How to Not Make Bad Decisions (2010) (edit title/settings)

Cora R approved Dianne’s request to change the contributors of How to Not Make Bad Decisions Monday, February 14, 2011.

• Added a contributor: Sydney Finkelstein: (Primary Author)

Dianne edited the first sentence of How to Not Make Bad Decisions Thursday, February 3, 2011.

• Business bookshelves teem with success stories.

Dianne edited the first edition of How to Not Make Bad Decisions Thursday, February 3, 2011.

• changed the publication date: June 7, 2010
• changed the page count: 117 kb

Dianne edited the first edition of How to Not Make Bad Decisions Thursday, February 3, 2011.

• changed the language: English
• changed the publisher: FT Press
• changed the country: USA

Dianne edited the reading level of How to Not Make Bad Decisions Thursday, February 3, 2011.

• Adults

Dianne edited the contributors of How to Not Make Bad Decisions Thursday, February 3, 2011.

• Added a contributor: Sydney Finkelstein: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the description of How to Not Make Bad Decisions Saturday, October 30, 2010.

• Business success stories may be instructive, but we need to know more about why smart people make bad decisions. Sydney Finkelstein, a professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School who has studied these crucial questions for 15 years, tells how decisions really get made and describes the four signals that can alert you when emotions are interfering with your thinking. Business bookshelves teem with success stories. Companies in search of excellence always go from good to great; Jack Welch tells how he made General Electric a winner; we learn the "seven secrets of intelligent people" and "the art of investing." Writers pay lip service to learning from mistakes, but, in practice, no one says much about failure. Yet, bad decisions pose some of the most interesting questions in business. Why did so many smart people invest with Bernie Madoff? As the housing bubble swelled, why did so many bankers keep doubling down on subprime mortgages? In the great meltdown, why did Ken Lewis, then CEO of Bank of America, overpay so wildly for Merrill Lynch? Why did Dick Fuld of Lehman Brothers refuse to sell his company until it was too late?

Shelfari edited the subjects of How to Not Make Bad Decisions Saturday, October 23, 2010.

• Added the subject: Subjects > Business & Investing