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An entrepreneurial theory of the firm / Frederic E. Sautet ; with a foreword by Israel M. Kirzner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sautet, Frédéric E.
- Series:
- Foundations of the market economy series.
- Foundations of the market economy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial organization (Economic theory).
- Transaction costs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (202 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This original, provocative work makes a thorough and comprehensive enquiry into the relationship that exists between firms and markets, with separate, in-depth examinations of both the existence and inner organisation of the firm. Sautet develops an accomplished and convincing theory that encompasses a wealth of existing literature and leads it in an entirely new direction.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-176) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780429232572
- 0429232578
- 9781134582921
- 1134582927
- 9781280037474
- 1280037474
- 9781134582938
- 1134582935
- 9780585453101
- 0585453101
- 9780203466650
- 0203466659
- OCLC:
- 277861939
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