Its appeal rests on Sloan's pioneering vision of the large decentralized corporation pursuing deeply thought-out strategies.
Written in 1965 while Kneale was suffering from a mystery illness and forced to stay in bed for a long period, the concept started life as a drama serial for the BBC, before the corporation had second thoughts about the nature of the storyline and the possibility of copycat suicides; Kneale later agreed that they were probably right not to make it for television.
According to a 1907 magazine article about Landis, "Corporations smiled pleasantly at the thought of a corporation lawyer being on the bench.
Austen thought of corporations as collective organisms, sharing a vital human warmth; the two male poets interpreted the word more officiously and impersonally.
Traditionalists may shudder at the thought of corporations' buying their way onto the marquees, but theater owners and marketing experts say these alliances will grow and could become a widespread and lucrative practice.
Fresh from watching yet another CEO stumble his way through a piece to camera on his company's website, I do wonder whether some corporations are giving sufficient thought to the YouTube generation.
One school of thought holds that corporations both rise and die faster than ever today, placing a premium on the speedy generation of ideas.
I'm all for big corporations to spend money on thought experiments that may ultimately, one day, far off into the future, have a positive effect on how we live our lives.
And popular culture has the corporate psycho in plain view which is remarkable, given the corporation's suffocating grip on all thoughts and deeds.
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