Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 400 pages
- Published by: Cambridge University Press
- Edition: 2nd Edition January 26, 1996
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0521556287
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521556286
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Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 1.3 pounds
Product Description
This book brings together classic writings on the economic nature and organization of firms, including works by Ronald Coase, Armen Alchian and Harold Demsetz, Michael Jensen and William Meckling, and Oliver Williamson, as well as more recent contributions by Paul Milgrom and John Roberts, Bengt Holmstrom, and Oliver Hart. Part I explores the general theme of the firm's economic nature and its place in the market system; Part II covers the scope of the firm; Part III looks at internal organization and the human factor; and Part IV ties the firm's organization and behavior to issues of financing and ownership. This second edition has twelve new selections and an introductory essay that surveys the new institutional economics of the firm.
Book Description
Part I explores the general theme of the firm's economic nature and its place in the market system; Part II covers the scope of the firm; Part III looks at internal organization and the human factor; and Part IV ties the firm's organization and behavior to issues of financing and ownership.
Reader ReviewsAll the information you need and the appropiate readings are here in this book, which can be very usefull for the study of the economics of a firm and many other topics in business economics. Worth a look!
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