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Top 10 Best "Icarus" Books
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The Icarus HuntTimothy ZahnBooks |
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Daedalus Rising - The True Story of IcarusRobert William CaseIcarus |
Daedalus Rising Put Daedalus on trial |
#9
IcarusRussell AndrewsBooks |
#8
The Icarus SyndromeCarl H. BuilderBooks |
#7
The Flight of Icarus (New Directions Books)Raymond QueneauBooks |
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The Icarus GirlHelen OyeyemiBooks |
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#5
The Icarus SyndromePeter BeinartBooks |
#4
Shades of Gray (Icarus Project, Book 2) Jackie Kessler
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#3
ICARUS AT THE EDGE OF TIME Brian Greene
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#2
Icarus (Short Tales Greek Myths) Dan Mishkin
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Icarus in the Boardroom Americans have always loved risktakers. Like the Icarus of ancient Greek lore, however, even the most talented entrepreneurs can overstep their bounds. All too often, the very qualities that make Icaran executives special-- self-confidence, visionary insight, and extreme competitiveness--spur them to take misguided and even illegal chances. The Icaran failure of an ordinary entrepreneur isn't headline news. But put Icarus in the corporate boardroom and, as David Skeel vividly demonstrates, the ripple effects can be profound. Ever since the first large-scale corporations emerged in the nineteenth century, their ability to tap huge amounts of capital and the sheer number of lives they affect has meant that their executives play for far greater stakes. Excessive and sometimes fraudulent risks, competition, and the increasing size and complexity of organizations: these three factors have been at the heart of every corporate breakdown from 1873, when financial genius Jay Cooke collapsed, to the corporate scandals of the early 21st century. Compounding the scandals is an ongoing cat-and-mo... |
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Icarus in the BoardroomDavid SkeelIcarus |
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The Icarus AgendaRobert LudlumBooks |
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