Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Corporation and the Twentieth CenturyCondition: NewSubtitle: The History of American Business EnterpriseISBN-10: 069124698XEAN: 9780691246987ISBN: 9780691246987Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 06/27/2023Description: A definitive reframing of the economic, institutional, and intellectual history of the managerial eraThe twentieth century was the managerial century in the United States. An organizational transformation, from entrepreneurial to managerial capitalism, brought forth what became a dominant narrative: that administrative coordination by trained professional managers is essential to the efficient running of organizations both public and private. And yet if managerialism was the apotheosis of administrative efficiency, why did both its practice and the accompanying narrative lie in ruins by the end of the century? In The Corporation and the Twentieth Century, Richard Langlois offers an alternative version: a comprehensive and nuanced reframing and reassessment of the economic, institutional, and intellectual history of the managerial era.Langlois argues that managerialism rose to prominence not because of its inherent superiority but because of its contingent value in a young and rapidly developing American economy. The structures of managerialism solidified their dominance only because the century’s great catastrophes of war, depression, and war again superseded markets, scrambled relative prices, and weakened market-supporting institutions. By the end of the twentieth century, Langlois writes, these market-supporting institutions had reemerged to shift advantage toward entrepreneurial and market-driven modes of organization.This magisterial new account of the rise and fall of managerialism holds significant implications for contemporary debates about industrial and antitrust policies and the role of the corporation in the twenty-first century.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: Richard N. LangloisGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: History, Business & FinanceBook Series: Princeton Economic History of the Western WorldRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Corporation and the Twentieth Century
Title: The Corporation and the Twentieth Century
Subtitle: The History of American Business Enterprise
ISBN-10: 069124698X
EAN: 9780691246987
ISBN: 9780691246987
Release Date: 06/27/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: Business & Finance
Series: Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Number of Pages: 816 Pages
Publication Name: Corporation and the Twentieth Century : the History of American Business Enterprise
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2023
Item Height: 2.5 in
Subject: Economic History, Economics / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Corporate & Business History
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 49.2 Oz
Item Length: 9.4 in
Author: Richard N. Langlois
Subject Area: Political Science, Business & Economics
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
