Standing on the Sun How the Explosion of Capitalism Abroad Will Change Business Everywhere

Name: Standing on the Sun How the Explosion of Capitalism Abroad Will Change Business Everywhere
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ISBN: 9781422131688

ISBN-10: 1422131688

ISBN-13: 9781422131688

Edition: 2012

Authors: Christopher Meyer, Julia Kirby

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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 center of gravity is shifting. The advanced economies that in 2000 consumed 75% of the world's output will, by 2050, consume just 32%. Meanwhile, the emerging economies of the world--Brazil, India, China, and others--will surge forward. As these fast-growing, low-income economies mature, will they adopt the practices of the old guard? Or will they make their own way, and create the next prevailing version of capitalism? What new opportunities will that create for firms around the world? Standing on the Suntackles these questions with fresh…

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List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date: 2/7/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

Christopher Meyer is an expert on the changes in information economy. Meyer is currently director of the Ernst & Young Center for Business Innovation and president of Bios GP, a subsidiary of Ernst & Young. Meyer co-authored "Blur: The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy."



Introduction


The center of capitalism?



Capitalism Adapts



Capitalism's New Center of Gravity


The shifting environment of the global economy



Cambrian Capitalism


Runaway feedback, the peacock's tale, and the evolution of capitalism



Runaways and Renaissance



Capitalism in Color


What doesn't get measured … needs to be



Embracing Externalities


How corporations will adapt to new forms of feedback



Pseudocompetition


Killing the sacred cow of capitalism



The Invisible Handshake


Collaborative production as the world's business model



The Fourth Sector


The social sector as capitalism's R&D lab



Moving On



Call It Capitalism …


Global monopolies and national business models



… And Move On


The new multinational as the vector of economic evolution


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index


Acknowledgments


About the Authors