{"product_id":"innovation-corrupted-salter-9780674028258","title":"Innovation Corrupted: The Origins and Legacy of Enron's Collapse","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough much has already been written about the rise and fall of Enron, four important questions remain unanswered: What management behavior and practices led Enron down the path from truly innovative to fraudulent management? How could Enron's board of directors have failed to detect the business, ethical, and legal risks embedded in the company's aggressive financial strategies and accounting practices? Why did Enron's external watchdogs--security analysts, credit-rating agencies, and regulatory agencies--fail to bark? What actions can prevent Enron-type breakdowns in the future? \u003ci\u003eInnovation Corrupted\u003c\/i\u003e addresses each of these questions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn contrast to the time-line narratives of previous books on Enron that offer interesting but largely unsystematic insight into individual actions and organizational processes, \u003ci\u003eInnovation Corrupted\u003c\/i\u003e pursues a more methodical analysis of the causes and lessons of Enron's collapse. Based upon newly available sources, Salter identifies the social pathologies and administrative failures that fostered the company's ethical drift and inhibited the board of directors from exercising effective governance and control. Salter also goes beyond the work of previous books by proposing practical recommendations for preventing future Enron-type disasters. These prescriptions relate to board oversight, financial incentives for executives, and, most importantly, the maintenance of ethical discipline when operating in the murky borderlands of the law. It was in this shadowed space that Enron's senior executives lost their way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Malcolm S. Salter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674028252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674028258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.46w x 1.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/08\/2008 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarvard Business Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2008 pg. 38","brand":"Malcolm S. Salter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054244229375,"sku":"9780674028258","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_002ed790-fdcf-435b-93aa-290336929123.jpg?v=1685028846","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/innovation-corrupted-salter-9780674028258","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}