Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Introduction

 

PART ONE - Failure Patterns

ONE - Illusions of Synergy

TWO - Faulty Financial Engineering

THREE - Deflated Rollups

FOUR - Staying the (Misguided) Course

FIVE - Misjudged Adjacencies

SIX - Fumbling Technology

SEVEN - Consolidation Blues

Coda

 

PART TWO - Avoiding the Same Mistakes

EIGHT - Why Bad Strategies Happen to Good People

NINE - Why Bad Strategies Happen to Good Companies

TEN - The Devil’s Advocate

ELEVEN - The Safety Net

 

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

Research Notes

Notes

Recommended Reading

Index