Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
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"Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco" is a bestselling non-fiction book that chronicles the dramatic leveraged buyout battle for RJR Nabisco in the late 1980s, illustrating the excesses and power struggles of Wall Street during that era.
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Target entity: Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco Context triple: [RJR Nabisco, subjectOf, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco]
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Triumph of the Market
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The Art of the Deal
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The Big Money
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco Target entity description: "Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco" is a bestselling non-fiction book that chronicles the dramatic leveraged buyout battle for RJR Nabisco in the late 1980s, illustrating the excesses and power struggles of Wall Street during that era.
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A.
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a 2005 documentary film that investigates the rise and catastrophic collapse of the Enron Corporation and the corporate fraud behind it.
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B.
Triumph of the Market
Triumph of the Market is a critical work by economist and media analyst Edward S. Herman that examines the social and political consequences of neoliberal, market-driven policies.
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C.
The Art of the Deal
The Art of the Deal is a 1987 business memoir and self-help book in which Donald Trump outlines his deal-making philosophy and recounts key episodes from his real estate career.
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D.
The Power Broker
The Power Broker is Robert A. Caro’s landmark biography of urban planner Robert Moses, renowned for its exhaustive research and incisive examination of political power and city-building in 20th-century New York.
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E.
The Big Money
The Big Money is a 1936 novel by John Dos Passos, best known as the third volume of his U.S.A. trilogy, which critiques American capitalism and society in the early 20th century through experimental narrative techniques.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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business book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| adaptationNetwork | HBO ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television film ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Barbarians at the Gate (1993 film) ⓘ |
| author |
Bryan Burrough
ⓘ
John Helyar ⓘ |
| awarded |
Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism
ⓘ
linked to:
Gerald Loeb Award
|
| basedOn | reporting originally published in The Wall Street Journal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depicts |
role of investment banks in leveraged buyouts
ⓘ
use of junk bonds in corporate takeovers ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
competing bid by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
ⓘ
hostile takeover battle for RJR Nabisco ⓘ management buyout attempt led by F. Ross Johnson ⓘ |
| followedBy | various later editions and reprints ⓘ |
| genre |
business history
ⓘ
financial journalism ⓘ |
| illustrates |
boardroom power struggles
ⓘ
conflicts of interest in corporate governance ⓘ |
| influenced |
public perception of leveraged buyouts
ⓘ
subsequent business journalism on corporate takeovers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | HD9199.U54 R57 ⓘ |
| mainEventDescribed | RJR Nabisco leveraged buyout ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
F. Ross Johnson
ⓘ
Henry Kravis ⓘ
linked to:
Henry R. Kravis
Peter Cohen ⓘ Ted Forstmann ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed narrative style in business reporting
ⓘ
insider accounts of RJR Nabisco executives and financiers ⓘ |
| originalMediaFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 500 ⓘ |
| portrays |
corporate greed
ⓘ
excesses of 1980s Wall Street ⓘ high-yield debt financing ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Row ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
bestseller
ⓘ
classic of business literature ⓘ |
| setting | United States corporate finance sector ⓘ |
| subject |
RJR Nabisco
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Wall Street ⓘ corporate takeover ⓘ leveraged buyout ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | late 1980s ⓘ |
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