The world has moved on in the advanced economies where credit based financial systems coupled with malleable accounting systems disconnect capitalization & wealth accumulation from GDP trajectories & financial surplus. This the book argues is the product of economic financial & cultural imperatives that privilege & encourage financial leverage for wealth accumulation. This text re-works business models for a financialized world & presents a distinctive insight into the way in which national corporate & focal firm business models have adapted & evolved. It also shows how in the current financial crisis financial disturbances can be amplified transmitted & made porous by accounting systems threatening economic stability. By making visible the tensions & contradictions embedded in this process of economic development the authors have constructed a loose business model conceptual framework that is also grounded in accounting. This is a valuable resource for practitioners academics & policy makers with an interest in management accounting & economic policy.