The trillion-dollar enterprise
Subtitle: how the alliance revolution will transform global business
By: Cyrus Freidheim.
Publisher: Perseus Books
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Reading, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: International business enterprises; Strategic alliances (Business); Joint ventures; Business networks; International trade
Description: Beyond the multinational corporation - even beyond the mega-corporation built from aggressive mergers and acquisitionsa new form of global business is emerging, and it is changing the competitive landscape forever. In his book, The Trillion-Dollar Enterprise, Cyrus Freidheim offers a front-row seat to this seismic shift, through which a few dominant enterprises will control two-thirds of the global market in their respective industries. But they won't be corporations as we've known them.

They will be vast networks of corporate alliances - global coalitions of independent firms acting in concert as single entities, and combining assets that exceed the entire output of many nations.

From the global stage, Freidheim takes us deep into the heart of "Trillion-Dollar Enterprises" in development, identifying the key elements of successful network formation, and outlining new roles and responsibilities for managers, executives, teams, and boards. Freidheim ultimately calls for revolutionary changes in how business leaders should be educated and rewarded, as the skills of diplomacy and negotiation take priority over functional expertise.

In his provocative conclusion, Freidheim takes us twenty-five years into the future to explore looming public policy issues as the forces of commercial globalization and political sovereignty collide, challenging existing paradigms of anti-trust, trade, and labor policies - and even national security.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-240) and index.