The role of large-scale business enterprise—big business and its managers—during the formative years of modern capitalism (1850s–1920s) is delineated in this pathmarking book.

Kanter captures the emerging zeitgeist of business: The vanguard company that simultaneously pursues--and creates synergy between--opportunity, growth, profit, humanistic values, and social good.

Japanese owned business opens in L.A., but a murdered woman is found on the next floor.