Spyridon Bazinas<\/strong> Eva Micheler<\/strong> Walter Doralt<\/strong> Discussion<\/p>\n Organisations are a social phenomenon outside of company law. Company law finds this phenomenon and provides it with a legal structure. The event is conducted via Zoom. Please register by 9 February 2021 via office@igkk.org<\/a> to receive the zoom-link.<\/p>\n
\nIACPIL, Board Member
\nWelcome and Introduction<\/p>\n
\nLondon School of Economics
\nCompany Law \u2013 An Entity Theory<\/p>\n
\nUniversity of Graz
\nEntity Theory and Legislative Activism: The Austrian Limited<\/p>\n
\nIt makes available legal personality and a pro-cedural framework facilitating corporate deci-sion making and corporate acting. Company law evolves with a view to supporting auto-nomous action through organisations. Eva Micheler advances an entity theory of com-pany law. It builds on the insight that orga-nisations or firms are autonomous actors in their own right. They are more than the sum of contributions of their participants. They also act independently of the views and in-terests of their participants. This occurs be-cause human beings change their behaviour when they act as members of a group or of an organisations. In a group we tend to develop and conform to a shared standard. When we act in organisations routines and procedures form and a culture emerges. These over time take on a life of their own affecting the be-haviour of the participants. Participants can themselves affect organisational behaviour and modify routines, procedures and culture but this takes time and effort.<\/p>\n