By Henk Thomas and Manuel Thomas This book is the result of 15 years of research on Auroville’s economy. It outlines the principles envisaged by its founders, traces its history over the past four decades, investigates the growth of employment…
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Buyback boondoggle: Are share buybacks killing companies
By Eric Reguly “Paul Polman, the CEO of Unilever, thinks American-style capitalism is broken, and he blames, in good part, the cult of shareholder value that has been all the rage since the 1980s. Since taking the helm in 2009…
Time to put an end to the cult of shareholder value
By Eric Reguly “Paul Polman, the CEO of Unilever, thinks American-style capitalism is broken, and he blames, in good part, the cult of shareholder value that has been all the rage since the 1980s. Since taking the helm in 2009 of…
iPhone 5S: has Apple given up on innovation?
By Aditya Chakrabortty “Last week, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook launched two new iPhones that aren’t especially new. One is plastic (or “beautifully, unapologetically plastic”, in Apple-speak) and comes in five colours, which you can admire for a minute before popping it…
Apple’s collapse: A scholarly perspective
By Rocco Pendola “Over the long weekend, I did one of the things I miss most about being a graduate student. I rediscovered there’s no good reason why a PhD dropout can’t read academic literature as often today as he…
HP rearranges the chairs in hopes of propelling turnaround
By Rachelle Dragani “Hewlett-Packard announced some changes to its executive lineup on Wednesday — the same day it posted a quarterly earnings report that fell short of analyst expectations.”… [Click HERE to read the full article]
The Alternative American Dream: Inclusive Capitalism
Christopher Mackin’s essay The Alternative American Dream: Inclusive Capitalism published on the PBS NewsHour : Paul Solman: Worker ownership: When I joined the labor force in 1970, it was the dream of many an “alternative” business, including ones I worked…
Apple is sacrificing innovation on the alter of shareholder value
By Eric Reguly “When Apple Inc. CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs died in 2011, every Apple investor, supplier and customer had the same question: Would the creative energy that turned Apple into the most successful technology company die with him?”……
Yahoo puts on 50 new thinking caps
By Rachelle Dragani “Yahoo plans to breathe some new life into its research and development lab by hiring 50 new PhDs by the end of the year, according to a Bloomberg report. Spearheaded by CEO Marissa Mayer, the initiative already…
Wall Street’s rent seeking vampires kill innovation
By L. Randall Wray “Here’s the conclusion, which is very much in line with my post from Monday: “the U.S. financial sector no longer serves the productive sector—in fact, it may be killing it.” Here’s Lynn’s summary of one of…
