What Do Corporations Want?
communicative capitalism, corporate purpose, and a new theory of the firm
$51.99
- Paperback
258 pages
- Release Date
16 September 2025
Summary
What Do Corporations Really Want?: A New Theory of the Firm
‘Corporate purpose’ has become a battleground for stakeholders’ competing desires. Some argue that corporations must simply generate profit; others suggest that we must make them create social change.
Leading organization studies scholar Timothy Kuhn argues that this ‘either/or’ thinking dramatically oversimplifies matters: today’s corporations must be many things, all at once.
Kuhn offers a bold new Communi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529214284 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529214289 |
| Author: | Timothy Kuhn |
| Publisher: | Bristol University Press |
| Imprint: | Bristol University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 258 |
| Release Date: | 16 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
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“Going far beyond the organization as an entity model, Kuhn explores the complicated realities of socially mediated communication as manipulated by corporations to create a radically new understanding of what corporations want. Kuhn’s book keeps readers engaged with its examples grounded in specific organizations.” CHOICE
“Kuhn does not merely critique unjustified inequities created by capitalism but gives us intriguing ways to go beyond the status quo to generate productive alternatives.” Organization
About The Author
Timothy Kuhn
Timothy Kuhn is Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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