Information and Organization - A New Perspective on the Theory of the Firm

Zusatztext A superb contribution to the economics of knowledge and information from a Marshallian perspective. The theory elaborated by the book fills an important gap in the economic theory of the firm! and it is likely to open a new line of analysis more attentive to the entrepreneurial function of firms as market-makers. Informationen zum Autor Mark Casson is Professor of Economics at the University of Reading Klappentext "Information and Organization" models the economy in terms of the flow of information rather than material goods. Instead of the adversarial exploitation of information gaps! it stresses the creative use of information in decision making and co-ordinating the use of resources. Zusammenfassung "Information and Organization" models the economy in terms of the flow of information rather than material goods. Instead of the adversarial exploitation of information gaps, it stresses the creative use of information in decision making and co-ordinating the use of resources. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Basic Principles 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 II. Extensions and Applications 7: Industrial Districts 8: Free-Standing Firms 9: Chartered Trading Companies 10: The Historical Significance of Information Costs

Product details

• Authors: Mark Casson, Mark (Professor of Economics Casson
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.01.2001
• EAN: 9780198297802
• ISBN: 978-0-19-829780-2
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Mathematics, Organizational theory & behaviour, Business mathematics & systems, Microeconomics, Organizational theory and behaviour, Business mathematics and systems