"Mr. Garten has sketched a role for business leadership that goes far beyond what Republicans and business itself have traditionally accepted...Provocative."--The New York Times

"This book is a must-read if you are interest in the challenges and uncertainties that CEOs face in the New Economy."--Strategic Finace

Suppose you had a chance to travel around the world and speak to dozens of the most successful business leaders, one on one. Suppose further that they talked to you frankly about their goals and strategies and what keeps them awake at night. What would you think about these captains of industry who sell trillions of dollars worth of products and services, employ many millions of people and develop our pathbreaking technologies? Would you find them impressive or ordinary? Would you judge their visions bold enough for the changing times? What kind of impact would you think they will have on shaping society in the early twenty-first century? What kind of impact would you think they should have?...

List of Interviewees

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

 1 Masters of the Universe or Lost in Space?

PART ONE

CHALLENGES OF THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY

2 The Next Internet Wars

3 Being Global

PART TWO

EVERYDAY CONCERNS

4 True North and Other Virtues

5 A Vision Without Execution Is an Hallucination

6 Shareholders and Stakeholders

PART THREE

LEADERSHIP IN SOCIETY

7 The Biggest Blindspot

8 A Broader Agenda

9 Pax Americana?

REFLECTIONS

 Appendix: CEOs and Companies

 Notes

 Index