The inaugural issue of LeaderLab Quarterly is out. Brad DeLong (UC-Berkeley): “Malefactors of Great Wealth”: The Modern Corporation, Private Property, and Public Politics. Simon Johnson on Jamie Dimon, the most dangerous man in America. The celebrity effect: The magical effect of putting a famous face on a company's board. A review of Money for Nothing: How the Failure of Corporate Boards Is Ruining American Business and Costing Us Trillions by John Gillespie and David Zweig. When the state cracks the glass ceiling: Norway's novel approach to bringing equality to the board room. Abolish caveat emptor: Why should the buyer beware? It's up to companies to be honest and transparent about the products they are selling. Roger Bybee on Corporate America’s counter-stimulus strategy: Firms decide to shut profitable plants while spurning buyers. The economic crisis has revived the old debate about whether firms should focus most on their shareholders, their customers or their workers. Replacing the "dumbest idea in the world": In the search for a way forward, business leaders are upending the nostrums of 30 years — particularly the relentless focus on shareholder return. Dan Ariely on why businesses don’t experiment. For all the talk about economic stimulus and the real estate crisis, many small businesses will rise or fall this year based on something far more quotidian: the weather. What Blockbuster Video can teach us about economics: Sometimes companies need to go bankrupt. In search of high CQ: A trendy management idea for the age of globalisation. A review of Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity’s Most Pressing Needs by Muhammad Yunus. A look at how that firms in the rich world have not fully digested the rise of the emerging markets.
