Capitalism

It was supposed to be a radical rethinking of capitalism, but it's become a mere accounting tool.

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Capitalism is the greatest source of prosperity ever invented — but we can make it better.

At the beginning of 2009, I set myself the task of writing a column about the future of capitalism. As the financial crisis unfolded and its future impact on society and the global economy began to emerge, it became a more daunting task by the day. The more I thought about the future of capitalism, […]

As the current financial crisis and the Great Recession begin to ease, executives may be tempted to heave a sigh of relief and return to the comfort of...

Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, explains why linking CEO compensation to share price performance is...

They have the clout and the long-term view.

Saul Hansell asks: are telcos next to go bankrupt? They’re definitely on the list. As I’ve pointed out for some time, the problem isn’t within industries: it’s across them. It’s time to connect the dots. It is no coincidence that so many industries are in trouble simultaneously and so fast. The growth of the Zombieconomy […]

At the top of the agenda are protecting IP and curbing state subsidies.

Reform needs to come from outside of higher ed.

Companies talk the talk of creating stakeholder value, but most don't walk the talk. In this article, the author outlines two major reasons why - an insular...

We don't need to reinvent capitalism. We just need to practice it.

Business can't thrive in an environment of unhealthy employees, customers, and communities, an at-risk planet, and a fractured society. To transition...

Businesses already know how to prevent tragic fires in factories; they just have to be willing to make the investment.

A conversation between Roger Martin and Tim Brown.

Mariana Mazzucato on the four things companies must do to help solve the world’s biggest problems.

Editor’s Note: The unsettling warning this article delivers has only grown more urgent since 1999, when it first appeared in HBR. But the value here lies not so much in the alarm that sounds as in the vivid and sometimes startling reconceptualization of how we think about the environment and economic value. The value to […]

Throughout Central Europe and the Soviet Union, computer entrepreneurs are emerging from the shells of state organizations to begin the exhilarating yet chaotic process of building a market economy. The customer base is eager and literate. The programmers are smart and inventive. Few people are complacent, and many are scared. No one can control this […]

But it's unevenly distributed.

The verdict is in, and it serves as a convenient end point for the era of shareholder capitalism: Say-on-pay has been a dud. Fewer than 100 corporations, about 1.5%, lost these mandatory but nonbinding votes on executive pay practices. Most got well over 90% in favor. Say-on-pay may have led some to modify their practices […]