Research Catalog

Title

The company we keep : reinventing small business for people, community, and place / John Abrams ; foreword by William Greider.

Author

Abrams, John.

Publication

White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub. Co., ©2005.

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Additional Authors

Greider, William.

Description

x, 313 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"With a craftsman's eye, a storyteller's sensibility, and a CEO's pragmatism, Abrams argues for broader and deeper measures of success, questioning widely held assumptions about commerce and democracy. He brings thirty years of experience to bear on the tremendous opportunities and challenges faced by small business owners and employees in the places they work."--Jacket.

Subject

• South Mountain Company > History
• South Mountain Company
• Construction industry > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard > Case studies
• Employee ownership > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard > Case studies
• House construction > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard > Case studies
• House construction > Environmental aspects
• Social responsibility of business
• Industrial management > Environmental aspects
• Construction industry
• Employee ownership
• House construction
• House construction > Environmental aspects
• Industrial management > Environmental aspects
• Social responsibility of business
• Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• History
• Case studies.
• Études de cas.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographic references (p. 301-304).

Contents

Cornerstones -- Cultivating workplace democracy -- Challenging the gospel of growth -- Balancing multiple bottom lines-- Committing to the business of place -- Celebrating the spirit of craft -- Advancing people conservation -- Practicing community entrepreneurism -- Thinking like cathedral builders -- The company we keep.

ISBN

• 1931498733
• 9781931498739

LCCN

2005000484

OCLC

• ocm57434301
• 57434301
• SCSB-1468806

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library