Political economy of the firm: authority, governance, and economic democracy

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Motivation and Aims -- Firms, Corporations, and Corporate Governance -- From the Discarding of Authority in Agency Theory to an Authority-Based Conception of the Firm -- Abo...

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Hauptverfasser: Lopes, Helena (VerfasserIn), Clerc, Christophe (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2024
Schriftenreihe:Routledge frontiers of political economy
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Online-Zugang:DE-188
Zusammenfassung:Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Motivation and Aims -- Firms, Corporations, and Corporate Governance -- From the Discarding of Authority in Agency Theory to an Authority-Based Conception of the Firm -- About the Political Character of the Firm/Corporation -- Reflexive Authority and a Pluralistic Model of Governance -- Stakes and Challenges -- References -- 1 The Agency Theory of the Firm - Discarding Authority and the Collective -- The Agency Theory's Vision of the Firm - Setting the Stage -- Agency Theory's Theoretical Building Blocks -- From the Conception of Human Behaviour to the Focus on Agency Costs -- Principal-Agent Relationships and Other Social Interactions -- About the Discarding of Authority in Agency Theory -- Discarding the Collective is Related to the Discarding of Authority and Vice Versa -- Explaining the Functioning of Organisations without Authority - Illustrations -- Agency Theory, Corporate Law and Corporate Governance -- To Conclude -- References -- 2 Authority in Work Organisations - Definitions and Challenges -- The Collective Nature of Production and the Function of Authority -- About the Collective Character of Firms -- Collective Productive Endeavours as Social Dilemmas -- The Notion of Authority -- Authority - Basic Features -- The Justification of Authority: The Service Conception -- Authority in Work Organisations -- Three Kinds of Authority -- The Justification of Managerial Authority -- An Authority-Based Conception of the Firm - Normative Implications for Firm Governance -- About the Legitimacy of Managerial Authority -- An Authority-Based Conception of the Firm Calls for Democratic Governance -- To Conclude -- References -- 3 The Firm Considered from the Work Standpoint - Why Do Workers Cooperate?.
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ISBN:9781003247241

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