Berkshire Hathaway, among history's largest and most successful corporations, shuns middlemen; its chairman, the legendary investor Warren Buffett, excoriates financial intermediaries. The acquisitive conglomerate rarely borrows money, retains brokers, or hires consultants. Its governance is...

A modern vállalatelméletek két ágát a szerződéses és az evolúciós vállalatelméletek képviselik. A szerződéses elméletek a hetvenes évek közepétől bontakoztak ki, és napjainkra koherens és kiforrott nézetek jellemzik őket. Ezzel szemben az evolúciós vállalatelmélet...

This article seeks to understand Indigenous social enterprise in a “current state snapshot” and in a complex historical context. Specifically, the authors begin by placing into theoretical context social enterprises serving Indigenous communities. The framework for Indigenous social...

This Article maintains that the decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, which referred to the corporation as a legal fiction designed to serve the interests of the people behind it, signals the “death of the firm” as a unit of legal analysis in which business entities are treated as more than...

This study examines whether clients’ business strategies are a factor in determining the occurrence of financial reporting irregularities and the level of audit effort. We use the organizational strategy theory of Miles and Snow (1978, 2003) to develop a comprehensive measure of business...

The concept of business networks is similar to the concepts of culture, organisation, or relationship as they hold multiple meanings. These concepts are overloaded with connotations of personal experience and academic discourse, and are open to limitless interpretations. This paper contains...

Businesses are responding to the threat of disruptive innovation technologies by upgrading their capabilities and practices. These upgrades ensure implementing organizations become more adaptable, and flexible, with respect to their ability to alter business strategies in response to changing...

Is common ownership in fintech companies an empirically significant phenomenon? What are its impact on competition and innovation in fintech markets and its implications for competition law enforcement? This chapter studies these questions providing evidence and insights on the extent of common...

Interorganizational trust is an important factor affecting the actions and performance of organizations engaged in strategic alliances and in other dyadic and network relationships. In this article, we examine and consolidate the empirical scholarship on interorganizational trust in the...

This article examines how the international business (IB) literature has addressed social responsibility issues in the past 50 years, highlighting key developments and implications from a historical perspective. Specific attention is paid to the Journal of World Business (JWB), which has covered...