Alternative Theories of the Firm

Introduction: Alternatives Theories of the Firm Michael Pirson, Erica Steckler, and David Wasieleski 1. From the Theory of the Firm to a Theory of the Community David Korten 2. A Note on Alternative "Theories of the Firm" J.-C. Spender 3. A Rightholding Perspective on the Firm and Principled Governance: 10 Memos Anna Grandori 4. Theories of the Firm: The Logic of Multiple Criteria for Assessing Outcomes Duane Windsor 5. Qualitative Growth: An Alternative to Solely Quantitatively-Oriented Theories of Firm Growth Dietmar Sternad and Gernot Moedritscher 6. What Are Corporations for?: Contemporary Capitalism, Authority, and a Communicative Theory of the Firm Timothy Kuhn 7. Toward a "We"-Mode Team Production Theory of the Firm: A Confucian Approach Alan Strudler, Matthew Caulfield and Tae Wan Kim 8. Strengthening Theory through Isolation and Subsequent Confrontation: The Case of French Convention Theory Abdul A. Rasheed, Richard L. Priem and Anne-Catherine Provost 9. What It Means to be Truly Human in Organizations: Martin Buber's Concept of I-Thou Relations Ulrich Leicht-Deobald, Lyndon E. Garrett and Lloyd E. Sandelands 10. Business for Peace: A New Paradigm for the Theory of the Firm Tilman Bauer 11. Lessons from Indigenous Social Enterprises: An Alternative Management Model? Mario Vazquez Maguirre 12. Toward a Humanistic Theory of the Firm: An Analysis of the Mondragon-Based Participative Model Ricardo Aguado, Jose Luis Retolaza and Josune Baniandres 13. How Human and Organizational Relationships can be Explained by Natural Science Shann Turnbull 14. Capitalism as a Continuum: A Bioinspired Narrative Framework to Assess Four Functions of the Firm Elizabeth Castillo Index