Corporate and financial crises all have one thing in common: no one sees them coming and above all no one knows how they will end. Thomas Clarke exposes in a fine and critical way the decisive moments of rupture of order and how balance is recovered in a series of cycles.
His historical perspective helps us to better reflect on our present and future modes of governance. He reveals how governance and sustainability are two intrinsically linked concepts, and that a systemic perspective is necessary to understand how they are related.