Knowledge, Scale and Transactions in the Theory of the Firm

Informationen zum Autor Mario Morroni is Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Economics of the University of Pisa! Italy. Klappentext An important fresh theoretical framework for examining the key influences on the competitiveness of firms. Zusammenfassung In this important and original contribution to the literature on the theory of the firm! Mario Morroni investigates the main influences on the competitiveness of business organisations. The book examines the key roles played by uncertainty and learning in shaping relative performance and organisational boundaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction and summary; 1. Basic conditions; 2. Decision making; 3. Organisational co-ordination; 4. Wrestling with uncertainty; 5. Uncertainty-decreasing strategies within firms; 6. By way of a conclusion: growth of the firm as the interplay between the three aspects of organisational co-ordination; Glossary; References.

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• Authors: Mario Morroni, Mario (Universit... Degli Studi Morroni, Mario (Universita Degli Studi Morroni, Morroni Mario
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.05.2006
• EAN: 9780521862431
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86243-1
• No. of pages: 372
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management, Industry & industrial studies, Industry and industrial studies, Economics of industrial organization