SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good - Rilegato

Kanter, Rosabeth Moss

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ISBN 10: 0307382354 ISBN 13: 9780307382351

Casa editrice: Crown Businss, 2009

Riassunto

Discusses the concept of "vanguard companies" whose mission combines a social conscience along with meeting shareholders’ demands and the ability deliver on customers’ needs better than competitors, citing IMB’s expertise in India following 2006’s earthquake as an example. 50,000 first printing.

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“Rosabeth Moss Kanter puts a new and welcome human face on the many ways companies can serve a public purpose while also prospering financially and building an enduring culture of success.”
—Andrea Jung, chairman and CEO of Avon Products

“A brilliant report from the front lines of companies creating the future by accomplishing the seemingly impossible.”
—Daniel Vasella, chairman and CEO of Novartis

“Rosabeth Moss Kanter . . . breaks new ground in SuperCorp by envisioning the corporation of the future that creates long-term value through breakthrough strategies that help solve intractable social problems.”
—Bill George, former chairman and CEO of Medtronic and author of True North

“This is the book that the world has been anxiously waiting for, perhaps Kanter’s most notable, certainly one of the most important books of this decade.”
—Warren Bennis, University Professor at the University of Southern California and author of On Becoming a Leader

“Kanter makes a compelling case about the role played by corporate culture, values-based decision making, and larger societal issues in the creation of sustainable success.”
—Ivan Seidenberg, chairman and CEO of Verizon

“Innovative insights on how companies–and their leaders–can be at the vanguard of the twenty-first century. . . . Timely, informative, and uplifting–all of the qualities of a great read!”
—David Gergen, CNN senior political analyst and White House counselor to four U.S. presidents

“Kanter’s careful analysis goes beyond the platitudes by offering solid examples and important insights.”
—Samuel J. Palmisano, chairman, p­resident, and CEO of IBM

“Unless your business is also serving a social purpose you miss an opportunity for innovations that bring profits. Rosabeth Moss Kanter, one of our most outstanding scholars, excels in her characteristic manner by taking the lead and developing practical ideas for the leaders of the future.”
—Ram Charan, coauthor of Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done

L'autore:

Named by the London Times as one of the “50 most powerful women in the world,” ROSABETH MOSS KANTER is the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor at Harvard Business School. She is the author of theNew York Times bestseller Confidence, The Change Masters, named by theFinancial Times as one of the most influential business books of the twentieth century, and Men and Women of the Corporation, which won the C. Wright Mills Award for the year’s best book on social issues. Dr. Kanter chairs the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative, offering innovative collaboration across business, education, government, law, and public health.

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• Editore: Crown Businss
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0307382354
• ISBN 13: 9780307382351
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 322