Megacorporation the infinite times of Alphabet
Through its many subsidiaries, the megacorporations Alphabet, Google's parent company, is fundamentally transforming our experience of the past, present and future.
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY, Port Melbourne
Cambridge University Press
2021
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| Schriftenreihe: | Business, value creation, and society
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Through its many subsidiaries, the megacorporations Alphabet, Google's parent company, is fundamentally transforming our experience of the past, present and future. "When the scale and scope of influence that a corporation wields is so great that it eclipses that of nearly all other corporations combined, it attains megacorporate status. This book proposes that, from amongst the current big tech cohort, it is only Google's owner, Alphabet, that can be categorized as such. In advancing a philosophical perspective, and in striving to comply with an amoral ideal of analysis, Alphabet's activities are shown to be informed by the ideology of infinite times, and to thus be transforming how we experience the past and the future at the personal and social levels. By shining a light on such corporate existential impacts, Megacorporation: The Infinite Times of Alphabet, opens up a new field of research that makes the philosophical analysis of business and society an everyday concern"-- Inhaltsverzeichnis: Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Beyond Big and Bad: An Amoral Analysis -- A Philosophical Turn -- Ethical Theory -- Political Theory -- Socio-economic Theory -- Philosophy -- Corporate-Shaped Societies -- A Simple Method of Construction -- A Three-Part Structure -- Summary -- Part I The Birth of a Megacorporation -- 2 Megacorporations -- From Fiction to Fact -- Three Types of Corporation -- Normal Corporations -- Multinational Corporations -- Total Corporations -- The Characteristics of a Megacorporation -- Monopoly -- Corporate Social Responsibility Concerns -- Political-Economic Hybrid -- Existential Impacts -- The English East India Company -- Monopoly -- Corporate Social Responsibility Concerns -- Political-Economic Hybrid -- Existential Impacts -- Summary -- 3 Alphabet -- Silicon Valley -- Stanford University -- Entrepreneurs -- United States Military -- Google -- Algorithms -- Advertising -- Copyright -- Post-Google, Pre-Alphabet -- Alphabet: A Megacorporation -- Monopoly -- Corporate Social Responsibility Concerns -- Political-Economic Hybrid -- Summary -- Part II Shaping Our Pasts and Futures -- 4 Personal Pasts -- RIP Privacy (1760-2013) -- Your Digital Dossier -- Your Own Contribution -- The Contribution of Others -- The Contribution of Corporations -- Careful -- Concept of Self - Integrated -- Social Norms - Predictable -- Target Risk - High -- Post-Disclosure Management - Difficult -- Carefree -- Concept of Self - Disintegrated -- Social Norms - Capricious -- Target Risk - Low -- Post-Disclosure Management - Possible -- Summary -- 5 Social Pasts -- An Embarrassment of Riches -- Massive History -- Data - All of It -- Worldview - Objective -- Tools and Techniques - Count and Learn. |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 192-225 |
| Beschreibung: | xi, 230 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9781108428026 978-1-108-42802-6 9781108448635 978-1-108-44863-5 |