The new capitalists : how citizen investors are reshaping the corporate agenda

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Title:

The new capitalists : how citizen investors are reshaping the corporate agenda

Author:

Davis, Stephen M., 1955-

ISBN:

9781422101018

Personal Author:

Davis, Stephen M., 1955-

Publication Information:

Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c2006.

Physical Description:

xvii, 288 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

The civil economy: the democratization of ownership -- Business past: the uncivil economy -- The future corporation: a capitalist manifesto -- Institutional investors: mobilizing ownership -- Boards of directors: a new accountability -- Monitoring the market: the information moguls -- Accounting standards: escaping Brother Luca's boxes -- NGOs and capital: civil society meets the civil economy -- Action memos: the new capitalist agenda.

Abstract:

"Grassroots owners have ideas about value that differ markedly from those of Wall Street players, tycoons, or politicians. And corporate directors and executives are coming under increasing pressure to respond. The New Capitalists: How Citizen Investors Are Reshaping the Corporate Agenda provides examples - from GE to Disney to British Petroleum - of enterprises whose shareowners are beginning to wield influence in ways unimaginable just several years ago."--Jacket.

Subject Term:

Investments.

Capitalism -- Social aspects.

Corporate governance.

Added Author:

Lukomnik, Jon.

Pitt-Watson, David.

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Thanks 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 examples--from GE to Disney to British Petroleum--of 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 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 "constitution of commerce." The authors spell out conventional thinking destined for extinction--and fresh strategies companies must implement to survive in the emerging "civil economy." They also outline how investors, advisors, activists, and policy makers can make their voices heard.