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List of contents
1 What Are We Talking About?
2 What Legal Form Fits Best?
3 Who Reaps the Value?
4 Life Insurers Acting Like Mutuals
5 Investment Banks Acting Like Partnerships
6 Steer Clear of Consulting Firms
7 Soccer Teams: For the Players—or the Fans?
8 Actors in the Limelight
9 Airlines: All for the Customers
10 Beware Outdated Profit Models
11 Genuine Stock Corporations in Action
12 Invest More Effectively
About the author
Adriano B. Lucatelli is a Swiss entrepreneur in the financial services industry and sits on the board of directors of various companies. Since 2012 he has been lecturing at the University of Zurich on the political economy of international finance.
In 2011, he earned the Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Nevada. The same year, he was nominated by Ernst & Young Switzerland for the firm’s 'Entrepreneur Of The Year' award.
Summary
Maybe you’ve wondered at some point why, even without any indication of strategic or management errors, certain companies hardly ever manage to generate shareholder value over the years. In those companies, the lion’s share of the value created goes not to the owners but to the management or customers. This book will give you new insights into how and where you can make meaningful and profitable use of your financial resources.
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“Leading is about balancing the interests of customers, suppliers, employees and owners. Whilst this may be obvious, what is less so is how the legal construct of a business can help or hinder in that subtle balancing act. Lucatelli does a fine job of opening the eyes of the uninitiated to the critical challenges of leadership for value. A fine, important book.”Emmanuel Gobillot, author of “The Connected Leader,” “LeaderShift” and “Follow the Leader”“Putting good corporate governance into practice is important to the economic success of any company. According to the author, the main reason things go wrong at many stock corporations is that they have the wrong legal form. An interesting and unsettling thesis.”Professor Roger M. Kunz, University of Basel“We’ve all seen the annual rankings of the best CEOs or most successful companies. But they’re rarely based on the ability to create sustained shareholder value. This book shows which stock market favorites are actually interesting for long-term equity investors and which ones aren’t. Be prepared for some surprises!”Daniel Manser, Derivative Partners Media“This book should be on the required reading list for top managers running talent-based firms—such as movie studios or sports companies—who will find interesting and surprising insights and ideas regarding where to direct their talent recruitment and management efforts.”Professor Jean-Paul Thommen, European BusinessSchool and University of Zurich
