ESCP Europe

Item type

Ebook

Language

English

Publication year

2016

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• 1 user licence

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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - ORGANIZATION - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

"It may be hard to believe in an era of Walmart, Citizens United, and the Koch brothers, but corporations are on the decline. The number of American companies listed on the stock market dropped by half between 1996 and 2012. In recent years we've seen some of the most storied corporations go bankrupt (General Motors, Chrysler, Eastman Kodak) or disappear entirely (Bethlehem Steel, Lehman Brothers, Borders). Gerald Davis argues this is a root cause of the income inequality and social instability we face today. Corporations were once an integral part of building the middle class. They were like small private welfare states. The businesses that are replacing them will not fill the same role."

PART I -THE CORPORATE CENTURY IN AMERICA PART II -WHY THE AMERICAN CORPORATION IS DISAPPEARING PART III -CONSEQUENCES OF CORPORATE COLLAPSE PART IV -NOW WHAT?.