Alexander Styhre

The Institutional Theory of the Firm

Embedded Autonomy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together a diverse literature to advance the argument that the corporation is best understood as what is embedded in a social and economic context, yet best serving its defined and stipulated ends by assuming considerable degrees of freedom to operate in isolation from various stakeholders

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780367785161
• ISBN-10: 0367785161
• Artikelnr.: 61210554

Autorenporträt

Alexander Styhre, PhD (Lund University, 1998), is chair of Organization and Management, Department of Business Administration, School of Business, Economics, and Law, University of Gothenburg.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter One
Embedded autonomy: An institutional theory view of the firm
Chapter Two
Corporate legislation: The constitution of the corporate entity
Chapter Three
The moral economy of enterprising: Social norms and their regulatory
function
Chapter Four
Corporate Governance and transnational governance: The limits of
self-governance
Chapter Five:
Concluding remarks: Re-embedding the corporation
Bibliography
Index