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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784849303321

Titolo

The American corporation today [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Carl Kaysen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996

ISBN

0-19-770247-3

1-280-52882-6

0-19-535571-7

1-4294-0690-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (512 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KaysenCarl

Disciplina

338.7/0973

Soggetti

Corporations - United States

Corporations, American

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Contributors; 1. Introduction and Overview; 2. The Rise and Transformation of the American Corporation; 3. How American Is the American Corporation?; 4. From Antitrust to Corporation Governance? The Corporation and the Law: 1959-1994; 5. Financing the American Corporation: The Changing Menu of Financial Relationships; 6. The U.S. Corporation and Technical Progress; 7. The American Corporation as an Employer: Past, Present, and Future Possibilities; 8. The Corporation Faces Issues of Race and Gender; 9. Corporate Education and Training

10. The Modern Corporation as an Efficiency Instrument: The Comparative Contracting Perspective11. The Corporation as a Dispenser of Welfare and Security; 12. Almost Everywhere: Surging Inequality and Falling Real Wages; 13. The Corporation as a Political Actor; 14. Architecture and the Business Corporation; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This study examines the many aspects of the large business corporation including its historical evolution, its relation to the law, its financing, its contribution to technology, its role as employer, race and gender issues within it and its role as political actor.