Escalation in decision-making : the tragedy of Taurus
Drummond, HelgaAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
1996.
The 500 million Taurus project aimed to automate settlement systems on the London Stock Exchange. Begun in 1986, it was abandoned in 1993. This book asks how it was that a major project promoted by the Stock Exchange, supervised by committees, advised upon by two major consultancies, staffed by an experienced technical team, could go wrong?
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
The 500 million Taurus project aimed to automate settlement systems on the London Stock Exchange. Begun in 1986, it was abandoned in 1993. This book asks how it was that a major project promoted by the Stock Exchange, supervised by committees, advised upon by two major consultancies, staffed by an experienced technical team, could go wrong?
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Taurus (Project)
International Stock Exchange
International Stock Exchange
Stock exchanges
Decision making
Finance
Business & Economics
Investment & Speculation