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An entrepreneurial theory of the firm /
Traditional theories of the firm have concentrated on such topics as technology, evolution and transaction costs whilst failing to account for one of the most fundamental aspects of the market process: entrepreneurial activity. Using an approach consistent with the modern Austrian School, Frederic S...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Taylor & Francis,
2000.
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| Colección: | Foundations of the market economy series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; GENERAL INTRODUCTION; THE ECONOMICS OF THE FIRM, THE MARKET THEORY PROBLEM AND TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS; The four rationales of the firm; The Market Theory Problem; The MTP and transaction cost economics; A brief assessment of two relevant alternatives to the transaction cost view; Are the above approaches sufficient?; Conclusion: the MTP and beyond; THE LACHMANNIAN PROBLEM, THE PROMOTER AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE FIRM; On the importance of the prime mover: the entrepreneur; A view of the Lachmannian problem.
- The limits of the transaction costs perspectiveA theory of the emergence of the firm: the exploitability thesis; Towards a solution to the Lachmannian problem; The distinctive nature of the firm; Conclusion; CAPABILITIES, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, CENTRAL PLANNING AND THE GROWTH OF THE FIRM; An Austrian view of capabilities theory; Knowledge problems, incentives, capabilities and the complex firm; The multidivisional corporation as the archetype of the complex firm; Concluding remarks; GENERAL CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index.