TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zhang, Weiying.
TI  - The origin of the capitalist firm: An entrepreneurial/contractual theory of the firm
SN  - 9789811002205
U1  - 658.421 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
KW  - Corporate governance
KW  - Business
KW  - Entrepreneurship
N2  - The book addresses the entrepreneurial origin of the capitalist firm and its asymmetric contractual relationships between capitalists, workers, managers and entrepreneurs, and explains the origin of the firm by focusing on entrepreneurship. A hidden action model shows how assigning residual claim to entrepreneurs can provide a better overall incentive; a hidden information model demonstrates that capitalists are given priority and have authority to select the management, because capital can signal entrepreneurial ability; and a general equilibrium entrepreneurial model shows that the equilibrium relationships between different members of the firm depend on the joint distribution of ability, wealth and risk attitudes in the population. Overall, the book reveals that the capitalist firm is more efficient, not only because it provides better incentives but also because it ensures that the most entrepreneurial people control the firm.
ER  -