The construction industry immutably produces built environments that directly influence the everyday lives of human beings. Nevertheless, materiality, defined as intransient physical matter socially enacted in the form of artefacts and objects as well as built constructions, is often overlooked...

Auch wenn die gegenwärtige Weltwirtschaftskrise die Zukunft der internationalen - nanzmärkte verdunkelt hat und zu erwarten ist, dass die Regierungen weltweit wieder stärker in ihre Funktionsfähigkeit eingreifen werden, so haben doch die Veränderungen der letzten zwanzig Jahre derart...

Prologue: the Great Recession Durcharbeitung -- Introduction: the nature of the firm and its governance -- Part I: instituting the firm -- 1. Corporate law and the legal environment of the firm -- 2. Managerialism, the problem of principal-agent relations, and free market advocacy -- Part II:...

Content: Introduction: The political constitution of the corporation -- 1. The legal invention of the incorporated business -- 2. Market regulation and corporate interests -- 3. The market for political influence -- 4. The question of corporate social responsibilities -- 5. The corporation and...