Beyond the Corporation
Beyond the Corporation
David Erdal
Kr 142,-
- Utgiver:
- Random House
- Forlag:
- Random House
- Utgitt:
- 2011-03-22
- Kategori:
- Diverse
- ISBN:
- 9781446468449
- Språk:
- Engelsk
- Pris:
- Kr 142,-
- Format:
- Epub / Kopibeskyttet
- Beyond the Corporation is a book for our times.
Offering inspiration and vision in the wake of financial
Armageddon, it is the story of ordinary people who share
the ownership of the businesses where they work.
- The enterprises come in all sizes: from companies
employing just a few dozen people, to large corporations:
John Lewis in the UK, employing 70,000 'partners';
Mondragon, a highly entrepreneurial group of over 100
businesses in Spain, employing more than 100,000; and many
examples in the US, some employing tens of thousands. It
would be hard to imagine a better informed, more involved
or more enthusiastic set of employees -- sharing the
efforts of making their companies successful, and sharing
all of the rewards. Unusually in the corporate world, they
control their own destinies -- a situation beyond the
dreams of most working people.
- Erdal takes a hard look at those who insist, in the
teeth of the evidence, that shared ownership will never
work -- a sorry tale, he argues, of prejudice masquerading
as economic thinking. The book contains detailed case
studies as well as interviews with a range of people, whose
inspiring stories of success fly in the face of received
wisdom. These successes include: high levels of
productivity; sustained rapid growth; fast-moving,
innovative responses to changing worlds; high levels of
investment aimed at long-term prosperity; and, above all,
the sheer happiness employees experience in working
together in businesses that they own together, sharing the
wealth that they create.
- At a time when the 'orthodox' corporate economy has been badly shaken, Beyond the Corporation makes essential reading.











