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Firm Commitment : Why the Corporation Is Failing Us and How to Restore Trust in It

ISBN: 9780199669936 | 0199669937
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 3/1/2013

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
A comprehensive account of the contribution and failings of one of the most important institutions in the world - the corporation. It gives an accessible and insightful analysis of why the problems of the corporation - financial crises, mismanagement, poverty, and pollution - are increasing and what can be done to address them.
The corporation is one of the most important and remarkable institutions in the world. It affects all our lives continuously. It feeds, entertains, houses and, employs us. It generates vast ... MORE

Preface
Part 1: How the Corporation is Failing Us
1. In the Beginning
2. Morals and Markets
3. Reputation
4. Regulation
Part 2: Why It Is Happening
5. Evolving Enterprises
6. Bought and Closed
7. Capital and Commitment
Part 3: What We Should Do About It
8. Value and Values
9. Governance and Government
10. Without End
Appendix: References and Further Readings

Colin Mayer is Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies and former Dean of the Said Business School at the University of Oxford. He has consulted for numerous large firms and for governments, regulators and international agencies around the world. From 1986 to 2010, he was a director of Oxera, building the firm into one of the foremost economics consultancies in Europe.


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