Capitalism at the crossroads: the unlimited business opportunities in solving the world's most difficult problems

"The people of the world are in desperate need of new ideas if global industrial development is ever to result in something other than the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer, with nature (and potentially all of us) suffering the collateral damage. Few have contributed more to meeting this need over the past decade than Stuart Hart by helping to illuminate the potential role for business and new thinking in business strategy in the journey ahead. Capitalism at the Crossroads challenges, provokes, and no doubt will stimulate many debates-which is exactly what is needed."

-PETER SENGE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chairperson of the Society for Organizational Learning and author of The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization.

"Capitalism at the Crossroads is a practical manifesto for business in the twenty-first century. Professor Stuart L Hart provides a succinct framework for managers to harmonize concerns for the planet with wealth creation and unambiguously demonstrates the connection between the two. This book represents a turning point in the debate about the emerging role and responsibility of business in society."

-C.K. PRAHALAD, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, co-author of Competing for the Future and author of The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid.

"Stuart Hart was there at the beginning. Years ago when the term 'sustainability had not yet reached the business schools, Stuart Hart stood as a beacon glowing in the umbrage. It is clear commerce is the engine of change, design the first signal of human intention, and global capitalism is at the crossroads. Stuart Hart is there again; this time lighting up the intersection."