Rather than focusing on particular aspects of Rupert Murdoch's personality or career, this comprehensive biography traces the whole of the Australian media tycoon's business trajectory, the entrepreneurial strategies that led to his early successes, and his later exercises of mo…
Against the backdrop of Enron and the other high-profile cases of corporate malfeasance, it is easy to paint today's executives as villains and blame big business, and corporations generally, for a wide array of social ills. Is the criticism warranted? Not quite, says the author…
"In this book, Evan Osborne pulls back the curtain to illuminate how corporations have evolved as an essential element of society and how opposition to them has developed out of proportion - a fire fanned by anti-business activists, the media, and other groups. He sets the recor…
Evan Osborne pulls back the curtain to illuminate how corporations have evolved as an essential element of society and how opposition to them has developed out of proportion - a fire fanned by anti-business activists, the media, and other groups. He sets the record straight, exp…
"In this book, Evan Osborne pulls back the curtain to illuminate how corporations have evolved as an essential element of society and how opposition to them has developed out of proportion - a fire fanned by anti-business activists, the media, and other groups. He sets the recor…
An economist traces the evolution of anti-corporate sentiment and shows why much of the criticism of corporations and business people has been misguided.
"Refinery explosions. Accounting scandals. Bank meltdowns. All of these catastrophes - and many more - might rightfully be blamed on corporations. In response, advocates have suggested reforms ranging from increased government regulation to corporate codes of conduct to stop cor…
"Refinery explosions. Accounting scandals. Bank meltdowns. All of these catastrophes - and many more - might rightfully be blamed on corporations. In response, advocates have suggested reforms ranging from increased government regulation to corporate codes of conduct to stop cor…
In Corporate Sovereignty, Joshua Barkan argues that corporate power should be rethought as a mode of political sovereignty. Situating analysis of U.S., British, and international corporate law alongside careful readings in political and social theory, he demonstrates that the An…
"What are the political motivations behind firms' decisions to adopt policies that self-regulate their behavior in a manner that is beyond compliance with state, federal and local law? Public Forces and Private Politics in American Big Business advances a new understanding of th…