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Governance at Points of Corporate Transition: Networks and the Formation of the United Alkali Company, 1890–1895

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This article examines the formation in 1890 of the United Alkali Company in order to explore new perspectives on the transition to a corporate economy. Its starting point is the process of transition itself, highlighting the role played by networks. This perspective promotes an emphasis on institutional environments and on patterns of relationships and behavior, as opposed to those of formal structure. Thus, the archives of the company are probed for evidence of how key agents conceived of the firm. Finally, governance systems are seen as interacting in a dynamic fashion with the institutional environment, and in particular with the balance of internal and external economies.

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  • Popp, Andrew, 2006. "Governance at Points of Corporate Transition: Networks and the Formation of the United Alkali Company, 1890–1895," Enterprise & Society, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(2), pages 315-352, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:entsoc:v:7:y:2006:i:02:p:315-352_00
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    1. Andrew Popp & John Wilson, 2007. "Life Cycles, Contingency, and Agency: Growth, Development, and Change in English Industrial Districts and Clusters," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 39(12), pages 2975-2992, December.

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