Bits, bytes, and balance sheets : the new economic rules of engagement in a wireless world / by Walter B. Wriston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wriston, Walter B.

Series:

Hoover Institution Press publication ; 557.

Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 557

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Economic aspects.

Internet.

Information technology.

Electronic commerce.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This follow-up to the author's Twilight of Sovereignty explores the consequences of the changes produced by the new economy of the Internet, defining the new rules and examining some of the promising initiatives under way to create a system of measuring and valuing assets that reflects our new economic realities. Wriston shows that in today's economy, intellectual capital is more important than physical capital and that businesses must adapt to this change or perish.

Contents:

Front Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; A Note to Readers; Preface; Chapter 1 - Unintended Consequences; Chapter 2 - The Creation of Wealth; Chapter 3 - Bits, Bytes, Power, and Diplomacy; Chapter 4 - New Rules: Different in Kind, Not Degree; Chapter 5 - The Whiskey Ain't Working Anymore; Chapter 6 - What Gets Measured, Gets Done; Chapter 7 - The Great Disconnect: Balance Sheets Versus Market Value; Chapter 8 - Politically Correct Versus Accurate Earnings; Chapter 9 - Global Accounting for a GlobalMarket; Chapter 10 - Other People's Money; Afterword; Selected Bibliography

About the AuthorIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780817948634

0817948635