Renate E. Meyer is the Chair of Organization Studies at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria and Part-time Professor in Institutional Theory at Copenhagen Business School. Current research includes institutional renewal, novel organizational forms, collective action in crises, and governance structures and governance gaps in urban contexts.Stephan Leixnering is a Senior Scientist at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria, Research Institute for Urban Management and Governance. His research focuses on organizational governance in the public and the private sectors, with a focus on how organizations address public interests.Jeroen Veldman is Associate Professor at Nyenrode Business University, Netherlands, and MINES ParisTech and Section Editor Corporate Governance at the Journal of Business Ethics. He leads the Modern Corporation Project.

• Chapter 1. Rethinking the Corporation: Introduction; Renate E. Meyer, Stephan Leixnering, and Jeroen VeldmanChapter 2. Concentrated Ownership, Socioemotional Wealth, and the 'Third Possibility': Bringing Society Back In; Loizos Heracleous and Luh Luh LanChapter 3. The Elusive Nature of Shareholders' Claims Over the Corporation, or the Strange Non-Death of Shareholder Primacy; Olivier ButzbachChapter 4. Constitutionalizing the Corporation; Anna GrandoriChapter 5. Exploring the Middle Way: The Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale (IRI) In Between Corporate Capitalism and Planned Economy (1948–1973); Patrizio Monfardini, Paolo Quattrone, and Pasquale RuggieroChapter 6. The Past as Prologue: Purpose Dynamics in the History of the Aktiengesellschaft; Stephan Leixnering, Renate E. Meyer, and Peter DoraltChapter 7. Community, Enterprise, and Self-Help: The Coevolution of Capitalism and Non-Profit and For-Profit Businesses in Britain and Germany; Heather A. Haveman and Nataliya NedzhvetskayaChapter 8. Shareholder Value or Public Purpose? From John Maynard Keynes and Adolf Berle to the Modern Debate; Suzanne J. Konzelmann, Victoria Chick, and Marc Fovargue-DaviesChapter 9. Social Ontology of the Modern Corporation: Its Role in Understanding Organizations; Jeroen Veldman and Hugh WillmottChapter 10. Rethinking the Purpose of the Corporation With the Creative Power of the Enterprise; Blanche Segrestin, Armand Hatchuel, and Kevin LevillainChapter 11. Learning From Alternatives: Analyzing Alternative Ways of Organizing as Starting Points for Improving the Corporation; Joost Luyckx, Anselm Schneider, and Arno KourulaChapter 12. Concluding Reflections: The Future of the Corporation and Research on the Corporate Form; Gerald F. Davis