Gates/Buffet versus Bezos/Musk : donate or invest? /

In contrasting approaches, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have chosen to use some of their wealth to build rocketry businesses, while Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett have chosen philanthropy. A question The Economist (2011) posed after analyzing IBM versus the Carnegie Corporation in recognition...

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Main Author:	Osland, Asbjorn (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : SAGE Publications: SAGE Business Cases Originals, 2020.
Series:	SAGE Business Cases.
Subjects:	Gates, Bill, > 1955- Buffett, Warren, > 1930- Musk, Elon. Bezos, Jeffrey. Social responsibility of business > Case studies. Businessmen > United States > Biography. Philanthropists > United States > Biography. Entreprises > Responsabilité sociale > Études de cas. Hommes d'affaires > États-Unis > Biographies. Electronic books. Case studies. Biographies. Études de cas.
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Summary:	In contrasting approaches, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have chosen to use some of their wealth to build rocketry businesses, while Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett have chosen philanthropy. A question The Economist (2011) posed after analyzing IBM versus the Carnegie Corporation in recognition of their respective 100th anniversaries in 2011 is still relevant: "Has the multinational business or universal philanthropy done more for society?" Paraphrased for this context, it reads, "Is the Gates-Buffett approach to philanthropy a better use of money than rocketry as envisioned by Bezos-Musk?" This is the question students are asked to ponder.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781529700718 152970071X