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I am hugely enthusiastic about this engaging book. Beunza's original work has been influential in the social studies of finance and in Taking the Floor he introduces ideas clearly and with great skill. This is a significant contribution to the field. Donald MacKenzie, University of Edinburgh This is a remarkable look inside a Wall Street trading room through the years. The account of the organization of the trading room, its traders, and the methods and tools they use is compellingly told, and the level of engagement with the subjects is an extraordinary accomplishment. Walter W. Powell, Stanford University

This is a remarkable look inside a Wall Street trading room through the years. The account of the organization of the trading room, its traders, and the methods and tools they use is compellingly told, and the level of engagement with the subjects is an extraordinary accomplishment. aEURO Walter W. Powell, Stanford University I am hugely enthusiastic about this engaging book. Beunza's original work has been influential in the social studies of finance and in Taking the Floor he introduces ideas clearly and with great skill. This is a significant contribution to the field. aEURO Donald MacKenzie, University of Edinburgh

Beunza opens up the black box of a Wall Street trading room and reveals, surprisingly, a form of morality and governance grounded in unique face-to-face, trader-supervisor relationships. This book is high quality sociology at the front line of financial markets, with important lessons for the contemporary debate about banking culture. Michael Power, London School of Economics and Political Science This is a remarkable look inside a Wall Street trading room through the years. The account of the organization of the trading room, its traders, and the methods and tools they use is compellingly told, and the level of engagement with the subjects is an extraordinary accomplishment. Walter W. Powell, Stanford University I am hugely enthusiastic about this engaging book. Beunza's original work has been influential in the social studies of finance and in Taking the Floor he introduces ideas clearly and with great skill. This is a significant contribution to the field. Donald MacKenzie, University of Edinburgh

Beunza opens up the black box of a Wall Street trading room and reveals, surprisingly, a form of morality and governance grounded in unique face-to-face, trader-supervisor relationships. This book is high quality sociology at the front line of financial markets, with important lessons for the contemporary debate about banking culture. --Michael Power, London School of Economics and Political Science This is a remarkable look inside a Wall Street trading room through the years. The account of the organization of the trading room, its traders, and the methods and tools they use is compellingly told, and the level of engagement with the subjects is an extraordinary accomplishment. --Walter W. Powell, Stanford University I am hugely enthusiastic about this engaging book. Beunza's original work has been influential in the social studies of finance and in Taking the Floor he introduces ideas clearly and with great skill. This is a significant contribution to the field. --Donald MacKenzie, University of Edinburgh

This is a remarkable look inside a Wall Street trading room through the years. The account of the organization of the trading room, its traders, and the methods and tools they use is compellingly told, and the level of engagement with the subjects is an extraordinary accomplishment. Walter W. Powell, Stanford University I am hugely enthusiastic about this engaging book. Beunza's original work has been influential in the social studies of finance and in Taking the Floor he introduces ideas clearly and with great skill. This is a significant contribution to the field. Donald MacKenzie, University of Edinburgh

This is a remarkable look inside a Wall Street trading room through the years. The account of the organization of the trading room, its traders, and the methods and tools they use is compellingly told, and the level of engagement with the subjects is an extraordinary accomplishment. -Walter W. Powell, Stanford University I am hugely enthusiastic about this engaging book. Beunza's original work has been influential in the social studies of finance and in Taking the Floor he introduces ideas clearly and with great skill. This is a significant contribution to the field. -Donald MacKenzie, University of Edinburgh

Co-Winner of the EGOS Book Prize, European Group for Organizational Studies Providing a unique perspective on a complex suject, Taking the Floor profiles what an effective, responsible trading room can and should look like. ---City Press Office, Cass Business School Taking the Floor is a significant contribution to social studies of finance and economic sociology more broadly. It will certainly be worthwhile reading not only for specialists, but also a much broader audience, since the way abstract models shape reality is becoming one of the more salient issues in contemporary societies within and beyond the realm of finance. ---Manuel A. Santana-Turegano, London School of Economics Review of Books

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Daniel Beunza is associate professor of management in The Business School (formerly Cass Business School) at City, University of London.

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