How they blew it : the CEOs and entrepreneurs behind some of the world's most catastrophic business failures / Jamie Oliver and Tony Goodwin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bernie Ebbers : chosen? -- Christopher Foster : deadly intent -- Mikhail Khodorkovsky : stitch up -- Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson : rock star -- Reuben Singh : all that glitters -- Tim Power : more than he could chew -- Dick Fuld : King Kong -- Guy Naggar and Peter Klimt : the art of money -- Adolf Merckle : one step too far -- Boris Berezovsky : exile -- Zhou Zhengyi : power politics -- Mark Goldberg : paying the penalty -- Ken Lay : friends in high places -- Kevin Leech : how to blow a billion -- James Cayne : a bridge too far -- Robert Tchenguiz : credit crunched.

"How They Blew It" isn't a turgid, forensic examination of the rights and wrongs of each case, it seeks to get into the minds of the people behind the business disasters and ask 'why the hell did they do that?'. It's a book about people, and why for some people enough is never enough. It pin-points the pitfalls and highlights destructive personality traits, helping you to avoid making similar mistakes.