Modern Library Chronicles: The Company : A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea (Series #12) (Paperback)

from FKarr

too brief, too concise history of corporate business form; too focused on very recent (mid to late 20th cent)

from NoLongerAtEase

Micklethwait and Wooldridge provide us with a brief and often illuminating look at the history of the limited-liability joint stock company. Their story begins in the 16th century and ends with some ruminations about things to come in the 21st. The book is slightly less than two-hundred pages. Fr...

from yeremenko

A nicely told history, but far too pro business to be seen a objective. Each criticism of corporations raised by the authors is slapped away in a condescending manner. The contention that the corporation is overwhelmingly a positive thing for the world seems supported, but while the authors dismi...

from ohernaes

The history of the company. I liked the first, historical parts best. Share risks and rewards. European monarchs created chartered companies to pursue their dreams of imperial expansion." Ex east India Company, Virginia Company. Limited liability was key. "[T]he three big ideas behind the modern ...