Political Economy of the Firm

ISBN-13: 9781032161426 / Twarda / 2023 / 128 str.

Christophe Clerc

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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 governance    Chapter 6: Digital labour platforms – Algorithmic authority?   Epilogue: Using the concepts developed in the book to address the ecological transition

O autorze

Helena Lopes is Full Professor at Iscte-IUL in Lisbon (Department of Political Economy) and senior researcher at Dinâmia’Cet-Iscte.

Christophe Clerc is a lawyer. He teaches at Sciences Po Paris on the allocation of power within firms and is a corporate governance expert for the European Commission.