Global turning points : the challenges for business and society in the 21st century / Mauro F. Guillén, Emilio Ontiveros.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guillén, Mauro F., author.

Ontiveros Baeza, Emilio, 1948- author.

Contributor:

Lippincott Library Book Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic history--21st century.

Economic history.

Economic forecasting.

Physical Description:

x, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"The second edition of this popular book offers an accessible yet sophisticated analysis of the game-changing events and trends that are transforming the world beyond recognition. For the first time in human history, more people live in cities than in the countryside, and greater numbers suffer from obesity than from hunger. During the next few decades, India will become the biggest country in terms of population, China the largest in output, and the United States the richest among the major economies on a per capita income basis. Food and water shortages will likely become humankind's most important challenges. With four new chapters on the rise of the global middle class, the transformative power of technology, institutions and the entrepreneurial spirit, and the trials and tribulations of the financial system, this book provides a thorough introduction to the challenges facing business and society in the twenty-first century"--The publisher.

Contents:

Welcome to the twenty-first century

A global economy out of balance

The rise of the emerging-market mulitnationals

The new demography : aging, migration, and obesity

From dictatorship to democracy and failed states

A disparate world : inequality and poverty

The rise of the global middle class and the high-net-worth elite

The transformative power of technology

Development, institutions, and entrepreneurship

The quest for sustainability

The trials and tribulations of the financial system

The global powers of the twenty-first century

Coping with uncertainty and complexity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-217) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lippincott Library Book Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

9781107138681

110713868X

9781316503539

1316503534

OCLC:

923727973

Publisher Number:

99985106094