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Beware the winner's curse : victories that can sink you and your company /

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'Beware the Winner's Curse' shows how hubris and badly aligned financial incentives lead managers to aggressively pursue victories, and end up worse off as a result. It explores recent disasters in business, sports, and entertainment, and offers concrete steps that managers can take t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anandalingam, G.
Other Authors: Lucas, Henry C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Consolidation and merger of corporations > Psychological aspects.
Entreprises > Fusion > Aspect psychologique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Mergers & Acquisitions.
Consolidation and merger of corporations > Psychological aspects
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Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Origin of the winner's curse
  • The spectrum auction fiasco
  • Hubris and the urge to merge and acquire
  • The curse can appear anywhere
  • The mad scramble to acquire optical technology
  • Dot-coms : on top of the world for a while
  • Winners and losers in the securities industry
  • Complacency in the computer industry
  • Winning is not everything
  • Avoiding the winner's curse.