The Corporation: A Critical, Multi-Disciplinary Handbook

337 Pages·2017·2.426 MB·English

by  Grietje Baars, Andre Spicer

The Corporation
Thecorporationhasbecomeanincreasinglydominant
forceincontemporarysociety.However,
comprehensive,in-depthanalysisoftheconceptofthe
corporationisoftenrestricted,orlimitedtoone
disciplinaryapproach.Thishandbookbringstogether
thecutting-edgescholarship,expertiseandinsightof
leadingscholarsinawiderangeofdisciplines,notably
managementstudies,law,history,politicalscience,
anthropology,sociologyandcriminology,using
acriticalapproachtodissectandunderstandthe
corporation.
Tenchaptersprovideoverviewsofthestateofplay
ofcriticalscholarshiponthecorporationineachof
thesedisciplines.Furthercontributorstacklehot
topics,suchascorporatesocialresponsibility,
corporatecrime,globalvaluechains,financialization,
andtheinteractionbetweencorporationsand
communities.Finally,theyconsiderresistanceand
alternativestothecorporation.
Withitsinterdisciplinaryapproach,thisbookisan
invaluableresourceforallreadersstudyingthepast,
presentandfutureofthecorporation.
grietjebaarsisaSeniorLectureratTheCityLaw
School,City,UniversityofLondon.
andre´ spicerisProfessorofManagementatCass
BusinessSchool,City,UniversityofLondon.
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The Corporation
A Critical, Multi-Disciplinary
Handbook
Editedby
GRIETJE BAARS
TheCityLawSchool,City,UniversityofLondon
ANDRÉ SPICER
CassBusinessSchool,City,UniversityofLondon
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Contents
ListofContributors ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction:WhytheCorporation? 1
GrietjeBaarsandAndréSpicer
PARTI DISCIPLINARYOVERVIEWS 19
1. TheCorporationinHistory 21
PhilipJ.Stern
2. TheCorporationinLegalStudies 47
SimonDeakin
3. TheCorporationinEconomics 64
WilliamLazonick
4. TheCorporationinSociology 97
GeraldF.DavisandSuntaeKim
5. TheCorporationinAnthropology 111
RobertJ.Foster
6. TheCorporationinPoliticalScience 134
BastiaanvanApeldoornandNanádeGraaff
7. TheCorporationinGeography 160
AndrewJones
8. TheCorporationinAccounting 180
MahmoudEzzamelandKeithRobson
9. TheCorporationinManagementStudies 197
JeroenVeldmanandHughWillmott
PARTII INTERDISCIPLINARYTHEMATIC
CHAPTERS 213
1. TheEvolutionoftheCorporateForm 214
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a. BetweenCompanyandState:TheDutchEastand
WestIndiaCompaniesasBrokersbetweenWarand
Profit 215
PepijnBrandon
b. EarlyModernBusinessProjectsandaForgotten
HistoryofCorporateSocialResponsibility 226
KojiYamamoto
c. FinanceandtheOriginsofModernCompany
Law 238
PaddyIreland
2. TheMultinationalCorporateGroup 247
a. TheMultinationalasaCorporateForm:ACritical
ContributionfromOrganizationStudies 248
GlennMorgan
b. EmbeddingtheMultinationalCorporationin
TransnationalSustainabilityGovernance 257
LucFransen
c. BanksasGlobalCorporations:FromEntitiesto
‘EcologicalHabitats’ 268
AnastasiaNesvetailovaandRonenPalan
3. TheFinancializationoftheCorporation 280
a. TheFinancializationoftheCorporation 281
LauraHorn
b. FinancializedBusinessModelsandthe
Corporation 291
JulieFroud,SukhdevJohal,AdamLeaver
andKarelWilliams
c. TransnationalCorporationsandtheInternational
TaxHavenandOffshoreFinanceSystem 303
SolPicciotto
4. CorporateValueChains 313
a. TheNatureoftheFirminGlobalValue
Chains 314
ElenaBaglioni,LiamCamplingand
ElizabethHavice
b. TheCorporationandtheGlobalValue
Chain 326
JenniferBair
c. GlobalProductionNetworksandtheChanging
Corporation 336
