Encounters: Expresso Governance

Where beans were once counted, now they are ground and brewed. Mary Ellen and I were making our way through what had once been a bank but was now a gourmet coffee shop. We found a table and sat down. 'I have to write a paper on the relationship between owners and managers in modern corporations,' she said in response to my enquiry as to what she was up to. Mary Ellen was majoring in economics and business. 'And..?' I asked, not really expecting any new insights. 'And so far I've been researching