Il professor Klaus Schwab (1938, Ravensburg, Germania) è il fondatore e presidente esecutivo del World Economic Forum. Nel 1971 ha pubblicato Modern Enterprise Management in Mechanical Engineering. Sostiene in quel libro che un'azienda deve servire non solo gli azionisti ma tutte le parti interessate per ottenere crescita e prosperità a lungo termine. Per promuovere il concetto di stakeholder, ha fondato lo stesso anno il World Economic Forum.
Il professor Schwab ha conseguito un dottorato in Economia (Università di Friburgo) e in Ingegneria (Istituto Federale Svizzero di Tecnologia) e ha conseguito un master in Pubblica amministrazione (MPA) presso la Kennedy School of Government dell'Università di Harvard. Nel 1972, oltre al suo ruolo di leadership al Forum, è diventato professore all'Università di Ginevra. Da allora ha ricevuto numerosi riconoscimenti internazionali e nazionali, tra cui 17 lauree honoris causa. I suoi ultimi libri sono The Great Narrative (2022), Stakeholder Capitalism (2021), The Great Reset (2020), Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (2018) e The Fourth Industrial Revolution (2016).
Stakeholder Capitalism: A Global Economy that Works for Progress, People and Planet pdf da Klaus Schwab
Think of the global economy as a jigsaw puzzle.
At the heart of solving the puzzle -- and address global disturbance and uncertainty--lies three identifiable issues that need need to fit: First, income and other inequality within societies has been on the rise, while productivity and wage growth slowed, and countries are burdened by debt. Second, the market power of the world's largest companies reached unprecedented levels, raising questions on the spread of innovation and productivity gains. And third, the exploitation of natural resources is leading to a deteriorating environment, affecting the lives of many for the worse.
The debate over what caused this situation is still open: whether laissez-faire governments, a poorly managed globalization, or the rise of technology that favours the few, the possible culprits are legion. In any case, Schwab argues our current system has failed to properly register and address many of the issues we are now faced with.
What are the real causes of our system's shortcomings, and what are false positives? Do solutions lie in small adjustments to our current system, or a complete overhaul of it? And what best practices exist around the world, including Asia, that would allow for better outcomes?
There are no easy answers, and no single stakeholder can provide them. But it is certain that individual actors do have agency, and that policies matter, when it comes to dealing with external forces. Moreover, as success stories from the Switzerland to Singapore, and from Costa Rica to China show it is only when government, businesses and individuals all play their respective roles, and agree on a social contract with shared responsibility that societal outcomes will be optimal.
The Jigsaw Economy addresss these problems, ad provides achievable answers to solve them. Piece by piece, this new book by Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Chairman of the World Economic Forum, shares answers for all stakholderes in the global economy, rich and poor, vested and disenfranchised, engaged or searching. optimistic. The goall: to address problems and provide solutions, piece by piece, stakeholder by stakeholdere, country by coutrny, world citizen by world citizen.