Grow the pie : how great companies deliver both purpose and profit / Alex Edmans.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Edmans, Alex, author.

Contributor:

• Lippincott Library Book Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• United States.
• Social responsibility of business--United States.
• Social responsibility of business.
• Corporations--United States.
• Corporations.
• Wealth--United States.
• Wealth.
• Income distribution--United States.
• Income distribution.

Physical Description:

xxi, 517 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Edition:

Revised first edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"Should companies be run to earn a profit, or to serve a purpose? In this ground-breaking book, acclaimed finance professor and TED speaker Alex Edmans shows it's not an either-or choice. Drawing from the highest-quality evidence and real-life examples spanning industries and countries, Edmans demonstrates that businesses driven by purpose are consistently more successful in the long-term. But a purposeful company must navigate difficult trade-offs and take tough decisions. Edmans provides an actionable roadmap for company leaders to put purpose into practice, and overcome the hurdles that hold many back. He explains how investors can discern which companies are truly purposeful rather than greenwashing, and engage with them to unleash value for both shareholders and society. And he highlights the crucial role that citizens can play as employees, customers, and investors, in reshaping business to improve our world. This edition has been thoroughly updated to include the pandemic, the latest research, and new insights on how both companies and investors can make purpose a reality"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• Why grow the pie? Introducing the idea. The pie-growing mentality ; Growing the pie doesn't aim to maximise profits, but often does ; Growing the pie doesn't mean growing the enterprise ; Does pieconomics work?
• What grows the pie? Exploring the evidence. Incentives ; Stewardship ; Repurchases
• How to grow the pie? Putting it into practice. Enterprises ; Investors ; Citizens
• The bigger picture. Growing the pie more widely
• Conclusion.

Notes:

• "Updated and revised"--Cover.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

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

Other Format:

Online version: Edmans, Alex Grow the pie

ISBN:

• 9781009054676
• 1009054678

OCLC:

1245957190

Online:

The Lippincott Library Book Endowment Fund Home Page