Megacorporation - The Infinite Times of Alphabet

Zusatztext 'Glen Whelan's book, Megacorporation, offers a unique and compelling critique on the way our lives are captured and framed by megacorporations with their vast reach and their insatiable quest for our data.' Kirsten Martin, William P. and Hazel B. White Professor of Technology Ethics, University of Notre Dame   Informationen zum Autor Glen Whelan is Course Lecturer at McGill University. His work focuses on the social influence of corporations, and of high-tech corporations in particular. He regularly publishes in journals such as Business and Society, Business Ethics Quarterly and the Journal of Business Ethics. Klappentext Through its many subsidiaries, the megacorporation Alphabet, Google's parent company, is fundamentally transforming our experience of the past, present and future. This novel philosophical perspective on corporate social influence will appeal to readers interested in big tech, business and society, political economy and organization studies. Zusammenfassung Through its many subsidiaries, the megacorporation Alphabet, Google's parent company, is fundamentally transforming our experience of the past, present and future. This novel philosophical perspective on corporate social influence will appeal to readers interested in big tech, business and society, political economy and organization studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Part I. The Birth of a Megacorporation: 2. Megacorporations; 3. Alphabet; Part II. Shaping our Pasts and Futures: 4. Personal pasts; 5. Social pasts; 6. Personal futures; 7. Social futures; Part III. Megadeath: 8. A finite ideology; 9. Immediate threats.

Product details

• Authors: Whelan Glen Whelan, Glen Whelan, Glen (Copenhagen Business School) Whelan, Glen (Mcgill University Whelan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781108428026
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42802-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Business, Value Creation, and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General, Business and Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, Business & management, Business ethics & social responsibility, Technology: general issues, Organizational theory & behaviour, Business ethics and social responsibility, Organizational theory and behaviour, Ownership and organization of enterprises, Ownership & Organization Of Enterprises