The Firm as a Subsociety: Purpose, Justice, and the Theory of the Firm

The authors thank Robert Gibbons, Aseem Kaul, Jackson Nickerson, and Ezra Zuckerman for helpful comments. This paper has also benefited greatly from comments from two anonymous reviewers, the editor, Metin Sengul, and participants at Strategy Science, Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics, Wharton Strategy Work in Progress, University of Minnesota, Utah Winter Strategy Conference, University of Illinois, Rutgers University, Berkeley Haas Culture Conference, and the Academy of Management Conference.