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Valuing New Values in Enterprise through Finance

the enterprise journey as financed by

the enterprise journey as financed by

Finance has to finance something.

All Finance finances enterprise. Different forms of Finance finance enterprise at difference points on its journey, representing different conceptualizations of that journey.

Modern Finance sees that journey as being towards Growth in the future selling price of corporate shares and the volume of transactions, and the cash flows that transactions generate, taking place within the corporate bureaucracy (NPV = net present value), or the larger economy (GDP = gross domestic product).

Future Finance sees that journey as being towards Peace, and the sufficient circulation of sufficient surpluses, throughout the populations and across the generations. Growth is one phase in the journey, with authentic Growth being towards being fully grown. Once fully grown, the enterprise continues generating cash flows through recurring transactions in pursuit of practical perfection in its social contract with popular choice.

Adding Peace after Growth to our conceptualization of the enterprise journey through its social contract with popular choice creates inspiring and engaging new possibilities for participation in Finance, by all individuals, as savers, by finance professionals and other experts, and by individuals leading creative enterprises on that journey, through Growth, towards Peace.