El origen de la fuerza innovadora que sostiene el mundo de hoy (y abre el del mañana)

Aquí el artículo-columna desde The Economist

¡Atención!:

"Anti-corporate activists sometimes claim that big companies are mightier than governments. This is absurd. Governments can pass laws, raise taxes and declare war. Companies have virtually no powers of coercion. If people do not voluntarily buy their products, they go bankrupt."

Repitámoslo (no sobra :-):

"Anti-corporate activists sometimes claim that big companies are mightier than governments. This is absurd. Governments can pass laws, raise taxes and declare war. Companies have virtually no powers of coercion. If people do not voluntarily buy their products, they go bankrupt."

***

Desde África, una voz (Ann Bernstein) con la cual nos identificamos plenamente:

"Ann Bernstein, the head of a South African think-tank called the Centre for Development and Enterprise, thinks that advocates of corporate social responsibility (CSR) tend to miss this point. In her new book, “The Case for Business in Developing Economies”, she stresses the ways companies benefit society simply by going about their normal business. In a free and competitive market, firms profit by selling goods or services to willing customers. To stay in business, they must offer lower prices or higher quality than their competitors. Those that fail disappear. Those that succeed spread prosperity."

PS: La esperanza está en el sur del planeta, en un sur del planeta no "desarrollado", sino desarrollador, tras haber cumplido con su aprendizaje "adolescente" :-) :-) :-)