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Author Lazonick, William, author.

Title Investing in innovation : confronting predatory value extraction in the U.S. corporation / William Lazonick
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023
©2023

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Description 1 online resource (unpaged) : color illustrations
Series Elements in corporate governance
Elements in corporate governance.
Contents Productive Capabilities and Sustainable Prosperity -- Innovative Enterprise -- From Retain-and-Reinvest to Downsize-and-Distribute -- Shareholder-Value Ideology and the Looting of the U.S. Business Corporation -- Shareholder-Value Ideology and the Looting of the U.S. Business Corporation
Summary "Business corporations interact with household units and government agencies to make investments in productive capabilities required to generate innovative goods and services. When they work harmoniously, these three types of organizations constitute "the investment triad". The Biden administration's Build Back Better agenda to restore sustainable prosperity in the United States has focused on investment in productive capabilities by government agencies and household units. Largely absent from the Biden agenda have been policy initiatives to ensure that, given government and household investment in productive capabilities, the governance of major U.S. business corporations supports investment in innovation. This Element explains how corporate financialization, manifested by predatory value extraction in the name of "maximizing shareholder value", undermines investment in innovation in the United States. It concludes by outlining a policy framework, beginning with a ban on stock buybacks, that confronts predatory value extraction and puts in place social institutions that support sustainable prosperity"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 11, 2023)
Subject Corporations -- United States.
Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- United States
Value.
Corporations.
Technological innovations -- Economic aspects.
Value.
United States.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2023012067
ISBN 9781009410700
1009410709
Other Titles Confronting predatory value extraction in the United States corporation