The corporation: a critical, multi-disciplinary handbook

Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Why the Corporation? -- Part I Disciplinary Overviews -- 1. The Corporation in History -- 2. The Corporation in Legal Studies -- 3. The Corporation in Economics -- 4. The Corporation in Sociology -- 5. The Corporation in Anthropology -- 6. The Corporation in Political Science -- 7. The Corporation in Geography -- 8. The Corporation in Accounting -- 9. The Corporation in Management Studies -- Part II Interdisciplinary Thematic Chapters -- 1. The Evolution of the Corporate Form -- a. Between Company and State: The Dutch East and West India Companies as Brokers between War and Profit -- b. Early Modern Business Projects and a Forgotten History of Corporate Social Responsibility -- c. Finance and the Origins of Modern Company Law -- 2. The Multinational Corporate Group -- a. The Multinational as a Corporate Form: A Critical Contribution from Organization Studies -- b. Embedding the Multinational Corporation in Transnational Sustainability Governance -- c. Banks as Global Corporations: From Entities to 'Ecological Habitats' -- 3. The Financialization of the Corporation -- a. The Financialization of the Corporation -- b. Financialized Business Models and the Corporation -- c. Transnational Corporations and the International Tax Haven and Offshore Finance System -- 4. Corporate Value Chains -- a. The Nature of the Firm in Global Value Chains -- b. The Corporation and the Global Value Chain -- c. Global Production Networks and the Changing Corporation -- 5. Corporate Citizenship -- a. The Functions and Dysfunctions of Corporate Social Responsibility -- b. Reconsidering the Critical Corporate Social Responsibility Perspective through French Pragmatic Sociology: Subverting Corporate Do-Gooding for the Common Good?.

"A Critical, Multi-disciplinary Handbook The corporation has become an increasingly dominant force in contemporary society. However, comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the concept of the corporation is often restricted, or limited to one disciplinary approach. This handbook brings together the cutting-edge scholarship, expertise and insight of leading scholars in a wide range of disciplines, notably management studies, law, history, political science, anthropology, sociology and criminology, using a critical approach to dissect and understand the corporation"--