Overview
What makes a global company great? Forthe past few decades, more than 60 percent of Fortune 500 companies have eitherfailed or been significantly downgraded in size, influence, or governancestructures. In New World Companies, best-selling author and corporateconsultant Bruce Piasecki examines this sobering reality and explains whycertain twenty-first century companies are likely to thrive while others fallshort.New World Companiesbegins withan overview of today's global business environment. Specifically, it examinesthe recently evolved areas of corporate concern: environmental, social, andgovernance (ESG) practices. It then shows how this growing trend toward socialresponsiveness-involving areas such as preservation of the environment, themeeting of consumer and employee needs, and the transparency of companypractices and philosophies-is proving to be an integral part of a successfuloperation. Subsequent chapters explore the role of digital technology inbringing the people of the world together in a new era of human rights; theevolution of shared values in business networks; the new flow of moneymanagement and successful investing; the importance of innovation andsustainability; and much more. Whether you are an investor, anexecutive, or a consumer, New World Companies providesyou with the tools needed to measure a company's potential for growth andsuccess-or its likelihood of failure.
- | Author: Bruce Piasecki
- | Publisher: Square One Publishers
- | Publication Date: Dec 18, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 208 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 075700413X
- | ISBN-13: 9780757004131
