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25 Years Ago I Coined the Phrase "Triple Bottom Line." Here's Why It's Time to Rethink It.
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleIt was supposed to be a radical rethinking of capitalism, but it's become a mere accounting tool. -
Investment 1.0 vs Capitalism 2.0
Economics Digital ArticleOne of the obstacles to Capitalism 2.0, as we’ve discussed quite a bit in the past, is Investment 1.0. Here’s an example. Bill Gurley is a very smart guy who has written some ground-breaking stuff. I used to read it obsessively while I was doing my MBA. So I was (super) lamed out to read […] -
Capitalism Won’t Thrive on Value Investing Alone
Finance and investing Digital ArticleThe economy needs careful decision-makers as well as risk-takers. -
Capitalism at a Crossroads
Economics Digital ArticleTo usher in the new year, an exciting occasion: my new book, The New Capitalist Manifesto, has been published by HBR. I’d like to extend a warm thank you to regular readers, and those who’ve commented here — our discussions have enlightened, stimulated, and challenged me. And, of course, my awesomely talented editors here at […] -
Micro Capitalism: Eastern Europe’s Computer Future
Global strategy Magazine ArticleThroughout Central Europe and the Soviet Union, computer entrepreneurs are emerging from the shells of state organizations to begin the exhilarating yet chaotic process of building a market economy. The customer base is eager and literate. The programmers are smart and inventive. Few people are complacent, and many are scared. No one can control this […] -
Rescuing Capitalism from Itself
Business and society Digital ArticleStabilizing an unbalanced system. -
Ethical Capital Is Capitalism’s New Cornerstone
Business ethics Digital ArticleOut of the great crisis, a mega-imperative: building a capitalism fit for a roiling, seething 21st century, one that’s an evolutionary leap beyond its industrial era predecessor. Here’s how the unlikeliest of revolutionaries, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has put it: “Our system was not designed to sustain a shock, a crisis of this magnitude…capitalism will […] -
Capitalism at Risk
Economics Digital ArticleDutch Leonard and Lynn Paine, Harvard Business School professors and coauthors of Capitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business, describe how corporate leaders are responding to the forces challenging the free market. -
How 20th-Century Black Business Leaders Envisioned a More Just Capitalism
Business history Digital ArticleCharles Clinton Spaulding and Maggie Lena Walker built operations that supported and strengthened the communities around them. -
Is Capitalism Next to Godliness?
Capitalism Digital ArticleThe obituary of investment industry pioneer John Marks Templeton this week puts the spotlight on a perennial question: is it an inherent contradiction to be religious and also profit-seeking? At least since the time of Jesus (who declared that “it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for […] -
Capitalism's Confidence Games
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOur work on the evolution of global capitalism rests on a core idea: systems with feedback and selection evolve. That's a foundational idea in evolutionary... -
Are Our Management Theories Outdated?
Global Business Digital ArticleWe need a more human purpose. -
Not Your Father's Capitalism
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIn 2007, Chris was on a guided tour of Beijing and happened on a curious, newly built neighborhood: it was a cul de sac of oversized faux Tudors looking... -
China’s Foreign Investments, Capitalism’s Future
Government Digital Article“The notion that capitalists should allow communists to buy their companies is, some argue, taking economic liberalism to an absurd extreme. But that is just what they should do, for the spread of Chinese capital should bring benefits to its recipients, and the world as a whole.” — “China buys up the world,” The Economist, […] -
Capitalism’s Mea Culpa; Humanism’s Opportunity?
Business ethics Digital ArticleThis evening, as I listened to NPR recite the latest long list of the world’s limplosions, a tall, dark and handsome 23-year old neighbor knocked on my door. Joseph asked whether he could borrow some raspberry cuttings. He wants to use them to create a sustainable garden from which he and his family can feast […] -
Capitalism in Japan: Cartels and Keiretsu
Global Business Magazine ArticleJapan is organized in a fundamentally different way from the economies of the rest of the industrialized world. It is a nation girded by cartels and bound... -
This Isn't Capitalism - It's Growthism, and It's Bad for Us
Global Business Digital ArticleWe think economic growth is our friend. Here's why it's not. -
Garment-Factory Fire Reveals Capitalism at Its Rawest
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBusinesses already know how to prevent tragic fires in factories; they just have to be willing to make the investment. -
What Does the Future of Capitalism Look Like?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleAt the beginning of 2009, I set myself the task of writing a column about the future of capitalism. As the financial crisis unfolded and its future impact... -
The Problem with Capitalism? Capitalists.
Communication Digital ArticleTwo years after the financial crisis began, the business community and the broader public are still wrestling with two fundamental questions about capitalism...
