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Worldcom Inc.: What Went Wrong?

Kamala Gollakota; Vipin Gupta

Product #:9B05M043
Supplier:Ivey
Discipline:General Management
Setting:United States, 2002
Details:Case (PDF) • 13 pages • 2005-09-23 (Rev: 2009-10-01)

Subjects:

Industry analysisBankruptcyStrategic analysisCorporate financeMergers and acquisitionsCorporate strategyLeadership and managing peopleManagement

Industries:

Information technology and telecom sector

Geography:

United StatesNorth America
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Accounting fraud issues have taken centre stage whenever there is a discussion about the bankruptcy of Worldcom. However Worldcom's performance was in turmoil even before the fraud issues surfaced. The fundamental strategic, management and industry issues that catalyzed the culture allowing fraudulent behavior that lead to the bankruptcy of the company are discussed.

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