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Alice Korngold
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A Better World, Inc.: Corporate Governance for an Inclusive, Sustainable, and Prosperous Future
I am thrilled to share with you the Amazon listing for my new book, A Better World, Inc.: Corporate Governance for an Inclusive, Sustainable, and Prosperous Future. https://www.amazon.com/Better-World-I... This book -- which builds on my previous two books -- was a true labor of love, addressing issues that are nearest and dearest to my heart.
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| An extraordinary accounting of the role that transportation infrastructure has played in solidifying racial segregation and limiting opportunities for Black Americans. Magnificently researched, with the added value of the author’s on-the-ground exper ...more | |
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| Loved this book. Beautifully written. Gave me fresh insights into slavery's legacy across eight generations and for present day Americans. ...more | |
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| One of my favorite books ever. I love NYC and this book gave me fresh insights into its origins. I happened to travel to Amsterdam just after I read the book, and the influence of settlers/traders arriving from the Netherlands in the early 17th centu ...more | |
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| Excellent. But an intense read at the time that I read it. Just as the COVID lockdown was happening. My home city of NYC became deserted which felt quite ominous while reading Parable of the Sower. | |
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“Racial inequity and injustice, and gender inequity, are systemic problems that impede businesses from achieving their greater potential in the global marketplace; in the meantime, society suffers as well. Readers will learn how companies and their boards, together with nonprofits and governments, can drive prosperity by centering equity and sustainability.”
― A Better World, Inc.: Corporate Governance for an Inclusive, Sustainable, and Prosperous Future
― A Better World, Inc.: Corporate Governance for an Inclusive, Sustainable, and Prosperous Future
“Global corporations have the human capital, the financial resources, the technology, the international footprint, the power of markets and the profit motivation to build a better world. NGOs will be essential partners...Governments will be essential partners...By engaging together through an iterative process, we will achieve "A Better World.”
― A Better World, Inc.: How Companies Profit by Solving Global Problems…Where Governments Cannot
― A Better World, Inc.: How Companies Profit by Solving Global Problems…Where Governments Cannot
“Racial inequity and injustice, and gender inequity, are systemic problems that impede businesses from achieving their greater potential in the global marketplace; in the meantime, society suffers as well. Readers will learn how companies and their boards, together with nonprofits and governments, can drive prosperity by centering equity and sustainability.”
― A Better World, Inc.: Corporate Governance for an Inclusive, Sustainable, and Prosperous Future
― A Better World, Inc.: Corporate Governance for an Inclusive, Sustainable, and Prosperous Future
