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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808463203321

Autore

Hansmann Henry

Titolo

The ownership of enterprise / / Henry Hansmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1996

ISBN

0-674-03830-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 372p. ) : ill

Disciplina

338.70973

Soggetti

Corporations - United States

Business enterprises - United States

Nonprofit organizations - United States

Private companies - United States

Employee ownership - United States

Stock ownership - United States

Mutualism - United States

Corporation law - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-363) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I A Theory of Enterprise Ownership -- 1 An Analytic Framework -- 2 The Costs of Contracting -- 3 The Costs of Ownership -- PART II Producer-Owned Enterprise -- 4 Investor-Owned Firms -- 5 The Benefits and Costs of Employee Ownership -- 6 Governing Employee-Owned Firms -- 7 Agricultural and Other Producer Cooperatives -- PART III Customer-Owned Enterprise -- 8 Retail, Wholesale, and Supply Firms -- 9 Utilities -- 10 Clubs and Other Associative Organizations -- 11 Housing -- PART IV Nonprofit and Mutual Enterprise -- 12 Nonprofit Firms -- 13 Banks -- 14 Insurance Companies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Sources -- Index