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The Corporation and the Twentieth Century The History of American Business Enterprise [Audiobook]


Free Download The Corporation and the Twentieth Century: The History of American Business Enterprise (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D6GWY44N | 2024 | 31 hours and 27 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 896 MB
Author: Richard N. Langlois
Narrator: Stephen Bowlby

The twentieth century was the managerial century in the United States. An organizational 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 organizations 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?

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Underdevelopment and the Development of Law Corporations and Corporation Law in Nineteenth-Century Colombia


Free Download Robert C. Means, "Underdevelopment and the Development of Law: Corporations and Corporation Law in Nineteenth-Century Colombia"
English | 1980 | ISBN: 0807814237 | EPUB | pages: 347 | 0.6 mb
Means provides the first major study of both the historical development of private law in a Latin American country and the shifting role of business corporations or share companies in Latin American development. He shows that Colombia’s corporate law provisions for commercial codes held only a tenuous relationship to reality and that, even today, Colombia’s commercial development continues to be affected by a paucity of legal scholars, case reports, and legal journals.

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Underdevelopment and the Development of Law Corporations and Corporation Law in Nineteenth-Century Colombia


Free Download Robert C. Means, "Underdevelopment and the Development of Law: Corporations and Corporation Law in Nineteenth-Century Colombia"
English | 1980 | ISBN: 0807814237 | EPUB | pages: 347 | 0.6 mb
Means provides the first major study of both the historical development of private law in a Latin American country and the shifting role of business corporations or share companies in Latin American development. He shows that Colombia’s corporate law provisions for commercial codes held only a tenuous relationship to reality and that, even today, Colombia’s commercial development continues to be affected by a paucity of legal scholars, case reports, and legal journals.

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A World of Giving Carnegie Corporation of New York-A Century of International Philanthropy


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English | 2014 | ISBN: 1610394291, 1610394984 | EPUB | pages: 752 | 1.0 mb
The age of international philanthropy is upon us. Today, many of America’s most prominent foundations support institutions or programs abroad, but few have been active on the global stage for as long as Carnegie Corporation of New York. A World of Giving provides a thorough, objective examination of the international activities of Carnegie Corporation, one of America’s oldest and most respected philanthropic institutions, which was created by steel baron Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to support the "advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding." The book explains in detail the grantmaking process aimed at promoting understanding across cultures and research in many nations across the world.

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Own Your Own Corporation Why the Rich Own Their Own Companies and Everyone Else Works for Them


Free Download Garrett Sutton, "Own Your Own Corporation: Why the Rich Own Their Own Companies and Everyone Else Works for Them"
English | 2001 | pages: 317 | ISBN: 0446678619 | EPUB | 1,1 mb
This book reveals how to incorporate a business, to protect your assets from the potential attack of creditors and to save tax. It provides a clear understanding of how legal business systems and traditions have developed over the years and how the structures for running a business have evolved.

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Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation Express Your Values, Energize Stakeholders, Make the World a Better Place


Free Download Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation: Express Your Values, Energize Stakeholders, Make the World a Better Place (Stanford Social Innovation Review Books) by Michael B. Dorff , J.D.
English | November 21st, 2023 | ISBN: 1503632806 | 272 pages | True EPUB | 0.59 MB
There are now over 10,000 benefit corporations and public benefit corporations in the United States, including at least fifteen public companies. This is the authoritative guide for leaders, advisors, and board members.

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