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Corporate Management in a Knowledge-Based Economy

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  1. Gianfranco Zanda
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Company Management: Its Historical Evolution

    • Gianfranco Zanda
    Pages 1-7

  3. The Period in which Power Is Associated with Land Ownership

    • Daniela Coluccia
    Pages 8-40

  4. The First Industrial Revolution (c1760–c1870)

    • Daniela Coluccia
    Pages 41-51

  5. The Second Industrial Revolution (late 1800s and early 1900s)

    • Daniela Coluccia
    Pages 52-64

  6. The ‘Managerial Revolution’: The Origin and Growth of Managerial Capitalism (from the 1930s to the End of the 1970s)

    • Gianfranco Zanda
    Pages 65-110

  7. The Appearance and Establishment of ‘Financial Shareholding Managerial Capitalism’

    • Gianfranco Zanda
    Pages 111-154

  8. The Efficient-market Hypothesis (EMH) and Financial Crisis

    • Gianluca Oricchio
    Pages 155-168

  9. Control of Intangible Resources and Corporate Management

    • Gianfranco Zanda
    Pages 169-188

  10. Ethical Foundations of Corporate Social Responsibility. The Contribution of Christian Social Thought

    • Helen Alford
    Pages 189-211

  11. Patterns of Management and Their Influence on Business Behaviour

    • Silvia Solimene
    Pages 212-236

  12. Summary and Closing Remarks

    • Gianfranco Zanda
    Pages 237-244

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 245-262
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Corporate Management in a Knowledge-Based Economy traces the evolution of corporate governance over time, with a particular focus on the changing nature of power. The control of scarce resources used in production materials, labour and capital has evolved considerably over the past centuries, with government, landowners, non-owner managers, and institutional investors acting as controlling powers at different points in time. In order to appropriately protect the various, and changing, stakeholders, the system of corporate governance has also developed over the years a process that continues to the present. In today's knowledge-based economy, with the rising importance of intangible assets, a new corporate management paradigm is needed. This book incorporates theoretical work as well as practical applications to analyse these developments and explore emerging trends of the 21st century. It examines how the pursuit of profit maximization has resulted in governance failures and it focuses on the prospective role of business ethics (once again in the spotlight following the credit crisis) in helping reform flawed governance structures. It argues that, in the long term, a system based on ethics can maximize social responsibility, customer satisfaction, human capital development and economic targets.

About the authors

GIANFRANCO ZANDA has held senior Corporate Management positions at several global institutions for over 40 years. He is Professor of Corporate Management in La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. He has written several books on Corporate Management, Human Capital, Business Valuation, Advanced Accounting.

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