William H. Meckling

Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)

Dean Emeritus

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

15

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Scholarly Papers (15)

1.

Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure

Michael C. Jensen, A THEORY OF THE FIRM: GOVERNANCE, RESIDUAL CLAIMS AND ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS, Harvard University Press, December 2000, Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 3, No. 4, 1976
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 19 Jul 1998 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2022
Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
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Citation 7,981

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Agency costs and theory, internal control systems, conflicts of interest, capital structure, internal equity, outside equity, demand for security analysis, completeness of markets, supply of claims, limited liability

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Divisional Performance Measurement

Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 29 Nov 1998 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
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Citation 8

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Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations: Course Notes (2nd of 4 Ccmo Documents)

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 98-098
Number of pages: 110 Posted: 21 Apr 1998 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
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Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations: Practice Questions (4th of 4 Ccmo Documents)

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 20 Apr 1998
Harvard Business School, Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased), HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
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Reflections on the Corporation as a Social Invention

Midland Corporate Finance Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3, Autumn 1983, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 1983
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Dec 2003 Last Revised: 18 May 2013
Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
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Social responsibility, survival, definition of corporation, corporate democracy, federal chartering, Corporate Democracy Act, corporate control, government involvement

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Rights and Production Functions: An Application to Labor Managed Firms and Codetermination

A THEORY OF THE FIRM: GOVERNANCE, RESIDUAL CLAIMS AND ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS, Harvard University Press, December 2000, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 2000
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Oct 2000 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
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Labor Managed Firm, Property Rights, Contract Rights and Production Functions, Rules of the Game, Nexus of Contracts, Codetermination, Industrial Democracy, Cooperatives and Professional Partnerships

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Can the Corporation Survive?

Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 31-37, January/February 1978, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 1978
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 May 2001 Last Revised: 18 May 2013
Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
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Rights, regulation, private enterprise, contracts, rights, regulation, private enterprise, contracts

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Corporate Governance and 'Economic Democracy': An Attack on Freedom

PROCEEDINGS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: A DEFINITIVE EXPLORATION OF THE ISSUES, C.J. Huizenga, ed., UCLA Extension, 1983, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 1983
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Nov 2002 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
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definition of freedom, economic democracy, corporate democracy, corporategovernance, role of government, contracting, federal chartering, violence, police powers, rights

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The Logic of the First Amendment

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 00-01
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Mar 2000 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Clifford G. Holderness, Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Boston College - Department of Finance, Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
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Freedom, First Amendment, property rights, externality, physical incompatibility, scarce rights, non-scarce rights, constitutional law

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Between Freedom and Democracy

The Banker, pp. 39-49, October 1977, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 1977
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 30 Nov 2003 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
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rights, freedom, free market, private enterprise, political democracy, human rights, property rights, co-determination laws

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Analysis of Alternative Standing Doctrines

International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 6, 1986, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 1986
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 17 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling and Clifford G. Holderness
Harvard Business School, Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased) and Boston College - Department of Finance
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standing, legal doctrine, U.S. Supreme Court, rights, efficiency, transaction costs, alienability

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Freedom, Capitalism and Human Behavior Chapter 4: Capitalism

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 1999
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 18 May 2013
Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
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alienability, freedom, capitalism, decision rights, role of government, transfer costs, agency costs

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Freedom, Capitalism and Human Behavior Chapter 2: Human Rights and the Meaning of Freedom

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 1999
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 18 May 2013
Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
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freedom, capitalism, human rights, definition of rights, nature, constraints, definition of freedom, contracts, power, rights

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The Case for Restricting Access to Courts

MERC Working Paper No. 81-06, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 1981
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Dec 2004 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling and Clifford G. Holderness
Harvard Business School, Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased) and Boston College - Department of Finance
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standing, stare decisis, res judicata, collateral estoppel, Coase Theorem, courts, legal system, efficiency, adjudication, rights, externalities

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The Nuclear Family and Antagonism Towards Markets

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 1977
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 24 Nov 2004 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
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Family, values, markets, Golden Rule, press