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Informationen zum Autor Jordi Canals is the Dean and Professor of General Management at IESE Business School. His areas of interest are corporate governance, globalization and corporate strategy. He is the author of thirteen books, including Universal Banks (1996) and Managing Corporate Growth (2000). A Fulbright Fellow, he was a research fellow at Harvard Business School and a guest scholar at The Brookings Institution and the World Bank. He was also a member of the task force on corporate governance in Spain (2002–2003). Klappentext Develops a new perspective on the firm and business leadership whereby companies serve society, not just their shareholders. Zusammenfassung Maximizing shareholder value has become the main objective of the firm. Unfortunately! this has driven many CEOs to make terrible decisions based on short-termism and greed. This book argues that we must address this problem by developing companies that serve society! not just their shareholders. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Corporate Crisis, Leadership and Governance: 1. Financial crisis. Leadership crisis?; Part II. Rethinking the Purpose of the Firm: 2. The firm's mission and purpose; 3. The firm as a respected institution; Part III. The Role of Corporate Governance in Developing a Respected Company: 4. Nature, goals and models of corporate governance; 5. Responsible firms; Part IV. Leading and Growing a Respected Company: 6. The board of directors at work: impact beyond regulation; 7. The chief executive: reputation beyond charisma; 8. The role of the chief executive in developing the company as a respected institution; Index.
