The Mature Corporation

Author : Paul Kearns,Stuart Woollard
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781527522763

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This volume represents the first textbook of the Maturity Institute, a new, not-for-profit, multi-disciplinary professional development institution established in 2012 to address the developmental needs of corporations. It explains the institution’s brief history, philosophy, goals, principles, strategic framework and measurement of mature, management practice. It offers a critique of earlier attempts to temper and moderate the worst excesses of late 20th century capitalism including concepts of ‘balanced scorecards’, ‘triple bottom lines’ and ‘corporate social responsibilities’. It tackles the root causes of capitalism’s present malaise, tracing them back to the mantra of ‘shareholder value’. In its analysis, the text describes a mutually inclusive, whole system, value paradigm where every societal stakeholder can benefit from corporate activity, where true wealth creation, resource utilisation and sustainability go hand-in-hand. This book provides a sophisticated, yet practical, navigation chart for all organisations needing to address the immense social and economic changes of the unfolding millennium.

Author : Paul Kearns,Stuart Woollard
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1527563502

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The Mature Corporation by Paul Kearns,Stuart Woollard Pdf

This volume represents the first textbook of the Maturity Institute, a new, not-for-profit, multi-disciplinary professional development institution established in 2012 to address the developmental needs of corporations. It explains the institutionâ (TM)s brief history, philosophy, goals, principles, strategic framework and measurement of mature, management practice. It offers a critique of earlier attempts to temper and moderate the worst excesses of late 20th century capitalism including concepts of â ~balanced scorecardsâ (TM), â ~triple bottom linesâ (TM) and â ~corporate social responsibilitiesâ (TM). It tackles the root causes of capitalismâ (TM)s present malaise, tracing them back to the mantra of â ~shareholder valueâ (TM). In its analysis, the text describes a mutually inclusive, whole system, value paradigm where every societal stakeholder can benefit from corporate activity, where true wealth creation, resource utilisation and sustainability go hand-in-hand. This book provides a sophisticated, yet practical, navigation chart for all organisations needing to address the immense social and economic changes of the unfolding millennium.

Author : Dorothée Baumann-Pauly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351277181

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Managing Corporate Legitimacy by Dorothée Baumann-Pauly Pdf

The failure of many governments to provide basic rights for their citizens has given rise to the expectation that globally operating corporations should step in and fill governance gaps, for example in the area of human rights. Today, many large multinational corporations claim to conduct business in a socially responsible manner, yet no tools exist to assess whether and to what degree they have indeed systematically revised their business practices to take on these new responsibilities. Managing Corporate Legitimacy addresses these research gaps by clarifying the role of the corporation as a private actor in global governance at conceptual and empirical levels; by contributing to our theoretical understanding of CC as a new phenomenon in globalization; and by furthering the development of appropriate approaches to CC in practice through its toolkit. The tool structures the implementation process in five learning stages (defensive, compliance, managerial, strategic and civil). The final civil stage describes political corporate behaviour. The author includes an empirical assessment of five Swiss multinationals in this book which reveals that most companies – even those with relatively long-standing and mature policies on social and environmental issues – have only just started to learn how to become corporate citizens. The book therefore concludes with a discussion of an issue-specific extension of the assessment tool and presents methods for setting priorities in the approach to corporate citizenship that may also facilitate corporate engagement with stakeholders. The tools developed in this book provide practical and detailed guidance for implementing and embedding CC and managing corporate legitimacy. It will be essential reading for practitioners looking for ways to legitimize their engagement with societal issues and for academics considering how we can better measure the engagement of business with CC.

