Description
About the Author
John Plender is a senior editorial writer and columnist at the Financial Times and a regular current affairs broadcaster for the BBC and Channel Four. John has served on the UK government's Company Law Review steering group, and consults on corporate governance for the International Finance Corporation, the private sector lending and investing arm of the World Bank. In 1994 John Plender received the Wincott Award, Britain's premier prize for financial journalism.
Reviews
"... cleverly links globalisation and Anglo-American capitalism... if you want to understand what business is going through, it is an excellent place to start." (Management Today, March 2003)
'Plender, a respected Financial Times columnist and former chaiman of the corporate governance consultancy PIRC, analyses the crisis cogently both on macro and micro levels' (Director, April 2003)
"...His insightful and wide-ranging book is a must for anyone who wants to understand how global finance shapes the world..." (New Statesman, 21 April 2003)
"...Going off the Rails looks at the myriad ways in which those trusted to look after shareholders' money have let them down..." (Financial Times, 5 May 2003)
"...An intelligent book..."(En, May/June 2003)
Book Information
ISBN 9780470853146
Author John Plender
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 652g
Dimensions(mm) 233mm * 163mm * 25mm