Big Business and the State: Historical Transitions and Corporate Transformations, 1880s-1990s

Cover
SUNY Press, 04.05.2000 - 317 Seiten
In Big Business and the State Harland Prechel develops a conceptual framework that contrasts with prevailing definitions of the corporation. His analysis shows that corporate property rights and the legal basis of ownership are crucial to understanding corporate behavior. The book examines how historical transitions affected the three most significant corporate transformations in the last 110 years (1880s-1900s, 1920s-1930s, 1980s-1990s). During each period, in response to economic crisis, big business engaged in political behavior to pressure state managers to realign the institutional arrangements in which corporations were embedded. The historical multicausal method shows that economic crisis, managerial inefficiencies, dependence on external capital markets, and the political processes of redefining corporate property rights and corporate tax laws are crucial to understanding corporate transformation.
 

Ausgewählte Seiten

Inhalt

CHAPTER 1
1
4
4
12
12
Corporate Transformation
23
CHAPTER 2
25
30
30
40
40
CHAPTER 3
42
150
150
156
156
160
160
162
162
CHAPTER 8
175
192
192
CHAPTER 9
207
220
220

44
44
CHAPTER 4
60
72
72
Transformation of the
91
CHAPTER 5
93
Appendix
121
Notes
123
Historical Transitions in Corporations
147
CHAPTER 7
149
226
226
230
230
CHAPTER 10
232
CHAPTER 11
250
Appendix
281
Notes
283
References
293
Urheberrecht

Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen

Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen

Autoren-Profil (2000)

Harland Prechel is Associate Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University, and the author of Corporate and Class Restructuring.

Bibliografische Informationen