In this book Neil Fligstein takes issue with prevailing theories of the corporation and proposes a radically new view that has important implications for American competitiveness.
Neil Fligstein is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the Center for Culture, Organization, and Politics at the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. His previous books include The Transformation of Corporate Control, The Architecture of Markets, and Euroclash. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
对于美国公司结构的经典分析,组织理论的典范。公司形态的进化基于相互之间的互动,以及和大环境(state)的互动。基于Conception of control的四种控制形态,每种形态出现于何种经济、竞争和法律环境(后两种相对描述较少),以及随之而来的策略束,都描述得非常精彩。现在读起来可能有一点点的目的论,更多是时代印记吧。