The Nature of Value

How to Invest in the Adaptive Economy
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-231-16244-9
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 627 g

Reihe: Columbia Business School Publishing

Using evolution as the template to understand growth, The Nature of Value takes a first-principles approach to explore the parallels between economic and ecological systems. Not only does Gogerty show how value is born out of tiny sparks of adaptive innovation, but he also explores the full scope of the economy as a complex network. He borrows from an array of disciplines including anthropology, psychology, ecology, physics, sociology, and ethics and, most revealing of all, examines how evolution's processes can help investors avoid risk and improve their allocation decisions.

Starting with a look at how innovation creates value for firms, Gogerty considers the economic niches where companies compete and explores how they can create defensive moats to enhance their ability to survive. Throughout the book, Gogerty demonstrates how this ecological understanding of the economy can help allocators improve their performance, supporting his arguments with extensive data and years of practitioner experience from scientific, social, and economic disciplines. Gogerty's practical takeaways, couched in vivid explanations and accompanied by intuitive illustrations, help investors of all backgrounds gain fresh insight into the behavior of corporations and the economy in general.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gogerty, Nick

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Anlagen & Wertpapiere

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PrefacePart I: Value1. The Problem with Price? It's Not Value2. Value and Why It Matters3. The Theory of ValuePart II: Inos4. Knowledge and Innovation5. How Innovative Capabilities Enable Value Creation6. Allocating to Firms with a Unique Capability MixPart III: Clusters7. Birth and Growth of Clusters8. Cluster Convergence, Maturation, and Death9. Stable and Unstable ClustersPart IV: Moats10. The Value of Moats11. How Moats Affect Cost, Competition, and Customer Forces12. Managing Moats, for Value Creation Today and Wealth TomorrowPart V: The Economy13. The Economy as a Macroprocessing Network14. Monetary Shocks and Their Implications for the AllocatorPart VI: The Nature of Value15. The Nature of Value Allocation16. ConclusionNotesIndex

Leseproben

Read the chapter, "The Problem with Price? It's Not Value":

Über Autor(innen)

Nick Gogerty is a private account strategist and general problem solver for the world's leading hedge funds, banks, technology firms, and scientific research institutes. He has worked as a quantitative developer and trader on a proprietary foreign exchange desk in London, advised major institutions and the government on risk, and been a serial entrepreneur at the convergence of technology and media. He is deeply interested in growing sustainable economic value and reducing global poverty.