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This publication traces the corporate path to power and influence in the modern world, and explores whether corporations of the future will become superpowers in their own right or, like the dinosaurs, give way to superior forms. It examines how the emergence of empire-building firms in 16th century Europe gave way to the dominance of American corporations in the 19th and 20th centuries, which is now under threat as new types of corporations arise in China and elsewhere.The book offers surprising insights, such as why the explorer Sebastian Cabot incorporated while Christopher Columbus did not

Information : a brief modern history -- Information and the market economy -- Healthcare through an information lens -- Corporate transparency -- Something's missing -- Where does sustainability information come from? -- Finding things out : foraging for coherence in the information age -- Openness and secrecy : the essential tension of government-held information -- Information as a policy tool : the toxics release inventory -- Tools, power, and participation : information in the decades ahead