a $38 billion company.

4.00

538

🏦 Corporate Fraud 📣 Whistleblowing 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Ethical Decision Making 🔍 Fraud Detection

Extraordinary Circumstances 90%

From internal auditor to whistleblower: her hunt for the fraud inside a $38 billion company.

by Cynthia Cooper 2007

4.00

538 ratings

🏦 Corporate Fraud 📣 Whistleblowing 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Ethical Decision Making 🔍 Fraud Detection

When McKinsey Comes to Town

by Walt Bogdanich • 2022

McKinsey is the hidden force behind the opioid crisis, the 2008 crash, and authoritarian regimes.

3.80

12k+

🏢 Consulting Industry 🏛️ Corporate Power 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👔 White Collar Crime 🚪 Regulatory Capture

When McKinsey Comes to Town 90%

McKinsey is the hidden force behind the opioid crisis, the 2008 crash, and authoritarian regimes.

by Walt Bogdanich 2022

3.80

12k+ ratings

🏢 Consulting Industry 🏛️ Corporate Power 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👔 White Collar Crime 🚪 Regulatory Capture

The Fund

by Rob Copeland • 2023

Ray Dalio sold a philosophy of truth. The billion-dollar reality was a surveillance machine.

3.97

7k+

🏦 Hedge Funds 🏢 Corporate Culture 🔍 Investigative Journalism ☣️ Toxic Leadership 🎭 Cult Of Personality

The Fund 90%

Ray Dalio sold a philosophy of truth. The billion-dollar reality was a surveillance machine.

by Rob Copeland 2023

3.97

7k+ ratings

🏦 Hedge Funds 🏢 Corporate Culture 🔍 Investigative Journalism ☣️ Toxic Leadership 🎭 Cult Of Personality

The Golden Passport

by Duff McDonald • 2017

The MBA credential that built corporate America also hollowed it out.

3.41

346

📚 Business Schools 🎓 Elite Education 🏛️ Institutional Failure 💰 Shareholder Primacy ⚖️ Business Ethics

The Golden Passport 90%

The MBA credential that built corporate America also hollowed it out.

by Duff McDonald 2017

3.41

346 ratings

📚 Business Schools 🎓 Elite Education 🏛️ Institutional Failure 💰 Shareholder Primacy ⚖️ Business Ethics

Goldman Sachs

by Lisa Endlich • 1999

One rule built Wall Street's last private giant: every partner was personally liable for every loss.

3.50

646

🏦 Investment Banking 📜 Wall Street History 🏢 Corporate History 🧩 Organizational Culture ⚠️ Risk Management

Goldman Sachs 90%

One rule built Wall Street's last private giant: every partner was personally liable for every loss.

by Lisa Endlich 1999

3.50

646 ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 📜 Wall Street History 🏢 Corporate History 🧩 Organizational Culture ⚠️ Risk Management

The Key Man

by Simon Clark • 2021

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

4.18

3k+

🏢 Private Equity 🌍 Emerging Markets 💸 Financial Fraud 🌱 Impact Investing 🤝 Elite Networks

The Key Man 90%

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

by Simon Clark 2021

4.18

3k+ ratings

🏢 Private Equity 🌍 Emerging Markets 💸 Financial Fraud 🌱 Impact Investing 🤝 Elite Networks

The Innovator's Dilemma

by Clayton M. Christensen • 1997

The practices that make a company excellent are the same ones that make it obsolete.

4.04

61k+

🔻 Organizational Decline ⚙️ Technology Management ♟️ Competitive Strategy 💰 Resource Allocation 🌱 Market Creation

The Innovator's Dilemma 90%

The practices that make a company excellent are the same ones that make it obsolete.

by Clayton M. Christensen 1997

4.04

61k+ ratings

🔻 Organizational Decline ⚙️ Technology Management ♟️ Competitive Strategy 💰 Resource Allocation 🌱 Market Creation

Stress Test

by Timothy F. Geithner • 2014

An insider on why rescuing the economy costs the country politically, and why it's still necessary.

4.08

5k+

📉 Financial Crises 🚒 Crisis Management 💰 Government Bailouts ⚖️ Moral Hazard 🏦 Too Big To Fail

Stress Test 90%

An insider on why rescuing the economy costs the country politically, and why it's still necessary.

by Timothy F. Geithner 2014

4.08

5k+ ratings

📉 Financial Crises 🚒 Crisis Management 💰 Government Bailouts ⚖️ Moral Hazard 🏦 Too Big To Fail

The Transformation of Corporate Control

by Neil Fligstein • 1990

Antitrust, not markets, built the modern firm: four legal pivots that remade American business.

4.09

🏢 Corporate History 📊 Economic Sociology ⚖️ Antitrust Law 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 🏛️ Corporate Governance

The Transformation of Corporate Control Summary

The Transformation of Corporate Control 90%

Antitrust, not markets, built the modern firm: four legal pivots that remade American business.

by Neil Fligstein 1990

4.09

11 ratings

🏢 Corporate History 📊 Economic Sociology ⚖️ Antitrust Law 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 🏛️ Corporate Governance

The Partnership

by Charles D. Ellis • 2008

The partnership culture that made Goldman Sachs unstoppable, and why success forced it to go public.

3.82

1k+

🇺🇸 American Business History 🏛️ Wall Street History 🏢 Corporate Biography 💼 Investment Banking 📉 Financial Crises

The Partnership 90%

The partnership culture that made Goldman Sachs unstoppable, and why success forced it to go public.

by Charles D. Ellis 2008

3.82

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Business History 🏛️ Wall Street History 🏢 Corporate Biography 💼 Investment Banking 📉 Financial Crises

American Turnaround

by Edward E. Whitacre • 2013

Bankrupt GM returned to profit in months. The same risk-taking that landed AT&T the iPhone.

3.86

234

🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 🏗️ Organizational Restructuring 🚨 Crisis Leadership 🤝 Hands-On Leadership 🌱 Culture Change

American Turnaround 90%

Bankrupt GM returned to profit in months. The same risk-taking that landed AT&T the iPhone.

by Edward E. Whitacre 2013

3.86

234 ratings

🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 🏗️ Organizational Restructuring 🚨 Crisis Leadership 🤝 Hands-On Leadership 🌱 Culture Change

Barbarians at the Gate

by Bryan Burrough • 1989

A CEO's bid to buy his company unleashes Wall Street's biggest takeover war.

4.29

45k+

🏢 Corporate Takeover 📰 Business Journalism 🪑 Boardroom Politics 💰 Leveraged Buyouts 📈 1980s Wall Street

Barbarians at the Gate 90%

A CEO's bid to buy his company unleashes Wall Street's biggest takeover war.

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🏢 Corporate Takeover 📰 Business Journalism 🪑 Boardroom Politics 💰 Leveraged Buyouts 📈 1980s Wall Street

Giants of Enterprise

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Seven titans built American business. The power they won then turned on them.

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Giants of Enterprise 90%

Seven titans built American business. The power they won then turned on them.

by Richard S. Tedlow 2001

4.25

2k+ ratings

📜 Business History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 🏭 Industrial Innovation 🛍️ Consumer Culture 🏷️ Brand Building

The Spider Network

by David Enrich • 2017

A math savant rigged Libor. His bank confessed; he alone went to prison.

4.07

7k+

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The Spider Network 90%

A math savant rigged Libor. His bank confessed; he alone went to prison.

by David Enrich 2017

4.07

7k+ ratings

🏦 Banking Scandals 👔 White Collar Crime 📉 Market Manipulation ⚠️ Regulatory Failure 🎯 Scapegoating

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