Debates about the role of capitalist corporations depend ultimately on their response to the enduring question of 'who controls the large modern corporation'. This article aims to identify various competing schools of thought that can be classified as 'managerialist' and 'anti-managerialist',...

This article extends Chandler's scale and scope perspective using a synthesis with accountability and governance perspectives. The article also explains how various paradigms of political economy might be accommodated within the proposed business history synthesis. Accordingly, the intended...