Theories of the (state-owned) firm

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) contribute approximately 10% of the world’s GDP. SOEs at one time were predicted to disappear from the economic landscape of the world, but today SOEs are growing more prevalent in the world economy. The current theories of the firm that form the pillars of the managem...

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Main Authors: Peng, Mike, Bruton, G., Stan, C., Huang, Y.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer New York LLC 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49846
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Huang, Y.
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description State-owned enterprises (SOEs) contribute approximately 10% of the world’s GDP. SOEs at one time were predicted to disappear from the economic landscape of the world, but today SOEs are growing more prevalent in the world economy. The current theories of the firm that form the pillars of the management discipline largely ignore the theoretical differences that SOEs introduce into the conceptualization of the firm. Therefore, we extend four core theories of the firm by incorporating SOEs as a mainstream (not special or marginal) organizational form into these theories. We focus specifically on property rights theory, transaction cost theory, agency theory, and resource-based theory, culminating in a research agenda with 12 testable propositions.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-498462017-09-13T15:37:02Z Theories of the (state-owned) firm Peng, Mike Bruton, G. Stan, C. Huang, Y. State-owned enterprises (SOEs) contribute approximately 10% of the world’s GDP. SOEs at one time were predicted to disappear from the economic landscape of the world, but today SOEs are growing more prevalent in the world economy. The current theories of the firm that form the pillars of the management discipline largely ignore the theoretical differences that SOEs introduce into the conceptualization of the firm. Therefore, we extend four core theories of the firm by incorporating SOEs as a mainstream (not special or marginal) organizational form into these theories. We focus specifically on property rights theory, transaction cost theory, agency theory, and resource-based theory, culminating in a research agenda with 12 testable propositions. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49846 10.1007/s10490-016-9462-3 Springer New York LLC restricted
spellingShingle Peng, Mike
Bruton, G.
Stan, C.
Huang, Y.
Theories of the (state-owned) firm
title Theories of the (state-owned) firm
title_full Theories of the (state-owned) firm
title_fullStr Theories of the (state-owned) firm
title_full_unstemmed Theories of the (state-owned) firm
title_short Theories of the (state-owned) firm
title_sort theories of the (state-owned) firm
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49846