Rethinking the Firm: Theories of the Business Enterprise
Orts, Eric W.
ISBN 13: 
9780199211357
ISBN 10: 
0199211353
Category: 
ConsHlth: Management
Edition: 
1
Publisher: 
Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 
11/2030
Format: 
Cloth
Status: 
Not Yet Published
Imprint: 
Oxford University Press
Affiliation: 
Guardsmark Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Audience: 
Professional and scholarly
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Pages: 
250
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49.95 (Tentative Price May Change)
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Synopsis:
What is a business corporation and where do they come from? This book provides an account of the nature of the business enterprise (including the corporation) as a social institution that has become as important as political states and families in modern society.

Written in jargon-free language, the book provides a guide to general readers who are interested to know how business enterprises arose historically, how they are legally regulated, what economic dynamics explain the changing size and internal organization of modern enterprises, and how the
political dimension is important.

Essential reading for managers and policy makers, as well as academics and students in many fields, this book provides the first contemporary interdisciplinary theory of business enterprises. It provides a foundation for further thinking about the social purpose of a business enterprise, which
includes not only the primary economic objective of wealth creation but also a larger role in the basic structure of modern society. The book will also inform those engaged in debates about how business enterprises should be regulated and toward what ends.
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