Theexchange and sharingofknowledge isat the very originof institutionswhich are intended toproduce knowledgefrom theacademy Athensfounded byPlato andthe Greekinstitutions, to by thoseof Nanking, Damascus, Baghdad,Quaraouiyine,Magnaura,AlAzhar until the firstWestern universitiessuch asBologna,Parisand Cambridge.However,it was not untilthe adventof modern societies the internationalmobility of studentsreally got going.the Technical progress hasbeenaccompanied byan institutionalizationof knowledge throughthe emergence of modernuniversitiesinthe late nineteenthcenturyand early twentieth century,whichled to adiffusion of knowledgescales unpublished.Thedevelopment and modernizationof higher education haveperformedin many countriesby importingreferences international.
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.