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Swartz, Mimi.

Power failure : the inside story of the collapse of Enron / Mimi Swartz with Sherron Watkins.

1st ed.

New York : Doubleday, 2003.

xiii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Power Failure: the Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron follows the story of Enron from the perspective of Sherron Watkins, the vice president who exposed its illegal practices, and traces how its "anything goes" culture led to its being hailed a model company until its highly publicized collapse.

Enron Corp.

Arthur Andersen & Co.

Case studies.

Watkins, Sherron.

Inside story of the collapse of Enron

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Winners and loser -- Mythology -- Star search -- Enron smart -- The monkey house -- Fair value -- Vision and values -- Living large -- Andy's world -- Smoke and mirrors -- Dancing on the edge -- No harm, no foul -- Coming undone -- Flakes vs. cowboys -- Suspicious minds -- Trapped -- Aboard the Titanic -- The spin cycle -- The death spiral -- Payback -- Appendix A: Sherron Watkins' anonymous memo to Enron CEO Ken Lay -- Appendix B: Sherron Watkins' follow-up memos to Ken Lay and others -- Appendix C: Sherron Watkins' memo from her last meeting with Ken Lay -- Appendix D: Example of Enron's complex SPE structures -- Appendix E: Graph showing Enron's stock price from 1993 to 2002.

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