"Those leading through a merger, acquisition or the like do so to create more value faster. Maybe you're driving or leading the investment. Maybe you're leading the business itself or playing a supporting role. In any case, you need a leadership playbook for the merger or acquisition. This is that playbook, the one used by senior investors, leaders and supporters. It gives you the frameworks, tools and sub-playbooks you need to create that value faster....

Los empresarios y emprendedores que tienen que auditar sus cuentas por primera vez deben entender cuál es la filosofía de una auditoría. En este libro se cuenta en qué consiste, qué debe esperar el auditado y qué debe preparar para que el auditor pueda desarrollar su trabajo con facilidad. Una auditoría no solo sirve para certificar las cuentas de la empresa ante los creditores o la administración, sino que es un ejercicio saludable...

Montero explores the impact of corporate bribery in this exposé. He sites an academic study of 11,000 global businesses in which ?corporate managers reported that 32 percent of firms similar to theirs paid bribes for contracts.? The consequences of corruption, Montero writes, are greater than merely lining the pockets of the takers. For example, overprescription of antibiotics in China (because poorly paid doctors need to supplement their salaries...

"It's been twenty years and two election cycles since Information, a powerful search engine monopoly, pioneered the switch from warring nation-states to global micro-democracy. The corporate coalition party Heritage has won the last two elections. With another election on the horizon, the Supermajority is in tight contention, and everything's on the line."--Front jacket flap.

Corporate giving exceeds $21 billion annually, but new research into the corporate foundations of the Fortune 100 reveals a significant lack of disclosure in their racial justice giving compared with other aspects of environmental, social, and governance spending. This negatively impacts the efficacy of spending, accountability, and the value it generates for companies or their stakeholders. Company leaders can take three steps to enhance transparency....

Jack Holloway, prospecting on Zara XXIII for ZaraCorp, finds an immensely valuable stream of sunstone. But when he forwards footage of the planet's catlike, native "fuzzies" to a biologist friend --who believes the "fuzzies" are sentient--hired company thugs, murder, and arson soon follow to protect ZaraCorp's mining interests.

Leverage your company's most important asset! "Diermeier draws on extensive research and illustrates these insights with rich case studies from a variety of industries. He shows how to integrate reputation management deeply into the culture and structure of companies. I expect Reputation Rules to set the standard for years to come."--Philip Kotler, S.C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing, Kellogg School of Management,...

Traces the two-hundred-year history of corporate America's battle to achieve constitutional freedom from federal control, examining the civil rights debates and key events that shaped the controversial 2010 Supreme Court decision to extend constitutional protections to businesses.