Corporate Control, Corporate Power: A Twentieth Century Fund Study

by Edward S. Herman

Book Overview

Deep and detailed research into the workings of corporate enables Professor Herman to throw considerable light on how the board of directors operates, how important outside directors are, how new members are selected, and how multiple directorships interlock the large corporations. Throughout the book the author contrasts the power of the managers with that of other interest groups - bankers, family - and he concludes that power lies with the managers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521239966
• ISBN13: 9780521239967
• Release Date: April 1981
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.