Global Turning Points The Challenges for Business and Society in the 21st Century 2nd Edition by Mauro Guillen ISBN 1316557677 9781316557677

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ISBN 10:      1316557677
ISBN 13: 978-1316557679
Author:      Mauro F. Guillen

Global Turning Points The Challenges for Business and Society in the 21st Century 2nd Table of contents:

1. Welcome to the Twenty-First Century

• Introduces the key themes of the book, exploring how the world has evolved in the 21st century, particularly the global shifts in economics, politics, and demographics.

2. A Global Economy Out of Balance

• Global encounters of the third kind: Examines how globalization has led to unexpected or disruptive interactions across borders.
• The most complex crisis in history: Discusses the 2008 financial crisis and its ongoing global impact.
• Financial services after the crisis: Focuses on changes in the financial services industry.
• Changes in the distribution of global economic power: Highlights the shifting economic power, particularly to emerging markets.

3. The Rise of Emerging-Market Multinationals

• Taking over major industries: Looks at how companies from emerging markets have begun dominating industries that were once the preserve of Western multinationals.
• Sovereign wealth funds: Discusses the increasing importance of sovereign wealth funds and their impact on global markets.
• Are emerging-market multinationals different?: Examines whether companies from emerging markets behave differently from their Western counterparts.
• Sovereignty, political influence, and geopolitics: Explores the intersection of business and politics in emerging markets.
• How emerging-market multinationals are changing the world: Analyzes how these companies are reshaping global business practices and geopolitics.

4. The New Demography: Aging, Migration, and Obesity

• Demography in the new century: Analyzes global demographic trends, focusing on aging populations, migration, and rising obesity rates.
• The economic implications of population aging: Discusses the challenges and opportunities created by aging societies.
• The social, cultural, political, and geopolitical consequences: Looks at how demographic shifts affect societies on multiple levels.

5. From Dictatorship to Democracy and Failed States

• Four waves of transition from dictatorship to democracy: Examines the patterns of democratization around the world.
• Mobile phones, the Internet, and political mobilization: Focuses on how technology, particularly mobile phones and the internet, have influenced political movements.
• “Good governance” and the irony of diminished state legitimacy and capacity: Discusses the paradox of calls for good governance amidst weak state structures.
• Failed states: Explores the growing phenomenon of failed states and the challenges they pose to global stability.
• New forms of violent conflict: Analyzes emerging forms of conflict, such as asymmetric warfare and civil wars.

6. A Disparate World: Inequality and Poverty

• The paradox of growing inequality and declining poverty: Looks at the contradiction of rising inequality even as global poverty decreases.
• Gender inequality: Examines how gender disparities persist globally, even amid progress.
• The consequences of shifting patterns of global inequality: Analyzes how global inequality has shifted and its societal consequences.

7. The Rise of the Global Middle Class and the High-Net-Worth Elite

• Defining and measuring the global middle class: Examines how the global middle class is growing, especially in emerging markets.
• What characterizes the middle-class consumer?: Discusses the consumer behavior of the global middle class.
• The millionaires: Analyzes the rise of the wealthy elite, focusing on high-net-worth individuals.
• Gender and wealth: Examines the intersection of wealth and gender disparities.

8. The Transformative Power of Technology

• Information and communications technology: Discusses the role of ICT in transforming economies and societies.
• The digital economy: Looks at the rise of the digital economy and its global implications.
• The rise of the collaborative economy: Focuses on the growth of collaborative platforms like Uber and Airbnb.
• The digital economy and employment: Analyzes how digital platforms are changing labor markets.
• Information technology and the government: Discusses the role of IT in transforming government functions.
• Promoting technology and innovation: Looks at strategies for fostering technological innovation globally.

9. Development, Institutions, and Entrepreneurship

• Enter entrepreneurship: Explores the rise of entrepreneurship as a key driver of economic development.
• Measuring and tracking institutions: Discusses the role of institutions in fostering development and entrepreneurship.
• Gender, development, and entrepreneurship: Examines the barriers and opportunities for women in entrepreneurship.
• Obstacles to entrepreneurship by women: Focuses on the specific challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in the global economy.

10. The Quest for Sustainability

• The rise of environmental awareness: Discusses the growing importance of environmental sustainability in business and society.
• Food and water: Explores global challenges related to food security and water resources.
• Energy: Focuses on the energy transition and the role of renewables.
• Emerging economies and sustainability: Examines how emerging economies are addressing sustainability issues.
• Sustainability, competitiveness, and business opportunities: Looks at how sustainability can create new business opportunities.

11. The Trials and Tribulations of the Financial System

• The crisis and its impact: Reviews the long-term effects of the global financial crisis.
• Traumas and disappointments: Discusses the challenges and disappointments of the post-crisis financial system.
• Banks will not be what they used to be: Analyzes the transformation of the banking sector.
• Regulation: Focuses on the role of financial regulation in stabilizing markets.
• Technology: Looks at how technology is disrupting financial services.
• Disintermediation: Explores how traditional intermediaries in the financial system are being bypassed.
• Shifting demographics: Discusses how demographic trends are impacting the financial system.
• The new normal is financial instability: Concludes that financial instability may be the new norm in the global system.

12. The Global Powers of the Twenty-First Century

• Patterns of rise and decline: Discusses the rise and fall of global powers, particularly focusing on China and the U.S.
• From Pax Americana to Pax Sinica?: Analyzes the potential shift from American dominance to Chinese leadership in global affairs.
• Chinese views on China’s global ascendancy: Explores how China perceives its growing global power.
• Is global influence a zero-sum game?: Looks at whether global influence is limited and whether countries can rise without causing others to fall.

13. Coping with Uncertainty and Complexity

• The four institutional gearboxes shaping global dynamics: Discusses key institutional forces shaping global change.
• The pervasiveness of financial markets: Explores the influence of financial markets on global events.
• What is to be done?: Concludes with strategies for coping with uncertainty and complexity in the global system.

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