Business in the Contemporary World,Used

Product Description In Business and the Contemporary World, prominent authors from the academic, governmental, and religious communities focus on the corporation in the context of several specific issues: business and education; managementlabor relations; business and the American constitutional system; business, democratic values and their projection abroad; the global competitiveness of American business; the relationship between U.S. commercial and national security interests; business and global communications; business and the phenomenal development of technology; and business and leadership. Contributions include: "A New Framework for GovernmentBusiness Relations: How Do We Respond Best to the Challenge of a World Economy?" by John B. Anderson; "Conventional Deterrence and the American Industrial Base: Security Challenge for the 1990s," by Robert S. Wood; "The Department of Defense, Defense Industry and Procurement: Fatal Misconceptions," by Lawrence J. Korb; "Liberal Arts Colleges and Corporate Creativity: Some Preliminary Reflections," by David Riesman; "The New Alliances: How Strategic Partnerships Are Reshaping American Business," by Rosabeth Moss Kanter; "Sources and Implications of Strategic Decline: The Case of the JapaneseAmerican Competition in Microelectronics," by Charles H. Ferguson; "Technology, Business and America's Third Century," by Edward Wenk, Jr.; "Linking the Whole Human Race: The World as a Communications System," by Alex Inkeles; "The Sullivan Principles and Change in South Africa," by Leon H. Sullivan; "U.S. National Interests and National Strategy: Are There Parallels with U.S. International Corporate Interests?" by Donald E. Nuechterlein; and a conclusion by Herbert L. Sawyer. Copublished with Business in the Contemporary World. Review Herb Sawyer has assembled a truly distinguished set of authors....Sawyer's deft editing makes for a clear orchestration of the individual contributions.>>>> (Robert Wood)This collection of essays by a distinguished panel of contributors is imaginative, wellwritten and often provocative. The book should be on the 'must reading' list of anyone with a serious interest in the role of the corporation in modern society.>>>> (Benjamin J. Cohen)This collection of essays by a distinguished panel of contributors is imaginative, wellwritten and often provocative. The book should be on the 'must reading' list of anyone with a serious interest in the role of the corporation in modern society. (Benjamin J. Cohen)Herb Sawyer has assembled a truly distinguished set of authors....Sawyer's deft editing makes for a clear orchestration of the individual contributions. (Robert Wood)