The Anglo-American misconception of stockholders as ‘owners’ and ‘members’: its origins and consequences
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DOI: 10.1017/s1744137419000420
Abstract: Abstract That stockholders “own” the corporation and are its “members,” are assumptions deeply embedded in Anglo-American treatments of the business corporation. They are also principal supports of the policy of “shareholder primacy” and, in the… read more here.
Keywords: corporation; misconception stockholders; anglo american; american misconception ... See more keywords
Conceptualizing the business corporation: insights from history
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DOI: 10.1017/s1744137420000235
Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this symposium is to shed light on the genealogy of the idea of a business corporation, an economic institution which has long been regarded with a mixture of awe and apprehension.… read more here.
Keywords: conceptualizing business; insights history; corporation; history ... See more keywords