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Building respected companies : rethinking business leadership and the purpose of the firm /

"The current financial crisis has deep macroeconomic roots, but the dominant view of the firm has made the crisis deeper and more devastating. Over the past few decades, maximizing shareholder value has become the main objective of the firm. Chief executives have been keen on this objective bec...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Canals, Jordi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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260 |a Cambridge ;  |a New York :  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 2010. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-260) and index. 
505 0 |a Part I. Corporate crisis, leadership and governance: Financial crisism a. leadership crisis? -- Part II. Rethinking the firm's purpose: The firm's mission and purpose; The firm as a respected institution -- Part III. The tole of corporate governance in developing a respected company: Nature, goals and models of corporate governance; A mission-based view of corporate responsibility -- Part IV. Leading and growing a respected company: The board of directors at work: impact beyond regulation; The chief executive: reputation beyond charisma; The CEO's role in developing the firm as an institution. 
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