Acknowledgements Preface 1. A Theoretical Framework 2. Organizational Fatality 3. Failure Prediction Models 4. Maladies and Disorders 5. The Spiral of Decline 6. The Perils of Politics 7. Greed and Corruption 8. Corporate Crime 9. Crises and Fixations 10. Failing and Surviving 11. Disbandment and Closure 12. Lessons Learned References Index