The Separation of Ownership and Control in American Industry

Gardiner C. Means

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1931, vol. 46, issue 1, 68-100

Abstract: Introduction. The concept "control." — Types of control; complete ownership, 72; majority control, 73; legal device, 74; minority control, 81; and management control, 83. — Separation of ownership and control among the 200 largest American corporations; basis of classification and extent of separation, 89. — Conclusion, 95. — Tables showing types of control, 98.

Date: 1931
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