New World Companies
Published on 5. January 2016
208 pages
978-0-7570-5413-6 (ISBN)
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What makes a global company great? Forthe past few decades, more than 60 percent of Fortune 500 companies have eitherfailed or been significantly downgraded in size, influence, or governancestructures. In New World Companies, best-selling author and corporateconsultant Bruce Piasecki examines this sobering reality and explains whycertain twenty-first century companies are likely to thrive while others fallshort.
New World Companiesbegins withan overview of today's global business environment. Specifically, it examinesthe recently evolved areas of corporate concern: environmental, social, andgovernance (ESG) practices. It then shows how this growing trend toward socialresponsiveness?involving areas such as preservation of the environment, themeeting of consumer and employee needs, and the transparency of companypractices and philosophies?is proving to be an integral part of a successfuloperation. Subsequent chapters explore the role of digital technology inbringing the people of the world together in a new era of human rights; theevolution of shared values in business networks; the new flow of moneymanagement and successful investing; the importance of innovation andsustainability; and much more.
Whether you are an investor, anexecutive, or a consumer, New World Companies providesyou with the tools needed to measure a company's potential for growth andsuccess?or its likelihood of failure.
New World Companiesbegins withan overview of today's global business environment. Specifically, it examinesthe recently evolved areas of corporate concern: environmental, social, andgovernance (ESG) practices. It then shows how this growing trend toward socialresponsiveness?involving areas such as preservation of the environment, themeeting of consumer and employee needs, and the transparency of companypractices and philosophies?is proving to be an integral part of a successfuloperation. Subsequent chapters explore the role of digital technology inbringing the people of the world together in a new era of human rights; theevolution of shared values in business networks; the new flow of moneymanagement and successful investing; the importance of innovation andsustainability; and much more.
Whether you are an investor, anexecutive, or a consumer, New World Companies providesyou with the tools needed to measure a company's potential for growth andsuccess?or its likelihood of failure.
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Bruce Piasecki, PhD is the president and founder of AHC Group, Inc., a top management consulting firm specializing in energy, materials, and environmental corporate matters, whose clients include Suncor Energy, the Warren Buffett firm Shaw Industries, to Toyota, and other international companies. In addition to his bestseller Doing More with Less, Dr. Piasecki is the author of nine other books on business strategy, valuation, and corporate change, including the Nature Society's book of the year, In Search of Environmental Excellence: Moving Beyond Blame, as well as his recent bestseller Doing More With Less. Since 1981, he has advised companies on the critical areas of corporate governance, energy, environmental strategy, product innovation, and sustainability strategy. A highly sought after speaker and educator, Dr. Piasecki gives lectures, workshops, and seminars throughout North America and the world.
You can find this and all other of Dr. Piasecki's books at the following website:
www.DoingMoreWithLessBook.com
See more at: http://www.brucepiasecki.com/bio#sthash.5cIlxUhQ.dpuf
And for more details about Dr. Piasecki, be sure either to CLICK HERE for his EverybodyWiki page or visit the URL below:
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Bruce Piasecki, PhD is the president and founder of AHC Group, Inc., a top management consulting firm specializing in energy, materials, and environmental corporate matters, whose clients include Suncor Energy, the Warren Buffett firm Shaw Industries, to Toyota, and other international companies. In addition to his bestseller Doing More with Less, Dr. Piasecki is the author of nine other books on business strategy, valuation, and corporate change, including the Nature Society's book of the year, In Search of Environmental Excellence: Moving Beyond Blame, as well as his recent bestseller Doing More With Less. Since 1981, he has advised companies on the critical areas of corporate governance, energy, environmental strategy, product innovation, and sustainability strategy. A highly sought after speaker and educator, Dr. Piasecki gives lectures, workshops, and seminars throughout North America and the world.
You can find this and all other of Dr. Piasecki's books at the following website:
www.DoingMoreWithLessBook.com
See more at: http://www.brucepiasecki.com/bio#sthash.5cIlxUhQ.dpuf
And for more details about Dr. Piasecki, be sure either to CLICK HERE for his EverybodyWiki page or visit the URL below:
https://en.everybodywiki.com/Bruce_Piasecki
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Credits
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The World on Your Wrist
- 2. The Matter of Energy
- 3. A Merger of Metrics
- 4. Money Matters
- 5. Social Response Investing
- 6. Engines of Freedom
- Conclusion
- Asset Managers
- References
- About the Author
- Index
