The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century
My new book will be released 29th August, and is now available for pre-order. For generations, we have defined a corporation as a business run by a capitalist elite, that uses its accumulated wealth to own the means of production and exercise economic power. That is no longer the reality. In the twenty-first century, our most desired goods and services aren’t stacked in warehouses or on container ships: they appear on your screen, fit in your pocket or occupy your head. But even as we consume more than ever before, big business faces a crisis of legitimacy. The pharmaceutical industry creates life-saving vaccines but has lost the trust of the public. The widening pay gap between executives and employees is destabilising our societies. Facebook and Google have more customers than any companies in history but are widely reviled. In this book, I examine how business has changed — and how academic models of business have not kept up with those changes. My hope is that this book will provide a better way of understanding the purpose of business, how business actually works, and why a career in business can be both intellectually stimulating and socially valuable.
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