DavidLevyandFlorencePalpacuer
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5. CorporateCitizenship 346
a. TheFunctionsandDysfunctionsofCorporate
SocialResponsibility 347
SteveTombs
b. ReconsideringtheCriticalCorporateSocial
ResponsibilityPerspectivethroughFrench
PragmaticSociology:SubvertingCorporate
Do-GoodingfortheCommonGood? 360
Jean-PascalGond
c. CertificationSchemesandLabellingasCorporate
Governance:TheValueofSilence 372
TomasoFerrando
6. TheCorporationandCrime 383
a. TheCriminalCorporatePerson 384
DavidWhyte
b. TheFBIonCorporateCrime:Examiningthe
InfluenceofCorporateCulture 392
GarryC.Gray
c. MentalBlockadesintheRecognitionofMensRea
inCorporations 399
HarmenvanderWilt
7. TheCorporationandIdeology 410
a. BadParresia:CSRandCorporateMystification
Today 411
PeterFleming
b. Capital,CorporateCitizenshipandLegitimacy:
TheIdeologicalForceof‘CorporateCrime’in
InternationalLaw 419
GrietjeBaars
c. CorporateFoundationsandIdeology 434
InderjeetParmar
8. CorporationandCommunities 448
a. ArticulatingandDisarticulatingCorporationand
Community 449
MarinaWelker
b. CommunitiesInsideandOutsidetheCorporation:
Control,PowerandInterests 457
JamesFaulconbridge
c. CoercionandCorporatePower:NotesonClass
StruggleinanIndianCity 470
AndrewSanchez
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9. CorporationsandResistance 479
a. OrganizingintheNervousSystem:GlobalTrade
UnionsandGlobalProductionNetworks 480
DavidHansen-Miller
b. RethinkingWorkplaceResistance:BetweenRevolt
andCo-Optation 488
RolandPaulsen
c. AnarchistversusCorporateEthics 497
BenjaminFranks
10. AlternativestotheCorporation 511
a. ResistingandRegulatingCorporationsthrough
EcologiesofAlternativeEnterprise:Insuranceand
ElectricityintheUSCase 512
MarcSchneiberg
b. ThePsychologicalCrisisoftheCorporation:
Employee-OwnedAlternativesand
Futures 527
WilliamDavies
c. OrganizationIsPoliticsMadeDurable:Principles
andAlternatives 538
MartinParker,GeorgeCheney,Valerie
FournierandChrisLand
Index 546
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Contributors
GrietjeBaars,SeniorLecturer,TheCityLaw PeterFleming,ProfessorofBusinessandSociety,
School,City,UniversityofLondon CassBusinessSchool,City,UniversityofLondon
ElenaBaglioni,LecturerinGlobalSupplyChains, RobertJ.Foster,ProfessorofAnthropologyand
QueenMaryUniversityofLondon VisualandCulturalStudies,RichardL.Turner
ProfessorofHumanities,UniversityofRochester,
JenniferBair,AssistantProfessor,Sociology,
NewYork
UniversityofColorado,Boulder
ValerieFournier,SeniorLecturerinOrganisation
PepijnBrandon,Post-DoctoralResearcher,
Studies,UniversityofLeicester
InternationalInstituteofSocialHistory,Vrije
Universiteit,Amsterdam BenjaminFranks,Lecturer,Schoolof
InterdisciplinaryStudies,UniversityofGlasgow
LiamCampling,SeniorLecturerinPolitical
Economy,QueenMaryUniversityofLondon LucFransen,AssistantProfessorofInternational
Relations,UniversityofAmsterdam
GeorgeCheney,AdjunctProfessor,Departmentof
Communication,UniversityofUtah JulieFroud,ProfessorofFinancialInnovation,
UniversityofManchester
WilliamDavies,SeniorLecturerinPolitics,
DepartmentofPoliticsandInternationalRelations, Jean-PascalGond,ProfessorofCorporateSocial
Goldsmiths,UniversityofLondon Responsibility,CassBusinessSchool,City,
UniversityofLondon
GeraldF.Davis,WilburK.PierpontCollegiate
ProfessorofManagement,ProfessorofSociology, GarryGray,AssistantProfessor,Departmentof
UniversityofMichigan Sociology,UniversityofVictoria
