Sumário:Massive Growth -- Questionable accounting -- Questionable accountants -- Poor underlying performance -- Political connections -- Firm's domination by a single individual or small group -- Exceptionally rapid growth -- Lavish expenditures -- Disproportionale compensation for top managers -- Sudden, drastic changes in the nature of the business -- Business combination that don't appear to make sense -- Operational mystery -- Image management -- Charisma -- Easy access to capital -- Buoyant economica conditions -- Conflicts of interest -- The danger of comples corporate structures -- Corporate governance criteria.