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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Putting shareholder returns first is harmful to both the planet and business.
Chapter 3: A business can be successful while still doing what is also morally right.
Chapter 4: Businesses can dodge short-term investor demands by reforming their accounting, courting impact investors, and curbing investor power overall.
Chapter 5: By working together, businesses can help drive progressive change and laws.
Chapter 6: Unilever offers a clear example that sustainability can be profitable.
Chapter 7: Health-care company Aetna shows how vital a shared purpose can be.
Chapter 8: Businesses can be strong advocates for minority rights.
Chapter 9: Real change is gradual and the product of many hands. This holds true in business, too.
Description
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire (2020) asks us to rethink the way our economic system functions if we’re to survive our current crises, like climate change, inequality, and authoritarian populism. In this guide to the future, Rebecca Henderson describes how we must instill purpose into our business ventures, so that they create shared value, rather than merely shareholder value.
Who Should Listen
- Business leaders and CEOs looking to change the world
- Economists and academics interested in rethinking capitalism
- Anyone interested in the world of the future