Power of capital : an adventure capitalist's journey to a sustainable future / Asha Mehta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mehta, Asha, 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism--China.

Capitalism.

Capitalism--Developing countries.

China--Commerce.

China.

Developing countries--Commerce.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2023]

Summary:

Explore and understand how investment capital is transforming the world's most critical emerging markets In Power of Capital: An Adventure Capitalist's Journey to a Sustainable Future, distinguished author and Chief Investment Officer at Global Delta Capital, Asha Mehta, shares a simultaneously daring and heartening exploration of rapidly evolving emerging markets. Delivering equal doses of business discussion and geopolitical insight, the author examines the changes gripping the globe and why the average person--and investor--should care. The book provides an on-the-ground perspective informed by the author's personal experiences and visits to far-flung regions of the world. It also shares incisive commentary on issues crucial to continuing global economic growth, including terrorism and instability, corruption and autocracy, and sustainable investing. Power of Capital offers: Illuminating insights of China's new role as a global economic powerhouse Pioneering perspectives of how sustainable investing delivers both alpha and impact Explorations of how globalization and technology disrupt companies and sectors In-depth discussions of data's new and central role as the primary store and creator of value in the modern economy The case for women as the greatest emerging market in the world A page-turning read from a singular and worldly generational leader, Power of Capital: An Adventure Capitalist's Journey to a Sustainable Future offers a unique and thought-provoking trip to the globe's most fascinating emerging markets.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Adventure Capital: An Introduction

What Is an Emerging Market?

Power of Capital

Technology: AI for Alpha and Impact

What Does the Future Hold?

Notes

Chapter 1: What Is an Emerging Market?

She Will Shake the World

Hot Stocks in the Heart of Capital

All Rules Are Off

Trade War or Tech War

Sino‐Sustainability: How China Went Woke

The Next Center of the Universe

Chapter 2: Gem on the Pacific Rim

The Fall of Saigon

Dairy Queen: Innovation in the South Pacific

Turbulence

The Silver‐Tongued Minister

Environmental and Social Risks at the Red River Delta

His Eyes Are Always Watching

Chapter 3: Global Flows

The Commodities Rut

Woman in a Strange Land

Opening the Doors

Crown's Jewel

Gleam of Success

Chapter 4: Submerging Markets? Corruption and Autocracy

A Sinister Beauty

From Hard Communism to Hard Capitalism

Sustainable Markets

Financial Returns and Financial Inclusion

Biutiful Bucharest

Castle in the Sky?

Chapter 5: Terrorism and Instability

Buying When There's Blood in the Streets

Capital as a Weapon of War

The Cost of Divestment

Investing in Change

The Long Road Out of the Ruins

Chapter 6: Harnessing Domestic‐Driven Demand

Microfinance: The Original Impact Investing

Responsible Investing Is Born

Clear Skies Behind the Smog

SDG Integration and the Role of Technology

Transforming Wonderland

Chapter 7: Data Is the New Oil

East Africa's Silicon Savannah

Powered Up in South Africa

Africa Needs, China Feeds

Can Crypto Save Nigeria?

From Gray to Green: Data Is the Oil

Chapter 8: Twenty‐First Century Investing

Doing Good and Doing Well in Colombia.

The Role of Business in Argentina's Society

From Destruction to Disruption in Brazil

Chile: Accelerating into the Future

Greenlighting Latin America

Chapter 9: The Next Half: The Queens of Wall Street

Vast Segment with Productive Capacity

Whispers of Opportunity

Untapped Potential

Structural Barriers

Why Now?

Queens of Wall Street

Conclusion

Fellow Travelers

Money Changes Everything

Reimagined Capitalism

Mint and Honey

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Index

Supplemental Images

End User License Agreement.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Mehta, Asha Power of Capital

ISBN:

9781119906049

1119906040

OCLC:

1349281031