Supercorp : how vanguard companies create innovation, profits, growth, and social good / Rosabeth Moss Kanter.

Discusses the concept of "vanguard companies" whose mission combines a social conscience along with the ability to deliver on customers' needs better than competitors, citing IBM's expertise in India following the 2006 tsunami and earthquake as an example.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kanter, Rosabeth Moss
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Business, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
Social responsibility of business.
Corporations > Social aspects.
Physical Description:322 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • I: The opportunity
  • The wave
  • Challenges of global change: forcing a new model
  • II: Strategy and business
  • Standing on principled: strategic priorities and a values-based guidance system
  • Innovation: the values dividend
  • Good to grow: mergers, acquisitions, and transformations
  • III: People and society
  • Connecting talent: virtues of the dynamic workplace
  • Diversity and identity: dealing with differences
  • Grounding: brining the best to communities, countries, and the public
  • IV: Agenda for the future
  • Unfinished business: confronting the dark side of globalization
  • The triumph of the transformational enterprise: leadership for the future.