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UNINA9910820549303321 |
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Titolo |
The American corporation today / / edited by Carl Kaysen |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-770247-3 |
1-280-52882-6 |
0-19-535571-7 |
1-4294-0690-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (512 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Corporations - United States |
Corporations, American |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes index. |
Previously issued in print: 1996. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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