Every company has a number.
Revenue.
Profit.
Growth.
The board approves it.
The market believes it.
Everyone repeats it.
Only a handful of people know it isn't real.
Sarah Chen arrives at Baxter Industries believing that finance is about finding the correct answer. Within weeks she discovers something far more dangerous: in large organizations, the right number is not always the number that survives.
As she rises from analyst to executive, each promotion demands another compromise. Forecasts become narratives. Risk becomes optimism. Accuracy becomes negotiation. Every successful quarter moves her closer to the career she wanted and farther from the person she once believed herself to be.
Watching from above is Patricia Vance, the legendary CFO who understands a lesson Sarah has yet to learn:
Organizations rarely reward the person who finds the truth.
They reward the person who can translate it into something everyone can live with.
The Number Is Wrong and Everyone Knows It is a psychologically sharp corporate novel about ambition, institutional power, executive decision-making, and the invisible incentives that quietly reshape good people.
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
• Corporate thrillers
• Executive leadership fiction
• Finance and Wall Street novels
• Boardroom drama
• Psychological suspense
• Character-driven literary fiction
If you've ever wondered how intelligent people slowly convince themselves to defend numbers they know are wrong, this novel takes you inside the room where it happens.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Every company has a number.Revenue.Profit.Growth.The board approves it.The market believes it.Everyone repeats it.Only a handful of people know it isn't real.Sarah Chen arrives at Baxter Industries believing that finance is about finding the correct answer. Within weeks she discovers something far more dangerous: in large organizations, the right number is not always the number that survives.As she rises from analyst to executive, each promotion demands another compromise. Forecasts become narratives. Risk becomes optimism. Accuracy becomes negotiation. Every successful quarter moves her closer to the career she wanted and farther from the person she once believed herself to be.Watching from above is Patricia Vance, the legendary CFO who understands a lesson Sarah has yet to learn: Organizations rarely reward the person who finds the truth.They reward the person who can translate it into something everyone can live with.The Number Is Wrong and Everyone Knows It is a psychologically sharp corporate novel about ambition, institutional power, executive decision-making, and the invisible incentives that quietly reshape good people.Perfect for readers who enjoy: - Corporate thrillers- Executive leadership fiction- Finance and Wall Street novels- Boardroom drama- Psychological suspense- Character-driven literary fictionIf you've ever wondered how intelligent people slowly convince themselves to defend numbers they know are wrong, this novel takes you inside the room where it happens. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798197984418
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - A junior analyst builds a forecast that turns out to be exactly right. That is the beginning of the end of her. >>The number is wrong. Everyone knows it. Nobody says it. That silence is the job. >For readers of Severance, Then We Came to the End, and the corporate fiction of Kazuo Ishiguro: a debut that understands exactly what an honest number costs the person who produces it. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798197984418
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Every company has a number.Revenue.Profit.Growth.The board approves it.The market believes it.Everyone repeats it.Only a handful of people know it isn't real.Sarah Chen arrives at Baxter Industries believing that finance is about finding the correct answer. Within weeks she discovers something far more dangerous: in large organizations, the right number is not always the number that survives.As she rises from analyst to executive, each promotion demands another compromise. Forecasts become narratives. Risk becomes optimism. Accuracy becomes negotiation. Every successful quarter moves her closer to the career she wanted and farther from the person she once believed herself to be.Watching from above is Patricia Vance, the legendary CFO who understands a lesson Sarah has yet to learn: Organizations rarely reward the person who finds the truth.They reward the person who can translate it into something everyone can live with.The Number Is Wrong and Everyone Knows It is a psychologically sharp corporate novel about ambition, institutional power, executive decision-making, and the invisible incentives that quietly reshape good people.Perfect for readers who enjoy: - Corporate thrillers- Executive leadership fiction- Finance and Wall Street novels- Boardroom drama- Psychological suspense- Character-driven literary fictionIf you've ever wondered how intelligent people slowly convince themselves to defend numbers they know are wrong, this novel takes you inside the room where it happens. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798197984418
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