Big business and the state historical transitions and corporate transformation, 1880s-1990s - Prechel, Harland N (Albany State University of New York Press, 2000)
Capital dependence, historical transitions, and corporate transformation -- Part I: Corporate transformation in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- The Federalist state and the emergence of the modern corporation -- Restructuring the business enterprise to obtain market control, 1890-1905 -- Political capitalism: the rise and demise of the industrial holding company -- Part II: transformation of the managerial process -- From product cost controls to financial controls -- The management of managers at American Steel, 1920-1970s -- Part III: Historical transitions in corporations' institutional arrangements, 1940s-1985 -- More political capitalism: changing economic conditions and corporate political behavior, 1940-1985 -- Transformation of the managerial process, 1980s -- Changing institutional arrangements and transformation to the multilayered subsidiary form -- Transformation to the multilayered subsidiary form among the largest industrial parent companies -- Conclusion: Historical transitions and corporate transformations.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-307) and index
Donated by Logan Wangsgard (Hall's Book Drive) Dec. 2015.
Keywords: Big business -- Government policy -- United States -- History; Industrial policy -- United States -- History; Corporation law -- United States -- History; Corporations -- United States -- Growth -- History; Industrial organization -- United States -- History; Capitalism -- United States -- History; History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628.