Skeel, David A. <br/><br/>
Icarus in the boardroom  the fundamental flaws in corporate America and where they came from 
David Skeel. 
 - New York  Oxford  Oxford University Press  2005. 
 - 256 p.  22 cm. 
 - Law and current events masters. .
<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/><label>ISBN: </label>0195174712 (cased) 9780195174717 (cased) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Corporate governance--United States.<br/>Gestion d'entreprise--États-Unis.<br/>Administrateurs de sociétés--États-Unis.<br/>Gouvernement d'entreprise--États-Unis.<br/>Industrial management--United States.<br/>Directors of Corporations--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD 2785  / .S437 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.0973