Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. INTRODUCTION: BUSINESS IN SOCIETY 1
4. PART 1 THE BACKGROUND
5. 1 LOVE THE PRODUCT, HATE THE PRODUCER 11
6. 2 A HISTORY OF PHARMACEUTICALS: A CASE FOR TREATMENT 26
7. 3 ECONOMIC MOTIVATION 38
8. PART 2 A BRIEF HISTORY OF BUSINESS
9. 4 THE MECHANICAL FIRM 51
10. 5 THE RISE OF MANUFACTURING 59
11. 6 THE RISE OF THE CORPORATION 71
12. 7 CHANGING FORTUNES 87
13. 8 THE DECLINE OF MANUFACTURING 93
14. PART 3 THE SECRET OF OUR SUCCESS 105
15. 9 BETTER AT EVERYTHING 105
16. 10 BETTER AT BUSINESS 116
17. 11 VALUE 123
18. 12 STANLEY MATTHEWS CHANGES TRAINS 132
19. PART 4 THE AGE OF INDIVIDUALISM
20. 13 MONEY CAN’T BUY YOU LOVE 143
21. 14 OR PERHAPS IT CAN: THE MODERN THEORY OF THE FIRM 152
22. 15 THE MYTH OF OWNERSHIP 165
23. 16 MUST COMPANIES MAXIMISE PROFITS? 178
24. 17 LEAKY PIPES AND OVERFLOWING SEWAGE 188
25. 18 THE DUMBEST IDEA IN THE WORLD 193
26. PART 5 HOW IT ALL WORKED OUT
27. 19 THE EVOLUTION OF FINANCE 203
28. 20 THE ART OF THE DEAL 212
29. 21 NOT A PRETTY PICTURE 220
30. 22 THE FALL OF THE ICONS 229
31. 23 THE FINANCE CURSE 243
32. PART 6 THE CORPORATION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
33. 24 COMBINATIONS AND CAPABILITIES 251
34. 25 A LETTER FROM ARNOLD WEINSTOCK 264
35. 26 THE MACNEIL RETURNS TO BARRA 276
36. 27 THE HOLLOW CORPORATION 290
37. PART 7 CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
38. 28 CAPITAL AS A SERVICE 301
39. 29 CAPITAL AND WEALTH 312
40. 30 WHO ARE THE CAPITALISTS NOW? 325
41. 31 IN SEARCH OF CAPITAL 333
42. PART 8 THE BEST OF TIMES, THE WORST OF TIMES
43. 32 AMBIGUITY IS A FEATURE, NOT A BUG 341
44. 33 AFTER CAPITALISM 351
45. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 355
46. NOTES 356
47. BIBLIOGRAPHY 396
48. INDEX 429