The economics of the business firm : seven critical commentaries /
The essays in this volume discuss the theory of the business firm and its applications in economics. A leading analyst of industrial organization, Professor Demsetz first critically examines current debates on the existence, definition, and organization of the firm and discusses conceptual and theor...
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| Langue: | anglais |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1995.
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Table des matières:
- First commentary: The firm of theory: its definition and existence
- Second commentary: Agency and nonagency explanations of the firm's organization
- Third commentary: Enterprise control, wealth, and economic development
- Fourth commentary: Profit maximization and rational behavior
- Fifth commentary: The use and abuse of accounting profit data
- Sixth commentary: Management compensation and tournament theory
- Seventh commentary: The intensity and dimensionality of competition.