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Corporate Governance

Mitchell, Lawrence E.
Corporate Governance
The study of corporate governance is a relatively modern development, with significant attention devoted to the subject. This title covers topics such as: the purpose of the corporation, the board of directors, the role of shareholders, and contemporary developments like hedge fund activism, and the role of sovereign wealth funds.

CHF 376.00

The Speculation Economy

Mitchell, Lawrence E.
The Speculation Economy
The consequences of even a modest decrease in a business's stock price have become so dire that some executives would rather damage their corporation's long-term health than allow quarterly returns to fall below projections. How did this situation come about? Lawrence E. Mitchell shows that the tipping point came in the first years of the 20th century. He explores the legal, financial, economic, and social transformations that led to the birth...

CHF 32.50

Corporate Irresponsibility

Mitchell, Lawrence E.
Corporate Irresponsibility
Mitchell declares that managers should be freed from the legal and structural constraints that make it difficult for them to exercise ordinary moral judgment and be held accountable for their actions. He demonstrates the extent to which contemporary corporate behavior represents a corruption of our cherished liberal values of personal freedom and individuality.

CHF 85.00

The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed Over Industry

Mitchell, Lawrence E.
The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed Over Industry
American companies once focused exclusively on providing the best products and services. But today, most corporations are obsessed with maximizing their stock prices, resulting in short-term thinking and the kind of cook-the-books corruption seen in the Enron and WorldCom scandals. How did this happen? In this groundbreaking book, Lawrence E. Mitchell traces the origins of the problem to the first decade of the 20th century, when industrialist...

CHF 46.90

Reinventing the Automobile

Mitchell, William J. (MIT Smart Cities, E14-433D) / Borroni-Bird, Chris E. (Vice President of Strategic Development) / Burns, Lawrence D.
Reinventing the Automobile
This book provides a long-overdue vision for a new automobile era. The cars we drive today follow the same underlying design principles as the Model Ts of a hundred years ago and the tail-finned sedans of fifty years ago. In the twenty-first century, cars are still made for twentieth-century purposes. They are inefficient for providing personal mobility within cities¿where most of the world¿s people now live. In this pathbreaking book, William...

CHF 39.50

Der parasitäre Konzern

Mitchell, Lawrence E.
Der parasitäre Konzern
Das Handeln amerikanischer Konzerne orientiert sich nahezu ausschließlich am Aktienkurs. Ihre Manager sind so darauf konzentriert, kurzfristige Gewinne zu erwirtschaften, dass sie weder Rücksichten auf ihre Angestellten oder Verbraucher nehmen, noch an den Schutz der Umwelt denken und letztendlich sogar das langfristige Wohl des ganzen Konzerns aufs Spiel setzen. Amerikanische Unternehmen bezeichnet Mitchell als "perfekte Externalisierungsmasc...

CHF 31.50