The Emperor's Nightingale
Restoring the Integrity of the Corporation in the Age of Shareholder Activism
Published on 25. March 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7382-0133-7 (ISBN)
Description
A compelling vision of the corporation of the future from the worlds foremost shareholder activist.. In The Emperors Nightingale, Robert Monks, the worlds foremosst shareholder activist, weaves together parables, case studies, and insights from complexity thinking to reveal the true character of the corporation, as it struggles to reconcile the opposing forces of certainty and uncertainty, the predictable and the serendipitous, and short-term profit versus long-term economic value rooted in the social good.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boulder
United States
Publishing group
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7382-0133-7 (9780738201337)
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Content
* Foreword Dean LeBaron * Prologue: The Emperors Nightingale * The Emperors Nightingale: Harbinger of Corporate Restoration * The Disconsolate Dawn of the Modern Corporation * Four Corporate Dangers * The Limits of Conventional Corporate Wisdomand How to Surpass Them * The Corporation and the Economy as Complex Adaptive Systems * Modelling Corporate Accountability * Intermezzo: The Four Phases of Corporate Life * Stone & Webster: A Journey to the Edge of Chaos * The New Owners * The New Language * Conclusion: The Restored Corporation in the New Millennium * Epilogue: The Nightingale Sings2010