RT Article
T1 Toward a Social Ontology of the Firm: Reconstitution, Organizing Entity, Institution, Social Emergence and Power
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 124
IS 2
SP 197
OP 208
A1 Chassagnon, Virgile
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785652001
AB In the past half century, the theory of the firm has become a specific and prolific research field. However, the social ontology of this central institution of capitalism has never truly been the subject of investigation. I consider this negligence harmful for organizational economics and management and, more broadly, for the social sciences, notably because the first and central question raised by the theory of the firm relates to its nature: What is a firm? For this reason, I propose some novel considerations for a social ontology of the firm by focusing on social emergence, reconstitution, the two-level institutional logic of the firm, complex organizational dynamics and interacting mechanisms, and power.
K1 social ontology
K1 Social emergence
K1 Reconstitution
K1 Power
K1 Organizing entity
K1 Institution
K1 Firm
DO 10.1007/s10551-013-1849-1