| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
essays in management theory |
| Author: |
CodaVittorio., |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Palgrave Connect (Online service) |
| Place of Publication: |
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| Year of Publication: |
2010 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (xii, 233 p.)ill. : |
| Series: |
Bocconi on management series |
| Subject: |
Industrial management. - |
| Subject: |
Strategic planning. - |
| Subject: |
Entrepreneurship. - |
| Subject: |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Strategic Planning. - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230299054An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| Notes: |
Description based on print version record. |
| Summary: |
Vittorio Coda's discussion of the goals and purpose of the business enterprise illuminates the long-running debate over the goals of the firm. His conceptualization of the firm and its relationships within society transcends stale arguments over shareholders versus stakeholders by viewing the firm less as an agent of individual interests and more as an engine of social development that unifies the interests of the different participants. In articulating a model of the entrepreneurial firm embedded in a social system and a values system based upon notions of fairness and social responsibility, Coda offers an original approach to interpret the business system. The view of a socially-responsible, entrepreneurial, business sector surfacing in this book offers an attractive alternative to most of the prevailing models of market capitalism that have attracted criticism over the past decades. |
| ISBN: |
9780230299054electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0230299059electronic bk. |
| Content Note: |
Management theory: its content, specificities, and role Management theory in the late 1950s: revisiting Gino Zappa's productive activities and his posthumous work The evaluation of the entrepreneurial formula The purpose of the firm: physiology and pathology Governing strategy dyclmics Strategy and communication: the missing link The role of ownership in corporate restructuring The relationship between the firm and its workforce: prospects for change Ethical codes and market culture In support of a free and responsible entrepreneurial economy. |