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Value creation principles the pragmatic theory of the firm begins with purpose and ends with sustainable capitalism /

"Bartley J. Madden's The Pragmatic Theory of the Firm specifies that a firm's knowledge-building proficiency is the fundamental cause of a firm's survival and prosperity as well as a pathway to significant improvements across a firm's typically siloed activities. This theory...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Madden, Bartley J. (Autor)
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Wiley, 2020.
Edición:First Edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface and Overview
  • Part I A Firm's Role in Society
  • Chapter 1 Overview of the Pragmatic Theory of the Firm
  • The Nucleus of the Pragmatic Theory of the Firm
  • The Evolution of Thinking About the Theory of the Firm
  • Kindred Spirits for the Pragmatic Theory of the Firm
  • Innovation and Economic Growth
  • The Purpose of the Firm
  • The Pragmatic Theory of the Firm
  • Chapter 2 Knowledge Building and Firm Performance
  • The Knowledge-Building Path to Improved Performance
  • The Knowledge-Building Loop
  • Human Behavior, Culture, and Firm Performance
  • Elegant, Parsimonious, and Reliable Theories
  • Chapter 3 Work, Innovation, and Resource Allocation
  • Lean Thinking-"No Problem is a Problem"
  • The Theory of constraints
  • Ontological/Phenomenological Model
  • Innovation
  • Resource Allocation
  • The Key Constraint in Sustaining a Knowledge-Building Culture
  • Part II The Pragmatic Theory of the Firm Connects Innovation and Valuation
  • Chapter 4 Life-Cycle Performance and Firm Risk
  • The Firm's Competitive Life Cycle
  • A Paranoid Optimist Restructures Nokia
  • A Case Study of Innovation-Amazon
  • The Life-Cycle Valuation Model
  • What Does a Stock Price Say About a Firm's Future Investments?
  • Forward-Looking, Market-Implied Discount Rate
  • The Roots of Modern Finance
  • Firm Risk Offers a Different Mindset
  • Summary of Key Ideas
  • A Research Methodology for Advancing the Life-Cycle Framework
  • Better Estimates of the Investor Discount Rate
  • Chapter 5 Intangible Assets, Brands, and Shareholder Returns
  • The New Economy and Connectivity-Enabled Business Models
  • Empirical Evidence about Intangible Assets
  • Brands Impact a Firm's Market Value
  • A Conceptual Roadmap for Handling Intangible Assets
  • Integrated Reports, Life-Cycle Reviews, and Intangibles
  • Expect more than coffee-Starbucks
  • Costco Starts by Caring for Its Employees
  • Ringing Doorbells and Changing Times-Avon
  • Why did Illumina Outperform the Stock Market 18-Fold from 2004 to 2014?
  • The Efficient Market Hypothesis and the Factor Zoo
  • Excess Shareholder Returns and three Levels of Cause-and-Effect Logic
  • Useful Ideas for Investors, Managements, and Academic Researchers
  • System Principles and Effective Language
  • Part III Value Creation
  • Chapter 6 Life-Cycle Position, Adaptability, and Organizational Structure
  • Life-Cycle Guideposts
  • Focused Execution of an Innovative Business Model-Netflix
  • Innovation in the Operating Room-Intuitive Surgical
  • Nothing Runs Like a Deere
  • Smith Corona and NCR
  • The ABCs of Organizational Structure
  • Organizational Experimentation at the Haier Group
  • Value Creators Drive Dynamism in China
  • Chapter 7 Achieving Progress Through Knowledge Building and Value Creation
  • The New Economy and the Pragmatic Theory of the Firm
  • Life-Cycle Track Records are a Scorecard and a Learning TOOL