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The Separation of Ownership and Control in American Industry

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  • Gardiner C. Means

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Introduction. The concept "control." — Types of control; complete ownership, 72; majority control, 73; legal device, 74; minority control, 81; and management control, 83. — Separation of ownership and control among the 200 largest American corporations; basis of classification and extent of separation, 89. — Conclusion, 95. — Tables showing types of control, 98.

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  • Gardiner C. Means, 1931. "The Separation of Ownership and Control in American Industry," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 46(1), pages 68-100.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:46:y:1931:i:1:p:68-100.
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    7. Cortes, Gustavo S. & Taylor, Bryan & Weidenmier, Marc D., 2022. "Financial factors and the propagation of the Great Depression," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 145(2), pages 577-594.

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