Robert F Freeland
Biographic Data
| ID | 289897 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert F Freeland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert F |
| FAMILY NAME | Freeland |
| SIGNATURE | FREELAND R F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Prospects for Democratizing the Corporation in US Law
This essay examines the prospects for democratizing corporations in the context of US corporate law. US corporate law is 'enabling'-it provides enormous latitude to design and alter the rules of corporate governance in almost any way participants see fit. This creates greater room for democratization than is often recognized; at least in principle, there is plenty of room to add employees or other constituencies to corporate boards. Yet board dec…
The Problems and Promise of Hierarchy: Voice Rights and the Firm
The firm's continued importance for coordinating economic activity is puzzling given that (1) economists have not demonstrated that the greater alignment of effort they expect from hierarchical coordination overcomes the reduction in employee effort created by 'low-powered' incentives, (2) employee effort is further threatened by the alienating effects of hierarchical control, and (3) firms, as we show, are necessarily hierarchical. Why, then, do…
Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation: Organizational Change at General Motors, 1924-1970
The Sense of Dissonance: Accounts of Worth in Economic Life
The social and legal bases of managerial authority
Cet article revient sur l’idée, défendue par Ronald Coase, que la relation salariale et l’autorité sont centrales dans les formes de gouvernance interne, et que leur compréhension est essentielle pour toute théorie de l’entreprise. L’analyse de la définition légale de la relation de travail dans la loi anglo-américaine montre que la définition légale du salarié construit le marché et la hiérarchie comme deux arènes d’action distinctes, sujettes à…
Society and the Absurd: A Sociology of Conflictual Encounters - By Shlomo Giora Shoham
Consent and Rational Choice
The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation: Organizational Change at General Motors, 1924–1970
Winner of the 2005 Business History Review Newcomen Award for best book in business history, The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation provides a fascinating historical overview of decision-making and political struggle within one of America's largest and most important corporations. Drawing on primary historical material, Robert Freeland examines the changes in General Motors' organization between the years 1924 and 1970. He takes issue…
Culture and Volition in Organizational Decision-Making
Theoretical Logic and Predictive Specificity: Reply to Shanley
The Myth of the M-Form? Governance, Consent, and Organizational Change
Efficiency accounts of the firm arghe that the multidivisional governance structure (M-form) arose and succeeded because it reduced costs by creating a clear distinction between strategic and tactical planning. Examining new evidence in the paradigmatic case of General Motors (GM), this article shows that such approaches are poorly equipped to explain changes in the M-form. For most of its history, GM intentionally violated the axioms of efficien…
Contradictions and Dilemmas: Studies on the Socialist Economy and Society
These seven essays by the Eastern block's most important economist address and explore many of the critical social and economic issues inherent in the socialist economy. Published in Hungary in 1983, they are the firsthand observations of an insider who attempts to be as frank and impartial as possible about the experiment in his own country.The essays distinguish the classical or traditional form of a highly centralized socialist economy from a …
The Problems and Promise of Hierarchy: Voice Rights and the Firm
The firm's continued importance for coordinating economic activity is puzzling given that (1) economists have not demonstrated that the greater alignment of effort they expect from hierarchical coordination overcomes the reduction in employee effort created by 'low-powered' incentives, (2) employee effort is further threatened by the alienating effects of hierarchical control, and (3) firms, as we show, are necessarily hierarchical. Why, then, do…
The Myth of the M-Form? Governance, Consent, and Organizational Change
Efficiency accounts of the firm arghe that the multidivisional governance structure (M-form) arose and succeeded because it reduced costs by creating a clear distinction between strategic and tactical planning. Examining new evidence in the paradigmatic case of General Motors (GM), this article shows that such approaches are poorly equipped to explain changes in the M-form. For most of its history, GM intentionally violated the axioms of efficien…
Culture and Volition in Organizational Decision-Making
The social and legal bases of managerial authority
Cet article revient sur l’idée, défendue par Ronald Coase, que la relation salariale et l’autorité sont centrales dans les formes de gouvernance interne, et que leur compréhension est essentielle pour toute théorie de l’entreprise. L’analyse de la définition légale de la relation de travail dans la loi anglo-américaine montre que la définition légale du salarié construit le marché et la hiérarchie comme deux arènes d’action distinctes, sujettes à…
Consent and Rational Choice
Contradictions and Dilemmas: Studies on the Socialist Economy and Society
These seven essays by the Eastern block's most important economist address and explore many of the critical social and economic issues inherent in the socialist economy. Published in Hungary in 1983, they are the firsthand observations of an insider who attempts to be as frank and impartial as possible about the experiment in his own country.The essays distinguish the classical or traditional form of a highly centralized socialist economy from a …
Theoretical Logic and Predictive Specificity: Reply to Shanley
The Myth of the M-Form? Governance, Consent, and Organizational Change
Efficiency accounts of the firm arghe that the multidivisional governance structure (M-form) arose and succeeded because it reduced costs by creating a clear distinction between strategic and tactical planning. Examining new evidence in the paradigmatic case of General Motors (GM), this article shows that such approaches are poorly equipped to explain changes in the M-form. For most of its history, GM intentionally violated the axioms of efficien…
Culture and Volition in Organizational Decision-Making
The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation: Organizational Change at General Motors, 1924–1970
Winner of the 2005 Business History Review Newcomen Award for best book in business history, The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation provides a fascinating historical overview of decision-making and political struggle within one of America's largest and most important corporations. Drawing on primary historical material, Robert Freeland examines the changes in General Motors' organization between the years 1924 and 1970. He takes issue…
Consent and Rational Choice
Society and the Absurd: A Sociology of Conflictual Encounters - By Shlomo Giora Shoham
The social and legal bases of managerial authority
Cet article revient sur l’idée, défendue par Ronald Coase, que la relation salariale et l’autorité sont centrales dans les formes de gouvernance interne, et que leur compréhension est essentielle pour toute théorie de l’entreprise. L’analyse de la définition légale de la relation de travail dans la loi anglo-américaine montre que la définition légale du salarié construit le marché et la hiérarchie comme deux arènes d’action distinctes, sujettes à…
Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation: Organizational Change at General Motors, 1924-1970
The Sense of Dissonance: Accounts of Worth in Economic Life
The Problems and Promise of Hierarchy: Voice Rights and the Firm
The firm's continued importance for coordinating economic activity is puzzling given that (1) economists have not demonstrated that the greater alignment of effort they expect from hierarchical coordination overcomes the reduction in employee effort created by 'low-powered' incentives, (2) employee effort is further threatened by the alienating effects of hierarchical control, and (3) firms, as we show, are necessarily hierarchical. Why, then, do…
Prospects for Democratizing the Corporation in US Law
This essay examines the prospects for democratizing corporations in the context of US corporate law. US corporate law is 'enabling'-it provides enormous latitude to design and alter the rules of corporate governance in almost any way participants see fit. This creates greater room for democratization than is often recognized; at least in principle, there is plenty of room to add employees or other constituencies to corporate boards. Yet board dec…
Political science (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Law and economics (4 works) · Management (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Corporate governance (3 works) · Economic Theory and Institutions (3 works)