The autonomy of organizations and the control by shareholders: A comparative analysis of the interactions between legal forms of business and organizations

本研究的目的是调查企业法人或有限责任公司等法律的企业形式和组织的发展以及这两种发展之间的相互作用，从而找出使组织有效运作的法律的形式。研究发现，第二次世界大战前合伙制、有限合伙制和日本有限责任公司的运用与组织的发展和管理的现代化有关。第二次世界大战后，企业组织迅速扩大，并以企业法人和日本有限责任公司为法律的形式。并与其他亚洲国家的公司进行了比较分析和组织内决策过程的分析。

The purpose of this research was to investigate the development of legal forms of business - such as business corporations or limited liability companies -, of organizations and the interactions between those two kinds of development, and thus find out legal forms that allow organizations function effectively. From the research, it was found that the use of partnerships, limited partnerships and Japanese limited liabilty companies (yugen-gaisha) before World War II was related to the development of organizations and the modernization of management. It was also found that after World War II organizations had been expanded rapidly and those organizations utlized business corporations and Japanese LLCs as their legal forms. The comparative analysis with companies in other Asian countries and the analysis of intraorganizational decision making process were also conducted.