Speak... of the separation of ownership and active leadership. Ordinarily the problem is stated in terms of the divorce between ownership and "contro… - Robert Aaron Gordon

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Speak... of the separation of ownership and active leadership. Ordinarily the problem is stated in terms of the divorce between ownership and "control". This last word is badly overused, and it needs to be precisely defined... Our procedure... will be to study the ownership of officers and directors and then to ascertain the extent to which non-management stockholdings are sufficiently concentrated to permit through ownership the wielding of considerable power and influence (control?) over management by an individual, group or another corporation.

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About Robert Aaron Gordon

Robert Aaron Gordon (26 July 1908 - April 7, 1978) was an American economist and professor at the School of Business of the University of California (Berkeley), known for his works on business leadership, higher business education, business cycle theory and policy.

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Alternative Names: R. Aaron Gordon Aaron Goldstein

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