Description
Book SynopsisThanks to the rise of mutual funds and retirement plans, the actual owners of the world’s corporate giants are no longer a few wealthy families. Rather, they’re the huge majority of working people who have their pensions and life savings invested in shares of today’s largest companies. These grassroots owners have ideas about value that differ from those of tycoons or Wall Street traders. And corporate directors and executives are coming under increasing pressure to respond. The New Capitalists provides examplesfrom GE to Disney to British Petroleumof enterprises whose shareholders have recently wielded their control in ways unimaginable just several years ago.
Authors Stephen Davis, Jon Lukomnik and David Pitt-Watson describe how civil ownership will profoundly alter our worldincluding forcing the rise of a new species of corporation. It has already begun demolishing old rules and habits, laying the groundwork for a new cons
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Preface Part One: New Capitalist Circle of Accountability Chapter 1: The Civil Economy Chapter 2: Business Past: The Uncivil Economy Chapter 3: The Future Corporation: A Capitalist Manifesto Chapter 4: Institutional Investors: Mobilizing Ownership Chapter 5: Boards of Directors: A New Accountability Part Two: New Capitalist Ecosystem Chapter 6: Monitoring the Market: The Information Moguls Chapter 7: Accounting Standards: Escaping Brother Luca's Boxes Chapter 8: NGOs and Capital: Citizens' Suffrage Chapter 9: Action Memos: The New Capitalist Agenda Postscript Bibliography About the Authors
