| Description |
1 online resource (313 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; The Form of the Firm; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Framework for a Political Theory of the Corporation; Part I The Economic Theory of Corporate Efficiency and Justice; 2. The Classical Theories of the Corporation; 3. Ronald Coase and the Difference between Markets and Firms; 4. The Managerial Challenge to Liberalism; 5. The Chicago School's Theory of the Corporation; 6. From Market to Firm to Market Again: A Recap; Part II A Normative Account of Corporate Efficiency; 7. The Concept of Norm-​Governed Productivity |
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8. Corporate Justice within Efficiency HorizonsPart III Toward a More Just Corporate Regime: Law, Governance, and Ethics; 9. Toward a Relational Corporate Law; 10. The Architecture of Corporate Governance and Workplace Democracy; 11. Business Ethics and Efficiency: The Market Failures Approach; 12. Business Ethics and Equality: The Concept of "Justice Failure"; Conclusion; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
The Form of the Firm attempts to unveil the nature of the corporation as it exists in modern liberal societies. The author contends that economic theories understate the importance and danger of corporate power, and should be supplemented with a political analysis that foregrounds the sorts of political and moral values at stake in corporate activity |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Corporations.
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Corporate governance.
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corporations.
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Corporate governance
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Corporations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190698355 |
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0190698357 |
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0190909498 |
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9780190909499 |
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