Helena Lopes, Christophe Clerc

Political Economy of the Firm

Authority, Governance, and Economic Democracy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An alternative theory of the firm is needed that helps better understand the nature and actual functioning of firms as well as the challenges raised by digital platform firms. In defining firms as economic collective ventures organised by political means, this book offers a "political economy" vision of firms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781032161426
• ISBN-10: 1032161426
• Artikelnr.: 69033181

Autorenporträt

Helena Lopes is Full Professor at Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon (Department of Political Economy) and senior researcher at Dinâmia'Cet-Iscte. Christophe Clerc is a lawyer. He teaches at Sciences Po Paris the allocation of power within firms and is a corporate governance expert for the European Commission.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: The agency theory of the firm - Discarding
authority and the collective Chapter 2: Authority in work organisations -
Definitions and challenges Chapter 3: The firm considered from the work
standpoint - Why do workers cooperate? Chapter 4: Governance models and the
constituent parties of the company Chapter 5: The pluralistic model of
corporate governance Chapter 6: Digital labour platforms - Algorithmic
authority? Epilogue: Using the concepts developed in the book to address
the ecological transition