Skeel, David A.,  1961- <br/><br/>
Icarus in the boardroom  the fundamental flaws in corporate America and where they came from /  [electronic resource] : 
David Skeel. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2005. 
 - viii, 250 p. ;  22 cm. 
 - Law and current events masters .
 - Law and current events masters. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-234) and index. 
<br/><br/>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." 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Corporate governance--United States.<br/>Directors of corporations--United States.<br/>Industrial management--United States.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD2785  / .S437 2005eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.0973