But the real lessons to take away from Enron and WorldCom are that financial reporting can never be an exact science, and that managers will be as greedy as they can get away with.

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Last April, Hannifin even did a presentation on science toys to a special gathering of managers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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Mackay has weeded out middle managers so more scientists are doing science, and decision makers interact directly with them.

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