Barbarians at the gate : the fall of RJR Nabisco / Bryan Burrough and John Helyar.
By: Burrough, Bryan.
Contributor(s): Helyar, John.
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BookPublisher: New York : Harper & Row, Arrow books, c1990Description: xvi, 557 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780099545835 (pbk.); 0060161728 :.Subject(s): RJR Nabisco (Firm) | Leveraged buyouts -- United States -- Case studies | Consolidation and merger of corporations -- United States -- Case studies | Conglomerate corporations -- United States -- Case studiesDDC classification: 338.8366400973 Online resources: Publisher's Description Summary: The battle for the control of RJR Nabisco in the Autumn of 1988, which became the largest and most dramatic corporate takeover in American history, sent shock-waves through the international business world and became a symbol of the greed, excess and egotism of the eighties.
Barbarians at the Gate recounts this two-month battle with breathtaking pace and flair, and transports back to the Wall Street empire before it crumbled, through the boardroom doors, into the midnight meetings, the betrayals, the deal makers and publicity flaks, into a world where - as Nabisco CEO Ross Johnson put it - 'a few million dollars are lost in the sands of time'.
Twenty years on, the world is once again recovering from a period of financial extravagance and irresponsibility. This revised edition brings the ultimate business thriller up to date for a new generation of readers. taken from Publisher's Site.
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The battle for the control of RJR Nabisco in the Autumn of 1988, which became the largest and most dramatic corporate takeover in American history, sent shock-waves through the international business world and became a symbol of the greed, excess and egotism of the eighties.
Barbarians at the Gate recounts this two-month battle with breathtaking pace and flair, and transports back to the Wall Street empire before it crumbled, through the boardroom doors, into the midnight meetings, the betrayals, the deal makers and publicity flaks, into a world where - as Nabisco CEO Ross Johnson put it - 'a few million dollars are lost in the sands of time'.
Twenty years on, the world is once again recovering from a period of financial extravagance and irresponsibility. This revised edition brings the ultimate business thriller up to date for a new generation of readers. taken from Publisher's Site.
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