Barbarians at the gate: the fall of RJR Nabisco

By:

Burrough, Bryan

Contributor(s):

Helyar, John

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: HarperCollins Publishers New York 2009Description: xxiii, 563 pISBN:

9780061655555

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

338.83664 BUR

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. (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/358315/barbarians-at-the-gate-by-bryan-burrough-and-john-helyar/9780099545835)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks	Public Policy & General Management	338.83664 BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		007554

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.

(https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/358315/barbarians-at-the-gate-by-bryan-burrough-and-john-helyar/9780099545835)

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