Author : Charles Baden Fuller,John M. Stopford
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0875844766

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Rejuvenating the Mature Business by Charles Baden Fuller,John M. Stopford Pdf

Baden-Fuller and Stopford challenge managers to jettison the traditional thinking that pervades their industry, and to replace it with new, entrepreneurial ideas ranging from distributor relationships to new product design to market scope. They profile such companies as Hotpoint, which broke traditional rules by focusing on a national market when its rivals were international; Benetton, whose innovative strategic supplier alliances have made it a low-capital, high-profit operation; Banc One, whose service innovations revolutionized U.S. consumer banking; and knife manufacturer Richardson Sheffield, whose pioneering quality control, "lean" production strategies, and new product innovations led it from near bankruptcy to world leadership. The stories of these companies and many others, from Toyota to British Airways, dramatize each phase of rejuvenation.

Author : John Kenneth Galbraith
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781400873180

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The New Industrial State by John Kenneth Galbraith Pdf

With searing wit and incisive commentary, John Kenneth Galbraith redefined America's perception of itself in The New Industrial State, one of his landmark works. The United States is no longer a free-enterprise society, Galbraith argues, but a structured state controlled by the largest companies. Advertising is the means by which these companies manage demand and create consumer "need" where none previously existed. Multinational corporations are the continuation of this power system on an international level. The goal of these companies is not the betterment of society, but immortality through an uninterrupted stream of earnings. First published in 1967, The New Industrial State continues to resonate today.

Author : Edward Mozley Roche
Publisher : Barraclough Ltd
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0024026905

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Managing Information Technology in Multinational Corporations by Edward Mozley Roche Pdf

Author : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Interstate commerce
ISBN : UCAL:B2911182

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Interstate Commerce Commission Reports by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015016727599

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To Extend the Functions of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency Pdf

Also considers legislation to extend Commodity Credit Corp. and Eximbank programs.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Monopoly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Antitrust law
ISBN : UOM:39015016419593

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Role of Giant Corporations: Automobile industry, 1969 by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Monopoly Pdf

Considers economic concentration within the U.S. automobile industry and its impact on consumers, competition, and technological progress, and its response to Government regulations.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PSU:000024127363

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Research and Experimentation Tax Credit by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight Pdf

Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.

Author : Raymond C. Miller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134174829

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International Political Economy by Raymond C. Miller Pdf

This textbook is the perfect short introduction to the fundamental theories and issues of international political economy (IPE). Written in a concise and accessible style, the text equips students with the necessary skills and knowledge to understand this complex and fascinating area. Engaging with both classical theories and the main contemporary debates, this is the ideal starting point for the study of IPE. The text introduces students to the three main theoretical approaches in IPE: free market, institutionalist and historical materialist. The strengths and weaknesses of the theories are then illustrated by a series of fascinating applied case studies in such core areas as international trade, finance, transnational corporations, development and the environment. Combining clear historical and theoretical explanation with detailed empirical examples this is essential reading for students of international political economy, global governance and international economics.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Franchises (Retail trade)
ISBN : UOM:39015076085003

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Fairness in Franchising Act by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce Pdf

Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Session laws
ISBN : CHI:68290439

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Statutes of the United States of America Passed at the ... Session of the ... Congress by United States Pdf

Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1943
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015018409162

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Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act by United States Pdf

Author : William G. Roy
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1999-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781400822270

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Socializing Capital by William G. Roy Pdf

Ever since Adolph Berle and Gardiner Means wrote their classic 1932 analysis of the American corporation, The Modern Corporation and Private Property, social scientists have been intrigued and challenged by the evolution of this crucial part of American social and economic life. Here William Roy conducts a historical inquiry into the rise of the large publicly traded American corporation. Departing from the received wisdom, which sees the big, vertically integrated corporation as the result of technological development and market growth that required greater efficiency in larger scale firms, Roy focuses on political, social, and institutional processes governed by the dynamics of power. The author shows how the corporation started as a quasi-public device used by governments to create and administer public services like turnpikes and canals and then how it germinated within a system of stock markets, brokerage houses, and investment banks into a mechanism for the organization of railroads. Finally, and most particularly, he analyzes its flowering into the realm of manufacturing, when at the turn of this century, many of the same giants that still dominate the American economic landscape were created. Thus, the corporation altered manufacturing entities so that they were each owned by many people instead of by single individuals as had previously been the case.