Corporate Financialization - An Economic Sociology Perspective

The economic process of financialization is defined by many as the development of the dependence and subordination of the productive sector to the financial sector.

List of contents

1 Introduction 2 Apple Inc 3 Google 4 Microsoft Corporation 5 Amazon.com Inc. 6 Berkshire Hathaway 7 Facebook 8 Johnson & Johnson 9 JPMorgan Chase & Co 10 Tencent Holdings 11 ExxonMobil 12 Conclusions Appendix – Five years later

About the author

Marcelo José do Carmo has a PhD in Production Engineering from the Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil. He is now a University Lecturer at the Production Engineering Department at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (USP).
Mário Sacomano Neto is currently an Associate Professor of Organizational Studies at the Federal University of São Carlos, UFSCar, Brazil. He has experience in organizational studies, economic sociology, corporate control, strategy, field theory, and financialization.
Julio Cesar Donadone is currently a Full Professor at the Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil, and coordinator of the Center of Studies on Economic Sociology and Finance NESEFI -UFSCar. He has experience in sociology, especially in economic sociology, working mainly on the following topics: intermediaries, financialization, and field dynamics.

Summary

The economic process of financialization is defined by many as the development of the dependence and subordination of the productive sector to the financial sector.

Product details

• Authors: Marcelo José Do Carmo, Marcelo Jose Neto Do Carmo, Julio Cesar Donadone, Mário Sacomano Neto
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2023
• EAN: 9781032313955
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3231395-5
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate Finance / General, Corporate Finance, Economic theory & philosophy, Political Economy, Sociology: work & labour, Economics of industrial organisation, Industry & industrial studies, Sociology: work and labour, Economic theory and philosophy, Industry and industrial studies, Economics of industrial organization