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Author: Oliver E. Williamson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780195083569
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume features a series of essays which arose from a conference on economics, addressing the question: what is the nature of the firm in economic analysis? This paperback edition includes the Nobel Lecture of R.N. Case.
Author: Oliver E. Williamson
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Published: 2023
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780197710432
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: R. H. Coase
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012-06-15
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 022605120X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFew other economists have been read and cited as often as R.H. Coase has been, even though, as he admits, "most economists have a different way of looking at economic problems and do not share my conception of the nature of our subject." Coase's particular interest has been that part of economic theory that deals with firms, industries, and markets—what is known as price theory or microeconomics. He has always urged his fellow economists to examine the foundations on which their theory exists, and this volume collects some of his classic articles probing those very foundations. "The Nature of the Firm" (1937) introduced the then-revolutionary concept of transaction costs into economic theory. "The Problem of Social Cost" (1960) further developed this concept, emphasizing the effect of the law on the working of the economic system. The remaining papers and new introductory essay clarify and extend Coarse's arguments and address his critics. "These essays bear rereading. Coase's careful attention to actual institutions not only offers deep insight into economics but also provides the best argument for Coase's methodological position. The clarity of the exposition and the elegance of the style also make them a pleasure to read and a model worthy of emulation."—Lewis A. Kornhauser, Journal of Economic Literature Ronald H. Coase was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Science in 1991.
Author: Randall S. Kroszner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-09-21
Total Pages: 664
ISBN-13: 1316025233
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book brings together classic writings on the economic nature and organization of firms, including works by Ronald Coase, Oliver Williamson, and Michael Jensen and William Meckling, as well as more recent contributions by Paul Milgrom, Bengt Holmstrom, John Roberts, Oliver Hart, Luigi Zingales, and others. Part I explores the general theme of the firm's nature and place in the market economy; Part II addresses the question of which transactions are integrated under a firm's roof and what limits the growth of firms; Part III examines employer-employee relations and the motivation of labor; and Part IV studies the firm's organization from the standpoint of financing and the relationship between owners and managers. The volume also includes a consolidated bibliography of sources cited by these authors and an introductory essay by the editors that surveys the new institutional economics of the firm and issues raised in the anthology.
Author: Giles Hutchins
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Published: 2013-05-07
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 0865717370
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe business of biomimicry—companies the way nature intended.
Author: Daniel F. Spulber
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-04-13
Total Pages: 542
ISBN-13: 0521517389
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Theory of the Firm presents an innovative general analysis of the economics of the firm.
Author: Abraham A. Singer
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 0190698349
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Form of the Firm attempts to unveil the nature of the corporation as it exists in modern liberal societies. The author contends that economic theories understate the importance and danger of corporate power, and should be supplemented with a political analysis that foregrounds the sorts of political and moral values at stake in corporate activity.
Author: Per L Bylund
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-12-22
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1317217802
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe theory of the firm has been fertile ground for economists. Bylund proposes a new theory, rooted in Austrian economics, which examines the firm as a part of the market, and not as a free-standing entity. In this integrated view, a theory is offered which incorporates entrepreneurship, production, market process and economic development.
Author: Christos Pitelis
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0415057485
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Nature of the Transnational Firm brings together the major approaches to the transnational firm in one volume. Leading thinkers present overviews of a vibrant theoretical literature and assess the current state of analysis. Thoroughly revised and updated to take account the explosive growth of foreign direct investment in the 1990s, this volume will be welcomed by students and researchers of international business, international economics and business economics. Contributors include: John Cantwell, John H. Dunning, Edward M. Graham, Jean-Francois Hennart, Neil Kay.
Author: Paul Walker
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2016-09-13
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1317277031
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirms are a ubiquitous feature of the economic landscape, with much of the activity undertaken within an economy taking place within their boundaries. Given the size of the contribution made by firms to economic activity, employment and growth, having a theoretical understanding of the nature and structure of firms is crucial for understanding how an economy functions. The Theory of the Firm firstly offers a brief overview of the past, consisting of a concise discussion of the classical view of production, followed by an outline of the development of the neoclassical - or ‘textbook’ - approach to firm level production. Secondly, the ‘present’ of the theory of the firm is discussed in three sections. The first section considers the post-1970 theory of the firm literature per se, while the second section scrutinises the relationship between the three most prominent of the modern sets of theories: the reference point, property rights and transaction cost approaches. The third section looks at the theory of privatisation. The unique aspects of this book includes its discussions of the post-1970 contributions to the theory of the firm; the integration of the theory of the entrepreneur with the theory of the firm; and the theory of privatisation. This volume offers an intuitive introduction to the theories of the firm as well as simple formal models of the most important contributions to the literature. It also outlines the historical evolution of the traditional and modern theories of the firm. This book is of great interest to those who study history of economic thought, industrial economics and organizational studies.
