{"product_id":"the-new-capitalists-9781422101018","title":"The New Capitalists","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThanks 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. \u003ci\u003eThe New Capitalists\u003c\/i\u003e provides examples—from GE to Disney to British Petroleum—of enterprises whose shareholders have recently wielded their control in ways unimaginable just several years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthors Stephen Davis, Jon Lukomnik and David Pitt-Watson describe how civil ownership will profoundly alter our world—including 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  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\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Harvard Business Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885579546967,"sku":"9781422101018","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-new-capitalists-9781422101018","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}