Davis, Managed by the Markets (2009)

Gerald F. Davis.
Managed by the Markets: How Finance Re-Shaped America.
Oxford University Press, 2009.

Book information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.

Book excerpt: Gerald F. Davis, "Preface," Managed by the Markets, 2009.

Author information:

• Jerry Davis, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.
• Jerry Davis, University of Michigan.
  (This webpage has links to copies of his Articles, Presentations, etc.)
• Gerald F. Davis (b. 1961), Wikipedia.
• Gerald Davis, Google Scholar Citations.
• Gerald F. Davis, The Vanishing American Corporation: Navigating the Hazards of a New Economy, Oakland, California: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2016.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]

Video: Gerald F. Davis

• Gerald Davis, "Portfolio Society," Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 2009.
  Prof. Davis summarizes his book Managed by the Markets in a 6 minute interview.
• Jerry Davis, "Corporate Structure and Income Inequality," Business & Economic Inequality Forum, Academy of Management conference, Boston, 2012.
• Jerry Davis, "Inequality and Institutions," Keynote Address, 3rd International Conference on Inequality, Institutions and Organizations, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, 7-8 June 2013.
  Conference website.
• Gerald F. Davis, "The Coming Collapse of the American Corporation (and What Comes Next)?" Center for the Study of Economy & Society, Cornell University, 06 February 2014.
  Lecture Video at CSES.
  Lecture Video at YouTube.
• CSES Interview Series: Gerald F. Davis, Center for the Study of Economy & Society, Cornell University, 04 March 2014.
  Interview webpage at CSES.
• Chris White and Jerry Davis, "Lead Positive Change Without Authority," Center for Positive Organizations, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 15 March 2016.
  
  • Video at Center for Positive Organizations.
  • Event information, Center for Positive Organizations.
  • Gerald F. Davis and Christopher J. White, Changing Your Company from the Inside Out: A Guide for Social Intrapreneurs, Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business Review Press, 2015.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]

Selected Papers: Gerald F. Davis
Many of Prof. Davis's papers are available at his website here.

• Gerald F. Davis, Kristina A. Diekmann, Catherine H. Tinsley, "The Decline and Fall of the Conglomerate Firm in the 1980s: The Deinstitutionalization of an Organizational Form," American Sociological Review, Vol. 59, No. 4., pp. 547-570, August 1994.
• Gerald F. Davis and Mark S. Mizruchi, "The Money Center Cannot Hold: Commercial Banks in the U.S. System of Corporate Governance," Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 215-239, June 1999.
• Gerald F. Davis, "The Rise and Fall of Finance and the End of the Society of Organizations," Academy of Management Perspectives, pages 27-44, August 2009.
• Gerald F. Davis, "The Twilight of the Berle and Means Corporation," Seattle University Law Review, Vol. 34, pages 1121-1138, 2011.
• Gerald F. Davis, "How financial markets dissolved the society of organizations," Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, Vol. 53, No. 1, pages 13-42, 2012.
• Jerry Davis, "Capital markets and job creation in the 21st century," Center for Effective Public Management, Brookings Institution, December 2015.
• Gerald F. Davis and Suntae Kim, "Financialization of the Economy," Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 41, pages 203-221, 2015.

Book Reviews:

• David G. Schwartz, "Book Review: Managed by the Markets," David G. Schwartz: writing, teaching, & speaking blog, 02 July 2009.
• Brayden King, "the death of the corporation?" orgtheory.net blog, 18 September 2009.
  Book author Jerry Davis responds to the review and to other comments in the comments section.
• John M. Mason, "Information as Currency," Seeking Alpha, 09 October 2009.
• Matthew Yglesias, "Beyond No-Fault Finance," The American Prospect, 26 October 2009.
• Randy Mayeux, "The Rise and Fall of Finance and the End of the Society of Organizations (a little “serious reading”)," First Friday Book Synopsis blog, 21 March 2010.
• Neil Fligstein, "Two Books on the Recent Financial Crisis," Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 150-155, March 2010.
  (JSTOR link.)
  (library access or subscription required)
• Manuel B. Aalbers, "Book Reviews," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Vol. 35, Number 4, July 2011.
  (library access or subscription required)
• Chabrak Nihel, "The Shareholder Era and the Changing Nature of the Corporation," Accounting, Economics and Law - A Convivium, Volume 1, Issue 2, August 2011.
  (library access or subscription required)
• Christopher C. Douglas, "Managed by the Markets: How Finance has Re-Shaped America," Journal of Economics, Vol. 38 Issue 1, page 92, March 2012.
  (library access or subscription required)
• Miguel A. Centeno and Joseph N. Cohen, "The Arc of Neoliberalism," Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 38, pages 317-340, 2012.
  This is not a book review. Rather, it is a pair of sociologists' review of recent economic history.
  Article summary; PDF.

Some Wikipedia Articles:

• Economy of the United States.
• Economic history of the United States:
  • Early 20th century.
  • From 1929 through World War II.
  • Postwar prosperity: 1945–1973.
  • Late 20th century.
  • The 21st century.