Economic perspectives on the history of law: Property rights in business history

Abstract: Which political, socio-economic, and cultural circumstances bring actors to recognize property rights, and what are the consequences with regard to the economic performance of a business company? To answer this question, this article analyzes the allocation of property rights in firms with a view to systematizing the categories of analysis. Business firms are continuously subject to internal and external structural challenges.  As a consequence, they have to be able to transform their organizational structures very flexibly and very dynamically. Property rights are one of the central aspects of this process.This essay begins with a short summary of the basic characteristics of property rights theory, which offers an approach to studying social practices, processes of codification, and institutional changes in different property regimes. With these problems in mind, I suggest combining the theoretical and methodological implications of this economic model using the concept of “.... http://www.inter-disciplines.org/index.php/indi/article/view/971

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Economic perspectives on the history of law: Property rights in business history ; volume:3 ; number:2 ; day:17 ; month:12 ; year:2012 ; InterDisciplines ; 3, Heft 2 (17.12.2012)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Schulz, Ulrike

Further information

• DOI: 10.4119/indi-971
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2018121115042848927061
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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