{"product_id":"going-off-the-rails-9780470853146","title":"Going Off the Rails","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe capitalist model was developed in the 19th century and recent events have shown the difficulties of adapting this to the demands of the 21st century, in which human and social capital are of far greater importance than physical capital.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"... cleverly links globalisation and Anglo-American capitalism... if you want to understand what business is going through, it is an excellent place to start.\" (Management Today, March 2003)  \u003cp\u003e'Plender, a respected Financial Times columnist and former chaiman of the corporate governance consultancy PIRC, analyses the crisis cogently both on macro and micro levels' (Director, April 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"…His insightful and wide-ranging book is a must for anyone who wants to understand how global finance shapes the world…\" (New Statesman, 21 April 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"…Going off the Rails looks at the myriad ways in which those trusted to look after shareholders’ money have let them down…\" (Financial Times, 5 May 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“…An intelligent book…”(En, May\/June 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the author vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 IMPATIENT CAPITAL 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The turn of the global tide 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Third World ghetto 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Dr Pangloss comes to Wall Street 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Europe pulls up a drawbridge 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2 DOUBLE STANDARDS 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Uncreative destruction 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The just-in-time CEO 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Enron, alas 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3 THE LIMITS OF CONVERGENCE 183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Apocalypse later 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The semi-detached samurai 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4 BEYOND SHAREHOLDER VALUE 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The legitimacy crisis 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Putting the world to rights 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 275\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402442875223,"sku":"9780470853146","price":23.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470853146.jpg?v=1730480410","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/going-off-the-rails-9780470853146","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}