Future Wealth

by Davis, Stanley M.; Christ, Meyer; Meyer, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9781578511945
• ISBN10: 1578511941
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Harvard Business School Pr

Summary

Discusses the potential opportunities for unprecedented rewards and wealth creation in the information age. Describes a world in the not-so- distant future in which we will trade everything of value-including human capital, talent, and other intangibles. DLC: Wealth.

Author Biography

Christopher Meyer is the Director of the Center for Business Innovation, a Partner in Ernst & Young, and President of Bios GP.

Table of Contents

An Invitation to the Reader	xi
PART I FOUNDATIONS
From Income to Wealth
How the Tail Wags the Dog	3	(12)
From Early to Late Information Age
Three Forces of Change	15	(10)
From Barter to Bloomberg
Trading Risk and Human Capital	25	(14)
PART II INDIVIDUALS
From Paycheck to Portfolio
Know Thy Worth	39	(6)
From Corporate Cog to Market Cap
Maximizing the Value of Your Human Capital	45	(12)
From Worker to Player
Securitizing Your Human Capital	57	(10)
From Risk as Problem to Risk as Opportunity
Profiting from Uncertainty	67	(14)
PART III COMPANIES
From SBUs to SRUs
Managing Strategic Risk	81	(12)
From Inside to Outside
Running Your Organization by Marketplace Rules	93	(8)
From Payrolls to Portfolios
Transforming Human Resource Management	101	(8)
From Vesting to Investing
Maximizing the Market Value of Your Human Capital	109	(10)
From Past to Future
Measures That Matter	119	(8)
PART IV SOCIETY
From Marx to Markets
Creating Middle-Class Wealth	127	(10)
From Debtors' Prison to Chapter 11
Higher Wires, Stronger Nets	137	(12)
From Safety to Risk
Cultural Values for a Connected World	149	(12)
PART V HORIZONS
Twenty Perfect Futures	161	(10)
Notes	171	(12)
Acknowledgments	183	(2)
Index	185	(16)
About the Authors	201