The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century: Why (Almost) Everything We Are Told About Business Is Wrong

In this book, John Kay redefines our understanding of successful commercial activity and the corporation.

He argues that the traditional relationship between capital and labor has changed significantly, with products and production becoming dematerialized.

Kay explains how workers have become the means of production, taking the 'plant' home, and how capital is now a service bought from specialist suppliers.

The book critiques the conventional views on business and corporations, highlighting how we have come to 'love the product' but 'hate the producer'.