Corporate beneficiaries of the mid-century wars: Respecifying models of corporate growth, 1939-1959

Objective. Accounts of corporate growth have emphasized strategies and organizational structures as explanatory variables. This has been the case even during those periods when the United States was involved in major wars. The authors argue that one important factor during these times, defense procurement, should be considered as a causal variable. Methods. This research builds on Neil Fligstein's analyses of growth over the 1939-59 period by …