TheLibyan-Africanrelations,like otherinternational relations went throughperiods ofcooperation, tensionandsometimes even conflict.The geographical proximityof Libyawith African countries gavethema special place inits national security and its agendaof prioritiesin foreign policy.
Whileone wonders aboutthe business of thetwenty-first centuryand "the companypost-crisis",it is usefulto return to theoriginalcompanyof the twentieth century.Under what conditionsit isborn?Whatexplains theformsthat we know?And what arethe foundationsthat couldnowbe challenged?Berle and Meansprovidea historicalinterest, sincetheir bookThe ModernCorporationand Privateporperty(1932)analyzes theemergence ofmodern businessin the early the twentieth century.