Short description: 1975 nonfiction book by Robert Hessen
In Defense of the Corporation is a nonfiction book by the business historian Robert Hessen. It was published by the Hoover Institution Press in 1979. In the book, Hessen defends the corporation as a legitimate institution against criticisms leveled by Ralph Nader and Mark J. Green in their co-written books Corporate Power in America (1973) and Taming the Giant Corporation (1976).
Reviews
Academic journals reviewing In Defense of the Corporation include the Academy of Management Review,[1]American Business Law Journal,[2]The Bell Journal of Economics,[3]Business History Review,[4]Columbia Law Review,[5]Journal of Economic Literature,[6]Modern Age,[7]Public Choice,[8]Southern Economic Journal,[9] the UMKC Law Review,[10] and the University of Miami Law Review.[11] The book was also reviewed in Barron's,[12]Human Events,[13]The New York Times,[14]Reason,[15] and Worldview.[16]
References
↑Locke, Edwin A. (July 1979). "Review". Academy of Management Review4 (3): 475–477.
↑Preston, Lee E. (Autumn 1979). "Review: Vogel's Lobbying the Corporation, Winter's Government and the Corporation, and Hessen's In Defense of the Corporation". The Bell Journal of Economics10 (2): 733–736. doi:10.2307/3003366.
↑Kemmerer, Donald L. (Autumn 1979). "Review". Business History Review53 (3): 395–396. doi:10.2307/3114094.
↑Werner, Walter (March 1979). "Book Review". Columbia Law Review79 (2): 401–403.