NanádeGraaff,FoundingMember,Amsterdam DavidHansen-Miller,IndependentResearcher,
ResearchCentreforInternationalPolitical London
Economy,VrijeUniversiteit,Amsterdam
ElizabethHavice,AssistantProfessor,Geography
SimonDeakin,ProfessorofLaw;Directorof Department,UniversityofNorthCarolina,
Research,PeterhouseCollege,Universityof ChapelHill
Cambridge
LauraHorn,AssociateProfessor,Roskilde
MahmoudEzzamel,CardiffProfessorialFellow, University,Denmark
CardiffBusinessSchool,CardiffUniversity
PaddyIreland,DeanoftheFacultyofSocial
JamesFaulconbridge,Professor,Lancaster SciencesandLaw,ProfessorofLawandDirectorof
UniversityManagementSchool Research,UniversityofBristol
TomasoFerrando,AssistantProfessor,Schoolof SukhdevJohal,ProfessorofAccountingand
Law,WarwickUniversity Strategy,QueenMaryUniversityofLondon
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AndrewJones,Professor,DeanofSchoolofArts KeithRobson,ProfessorofAccountingand
andSocialScience,City,UniversityofLondon ManagementControl,HECParis
SuntaeKim,AssistantProfessorofManagement AndrewSanchez,LecturerinSocial
andOrganization,CarrollSchoolofManagement, Anthropology,UniversityofCambridge
BostonCollege
MarcSchneiberg,JohnC.PockProfessorof
ChrisLand,ReaderinWorkandOrganisation, Sociology,ReedCollege,Portland,Oregon
SchoolofManagement,UniversityofLeicester
AndréSpicer,ProfessorofOrganisational
WilliamLazonick,ProfessorinEconomics, Behaviour,CassBusinessSchool,City,University
Co-DirectorofCenterforIndustrial ofLondon
Competitiveness,UniversityofMassachusetts,
PhilipStern,SallyDaltonRobinsonAssociate
Lowell,Lowell,Massachusetts
ProfessorofHistory,TrinityCollegeofArts&
AdamLeaver,ProfessorinFinancializationand Sciences,DukeUniversity,Durham,North
BusinessAnalysis,ManchesterBusinessSchool, Carolina
UniversityofManchester
SteveTombs,Professor,HeadofSocialPolicy
DavidLevy,ProfessorofManagement,Directorof andCriminology,TheOpenUniversity,Milton
theCenterforSustainableEnterpriseandRegional Keynes
Competitiveness,UniversityofMassachusetts,
BastiaanvanApeldoorn,Readerin
Boston
InternationalRelations,VrijeUniversiteit,
GlennMorgan,ProfessorofManagement,School Amsterdam
ofEconomics,FinanceandManagement,
HarmenvanderWilt,ProfessorofInternational
UniversityofBristol
CriminalLaw,UniversityofAmsterdam
AnastasiaNesvetailova,ProfessorandDirector,
JeroenVeldman,SeniorResearchFellow,
CityPoliticalEconomyResearchCentre,City,
CassBusinessSchool,City,Universityof
UniversityofLondon
London
RonenPalan,ProfessorofInternationalPolitics,
MarinaWelker,AssociateProfessorof
SchoolofArtsandSocialScience,City,University
Anthropology,CornellUniversity,Ithaca,
ofLondon
NewYork
FlorencePalpacuer,ProfessorandFaculty
DavidWhyte,ProfessorinSociology,University
Member,UniversityofMontpelier,France
ofLiverpool
MartinParker,ProfessorofOrganisationand
KarelWilliams,ProfessorofAccountingand
Culture,SchoolofManagement,Universityof
PoliticalEconomy,ManchesterBusinessSchool,
Leicester
UniversityofManchester
InderjeetParmar,ProfessorofInternational
HughWillmott,ProfessorofManagement,Cass
Politics,SchoolofArtsandSocialSciences,City,
BusinessSchool,City,UniversityofLondon
UniversityofLondon
KojiYamamoto,AssistantProfessorinBusiness
RolandPaulsen,Sociologist,LundUniversity,
History,FacultyofEconomics,Universityof
Sweden
Tokyo;AffiliateResearcher,CentreforResearchin
SolPicciotto,Professor,LancasterUniversityLaw theArts,SocialSciencesandHumanities,
School UniversityofCambridge
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