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Minnesota Public Radio: Social Purpose Capitalism
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) started as a small public station that 26-year-old William Kling established at St.... -
Capitalism at Risk, Updated and Expanded: How Business Can Lead
32.00View Details Q. Who should take the lead in fixing market capitalism? A. Business--not government alone. The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier... -
Danfoss and the Danish Variety of Capitalism
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Danfoss is a traditional Danish family firm, deeply committed to its local community in Nordborg, Als. The company is family-owned and has had several... -
Danone: Leading Change by Rejigging Purpose?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In March 2021, faced with emphatic calls from a minority group of dissatisfied investors worried about Danone SA's poor financial performance, Danone's... -
Capitalism and Democracy in a New World
Strategy & Execution Case Study6.95View Details Focuses on the formulation of the Northwestern Ordinance as the core of a development strategy for capitalism and democracy in the United States. A precursor... -
Joan Bavaria and Multi-Dimensional Capitalism, Portuguese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The case examines the career of Joan Bavaria, a pioneer of Socially Responsible Investing,and founder of Trillium Asset Management and Ceres, the non-profit... -
Standing on the Sun: How the Explosion of Capitalism Abroad Will Change Business Everywhere
Global Business Book27.95View Details For half a century the US has sat at the center of the global economic system, and Western-style capitalism has dominated. Now, it's no secret that the... -
State Capitalism and State-Owned Enterprise Reform, Module Note
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The note examines state capitalism in the twenty-first century. It introduces a series of topics and cases related to state capitalism, such as the debate... -
The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism
30.00View Details How to unleash "human magic" and achieve improbable results. Hubert Joly, former CEO of Best Buy and orchestrator of the retailer's spectacular turnaround,... -
Note on Comparative Capitalism
Leadership & Managing People Case Study14.00View Details This note draws on academic work, as well as social and economic data across several countries, to provide a basic understanding of some of the differences... -
Conscious Capitalism Field Guide: Tools for Transforming Your Organization
35.00View Details You subscribe to the basic idea that business can do more than make money, but you're not sure how to act on that conviction or how to share it with the... -
From Farm Boy to Financier: Eiichi Shibusawa and the Creation of Modern Japan
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the career of Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), a serial entrepreneur who is widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism" and as... -
How CEOs Can Fix Capitalism
Strategy & Execution Book9.99View Details The financial crisis of 2008 and the Great Recession caused a crisis of public confidence in business and American-style capitalism, with its focus on... -
Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2006, Zita Cobb and two of her brothers, Alan Cobb and Tony Cobb, native Newfoundlanders, launched Shorefast to help grow another leg of Fogo Island's... -
Mattelsa: A Successful Conscious Capitalism Business Model
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Mattelsa was an urban fashion manufacturer and retailer based in Medellín, Colombia. With a disruptive business model - a warehouse with locked doors,... -
The WTO under Azevêdo: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Management Case Study8.95View Details In 2020, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the cornerstone of the multilateral rules-based global trading system, faced the biggest crisis of its existence.... -
Venture Capitalism versus Indigenous Human Resource Management
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details In 2019, an American couple were travelling the world when they settled in Bali and were employed by Spice Island Cruises (SIC). At the time, SIC was... -
The Munich Oktoberfest: From Local Tradition to Global Capitalism
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Oktoberfest, an annual festival held in Munich (Germany) for more than 200 years, has grown in recent decades into a hugely popular event that attracts... -
A Politician in a Leather Suit and the Paradox of Japanese Capitalism
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Two lost decades later, capitalism in Japan embodies peculiar contradictions-preserving wealth and social stability in the face of declining economic...
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25 Years Ago I Coined the Phrase "Triple Bottom Line." Here's Why It's Time to Rethink It.
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleIt was supposed to be a radical rethinking of capitalism, but it's become a mere accounting tool. -
Investment 1.0 vs Capitalism 2.0
Economics Digital ArticleOne of the obstacles to Capitalism 2.0, as we’ve discussed quite a bit in the past, is Investment 1.0. Here’s an example. Bill Gurley is a very smart guy who has written some ground-breaking stuff. I used to read it obsessively while I was doing my MBA. So I was (super) lamed out to read […] -
Capitalism Won’t Thrive on Value Investing Alone
Finance and investing Digital ArticleThe economy needs careful decision-makers as well as risk-takers. -
Capitalism at a Crossroads
Economics Digital ArticleTo usher in the new year, an exciting occasion: my new book, The New Capitalist Manifesto, has been published by HBR. I’d like to extend a warm thank you to regular readers, and those who’ve commented here — our discussions have enlightened, stimulated, and challenged me. And, of course, my awesomely talented editors here at […] -
The Canadian Director's Dilemma
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleWhy unclear law and regulations make it challenging for Canadian boards to define their fiduciary duty, especially when stakeholder interests diverge -
Micro Capitalism: Eastern Europe’s Computer Future
Global strategy Magazine ArticleThroughout Central Europe and the Soviet Union, computer entrepreneurs are emerging from the shells of state organizations to begin the exhilarating yet chaotic process of building a market economy. The customer base is eager and literate. The programmers are smart and inventive. Few people are complacent, and many are scared. No one can control this […] -
Rescuing Capitalism from Itself
Business and society Digital ArticleStabilizing an unbalanced system. -
Ethical Capital Is Capitalism’s New Cornerstone
Business ethics Digital ArticleOut of the great crisis, a mega-imperative: building a capitalism fit for a roiling, seething 21st century, one that’s an evolutionary leap beyond its industrial era predecessor. Here’s how the unlikeliest of revolutionaries, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has put it: “Our system was not designed to sustain a shock, a crisis of this magnitude…capitalism will […] -
Minnesota Public Radio: Social Purpose Capitalism
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) started as a small public station that 26-year-old William Kling established at St.... -
Capitalism at Risk
Economics Digital ArticleDutch Leonard and Lynn Paine, Harvard Business School professors and coauthors of Capitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business, describe how corporate leaders are responding to the forces challenging the free market.