John Kay for 'The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century'

Name: John Kay for 'The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century'
Start: 2024-09-27T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-09-27T20:30:00+01:00
Location: Ukrainian Community Centre, 14 Royal Terrace, EH7 5AB

Schedule

Fri Sep 27 2024 at 07:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Ukrainian Community Centre, 14 Royal Terrace, EH7 5AB | Edinburgh, SC

We are thrilled to be joined by British economist, John Kay, for his latest book, The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century. Join us for a brilliant analysis of how business really works, from both a first-class economist and an excellent writer!
The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century
For generations, we have defined a corporation as a business run by a capitalist elite, that uses its accumulated wealth to own the means of production and exercise economic power. That is no longer the reality. In the twenty-first century, our most desired goods and services aren't stacked in warehouses or on container ships: they appear on your screen, fit in your pocket or occupy your head. But even as we consume more than ever before, big business faces a crisis of legitimacy. The pharmaceutical industry creates life-saving vaccines but has lost the trust of the public. The widening pay gap between executives and employees is destabilising our societies. Facebook and Google have more customers than any companies in history but are widely reviled.
John Kay, one of the greatest economists of our time, describes how the pursuit of shareholder value has destroyed some of the leading companies of the twentieth century. Incisive and provocative, this book redefines successful commercial activity and leadership, the knowledge economy and what the future of the modern corporation might be.
About John Kay
Sir John Kay is one of Britain's leading economists. A Fellow of the British Academy and Royal Society of Edinburgh, he was the founding dean of the Oxford Business School and has held chairs at London Business School and LSE. He is a winner of the Senior Wincott Award for Financial Journalism for his Financial Times columns. Other People's Money won the Saltire Prize and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing. His other books include Obliquity, The Long and Short of It, Greed is Dead and Radical Uncertainty.