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The study aims to explore the relationship between management functions and ownership in large corporations, focusing on profit retention.

Enterprise Theory and Corporate Balance Sheets.

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The article demonstrates profit retention strategies in corporations, indicating implications for management and ownership dynamics.

The study aims to explore the relationship between management functions and ownership in large corporations, focusing on profit retention.
Analysis of corporate profit retention from 1922 to 1927
Evaluation of ownership versus management roles
Examination of implications for capital expansion
29.4% of net income retained in corporations during the study period
Retained profits support stability during economic downturns
Managers can pursue growth without resorting to external capital markets

Waino W. Suojanen (1958) studied this question.

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