{"product_id":"9780691246987","title":"The Corporation and the Twentieth Century","description":"Author: Richard N. Langlois\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780691246987\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Nov 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 816\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA definitive reframing of the economic, institutional, and intellectual history of the managerial era.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe twentieth century was the managerial century in the United States. An organisational transformation, from entrepreneurial to managerial capitalism, brought forth what became a dominant narrative: that administrative coordination by trained professional managers is essential to the efficient running of organisations both public and private. And yet if managerialism was the apotheosis of administrative efficiency, why did both its practice and the accompanying narrative lie in ruins by the end of the century? In \u003ci\u003eThe Corporation and the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Langlois offers an alternative version: a comprehensive and nuanced reframing and reassessment of the economic, institutional, and intellectual history of the managerial era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLanglois argues that managerialism rose to prominence not because of its inherent superiority but because of its contingent value in a young and rapidly developing American economy. The structures of managerialism solidified their dominance only because the century's great catastrophes of war, depression, and war again superseded markets, scrambled relative prices, and weakened market-supporting institutions. By the end of the twentieth century, Langlois writes, these market-supporting institutions had reemerged to shift advantage toward entrepreneurial and market-driven modes of organisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis magisterial new account of the rise and fall of managerialism holds significant implications for contemporary debates about industrial and antitrust policies and the role of the corporation in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46803881066654,"sku":"ADS-9780691246987","price":89.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780691246987.jpg?v=1778206715","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780691246987","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}