Most of the work on jurisdictional competition for business associations has focused on publicly held corporations and the factors that have led to Delaware's dominant position in attracting out of state firms. Is there an analogous jurisdictional competition to attract formations by closely...

A fundamental goal of this study is theoretical and empirical analysis of the role played by working capital and cash flow in effective management of companies. A generally accepted strategic long-term aim of companies is to maximize their market value, whereas a fundamental goal of short-term...

This article shows how in-house lawyers' role has evolved to address the high cost of legal services and the traditional information asymmetry between lawyers and clients. The first stage of this evolution involved the expanding role of in-house counsel from intermediary between corporate...

Corporation as common constitution -- The political economy of Sir Thomas Smith -- Richard Hooker's corporate Christians -- The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques, and discoveries of the English corporation -- Dekker and Company -- Shakespeare's thing of nothing -- Francis Bacon's...