Information and organization : a new perspective on the theory of the firm / Mark Casson.
Information and organization : a new perspective on the theory of the firm / Mark Casson.
Information and organization : a new perspective on the theory of the firm / Mark Casson.
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997 2001 [printing]
Date
1997
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N338.5/135
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English
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Physical content
xii, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Information Cost and Economic Organization -- 2. The Process of Coordination -- 3. The Nature of the Firm -- 4. Business Networks -- 5. Imitation and Instability -- 6. Information: Factual and Moral -- 7. Industrial Districts -- 8. Free-standing Firms -- 9. Chartered Trading Companies -- 10. The...
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997 2001 [printing]
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England
Date Published
1997
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Summary
This book offers a vision of the economy as a system of structured information flow. The structuring is effected by institutions, and in particular by firms, which specialize in processing the information needed to allocate resources properly. Firms are the institutional embodiment of the visions of individual entrepreneurs who believe that they ha...
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Information and organization : a new perspective on the theory of the firm / Mark Casson.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N338.5/135
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ISBN
0198292325 (cased) :
9780198297802(pbk.) :
0198297807(pbk.) :
9780198292326(cased) :
0198292325(cased) :
9780198292326
0198292325
9780198297802 (pbk.) :
0198297807 (pbk.) :
9780198292326 (cased) :
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338.5
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991000824569702626
