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- catalog abstract "Examines how companies have put too much emphasis on "the number," companies' quarterly earnings, and lost track of their true purpose of building profititable businesses, which has led to accounting fraud and the recent corporate scandals.".
- catalog contributor b12748700.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description "Examines how companies have put too much emphasis on "the number," companies' quarterly earnings, and lost track of their true purpose of building profititable businesses, which has led to accounting fraud and the recent corporate scandals.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-249) and index.".
- catalog description "Prologue : One of many -- Introduction : System failure -- pt. 1. That was then ... -- ch. 1. Boom and bust -- ch. 2. Foundations -- ch. 3. Bubbling under -- ch. 4. The death of equities -- pt. 2. ... this is now -- ch. 5. Countdown -- ch. 6. The number is born -- ch. 7. Options -- ch. 8. Accountants at the trough -- ch. 9. Archaeologists and detectives -- ch. 10. Frenzy -- ch. 11. Truth -- Conclusion: Look both ways -- appendix 1. Accrual versus cash accounting -- appendix 2. Balance sheets and income statements -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.".
- catalog extent "xxiv, 274 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Number.".
- catalog identifier "0375508805 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Number.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Random House,".
- catalog relation "Number.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "364.16/8 21".
- catalog subject "Auditing United States.".
- catalog subject "Corporations Accounting Corrupt practices United States Prevention.".
- catalog subject "Corporations Accounting Corrupt practices United States.".
- catalog subject "Financial statements United States Auditing.".
- catalog subject "HV6769 .B467 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue : One of many -- Introduction : System failure -- pt. 1. That was then ... -- ch. 1. Boom and bust -- ch. 2. Foundations -- ch. 3. Bubbling under -- ch. 4. The death of equities -- pt. 2. ... this is now -- ch. 5. Countdown -- ch. 6. The number is born -- ch. 7. Options -- ch. 8. Accountants at the trough -- ch. 9. Archaeologists and detectives -- ch. 10. Frenzy -- ch. 11. Truth -- Conclusion: Look both ways -- appendix 1. Accrual versus cash accounting -- appendix 2. Balance sheets and income statements -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.".
- catalog title "The number : how the drive for quarterly earnings corrupted Wall Street and corporate America / Alex Berenson.".
- catalog type "text".