(. I had a hard time getting into the book in the beginning, but the last two-thirds is great and it's a fast read. . The Accidental Investment banker was a disappointment. Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2009. The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street, Choose from over 13,000 locations across the UK, Prime members get unlimited deliveries at no additional cost, Dispatch to this address when you check out. Well written and interesting.. although becoming quite dated, Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2010. Please try again. The Management Myth: Why the Experts Keep Getting it Wrong. --, "In his new book, Jonathan Knee takes a sharp look at the fundamental changes that have taken place in the investment banking business. It's a beautiful story. These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. I learned things I didn't expect to learn but realized I needed to. Knee combines a depth of personal experience with sharp-eyed observation. A 'Liar's Poker' for the 1990s / 2000s investment banking, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 25, 2013, Jonathan A. Knee's 'The Accidental Investment Banker' appears to be the 1990s and early new millennium investment banking counterpart to the famous. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Told with biting humor and unflinching honesty, populated with power players, back stabbers, and gazillionaires, "The Accidental Investment Banker" is Knee's exhilarating insider's account of this boom and bust anything goes era, when fortunes were made and reputations were lost. ), one runs the risk of making the sector all the more appealing to the future generations. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. This is a well written account of the background "actors" in one of the craziest times in stock market history. As it continues, however, Knee turns it more into a third person review. The Management Myth: Why the Experts Keep Getting it Wrong. A combination of first hand experience in the industry (and in no lesser players than Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley) and commentary about both what investment banking is generally is about and how the field has evolved from the early 20th century onwards, the author manages to take a tried and tested format and apply it successfully to investment banking.

Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. As it continues, however, Knee turns it more into a third person review. A thumping ride across deep waters, Knee evokes the precarious, risky thrills courted by businesspeople great and small. By the turn of the twenty-first century, the bubble burst and the industry was in free fall.

Clear-eyed enough never to give his whole life over to banking-as did many of his colleagues-Knee maintains a reporter's sense of detachment, observing how the decade in question turned into an economic house of mirrors as money-guzzling dotcoms bloomed and withered, playing havoc with long-established rules and mores, nurturing an era of incompetence and brawling, veiled in the traditional pseudo-gentility of a privileged profession: "The goal was to do deals, generate revenue, and be noticed. Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2007. We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads.

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There is a very extensive history of Goldman Sachs - to the point that it almost seems the book is focused more on the firm than on telling the story of the author. Please try your request again later.

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You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Oxford University Press; 1st Edition (August 15, 2006). There isn't much in the way of drama, real insight on the nuts and bolts of investment banking or any other meaningful message. I had a hard time getting into the book in the beginning, but the last two-thirds is great and it's a fast read.

Jonathan A. Knee had a ringside seat during the go-go, boom-and-bust decade and into the 21st century, at the two most prestigious investment banks on Wall Street--Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. The Management Myth: Why the Experts Keep Getting it Wrong, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. One of these items is dispatched sooner than the other.

Author Jonathon Knee's "The Accidental Investment Banker" provides a detailed but easily read account of the investment banking industry's own "bubble" - a period when Investment Banking Institutions were fundamentally transformed by the unprecedented number of deals that the forces they unleashed created. "For anyone who remembers the crazy boom times, and the even crazier bust, Jonathan A. Knee's "The Accidental Investment Banker" is a must. Please try again. .

Where is The Insight? Is an MBA one of the "poorest educational choices?" This is a two part journey on the madness that overtook wall street. --Thomas Glocer; CEO, Reuters Group PLC, "The Accidental Investment Banker is a must-read for anyone in business who is impacted by Wall Street - and that is just about everyone.

After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Sold by CE_BOOKHOUSE and ships from Amazon Fulfillment. --This text refers to an alternate, "A RARE, RINGSIDE SEAT INSIDE THE MADCAP AND OFTEN EGOMANIACAL WORLD OF WALL STREET'S MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE." We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. . To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. --Leo Hindery Jr.; Managing Partner, InterMedia Partners, former CEO of TCI and author of It Takes a CEO: It's Time to Lead With Integrity. Investment bankers used to be known as respectful of their clients, loyal to their firms, and chary of the financial system that allowed them to prosper. The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street - Kindle edition by Knee, Jonathan A.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Knee's talent for wicked pen portraits is put to good use." “Not since Michael Lewis’s Liar’s Poker has there been as good, as accessible or as pithy a look at the world of investment banking.”—The Washington Post, “For anyone who remembers the crazy boom times, and the even crazier bust, Jonathan A. Knee’s The Accidental Investment Banker is a must. Reading somewhat between the lines, it appears that the author wrote the book because as a means of expressing his angst over getting pushed out of Morgan Stanley. It isn't clear what Knee was intending to accomplish by writing this book. Knee mourns what he contends is the loss of historic integrity in the transition from boom to bust and describes many industry changes, including competition from hedge funds and LBOs (leveraged buyout firms). In this engaging and insightful book, Jonathan Knee describes the work that investment bankers do and the ways in which the business of investment banking has been transformed-not altogether for the better-in the past two decades.