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Firms, markets, and economic change : a dynamic theory of business institutions / Richard N. Langlois and Paul L. Robertson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Langlois, Richard N.
- Langlois Robertson Staff, Corporate Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industries.
- Marketing.
- Product life cycle.
- Business enterprises--Case studies.
- Business enterprises.
- Product management--Case studies.
- Product management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (198 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Traditional western forms of corporate organization have been called into question by the success of Japanese keiretsu. Firms, Markets and Economic Change draws on industrial economics, business strategy, and economic history to develop an evolutionary model to show when innovation is best undertaken. The authors argue that innovation is a complex process that defies neat categorization and government policy should be to facilitate change rather than to direct it.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; CAPABILITIES, STRATEGY AND THE FIRM; A DYNAMIC THEORY OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FIRM; VERTICAL INTEGRATION IN THE EARLY AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; EXTERNAL CAPABILITIES AND MODULAR SYSTEMS; INERTIA AND INDUSTRIAL CHANGE; INNOVATION, NETWORKS AND VERTICAL INTEGRATION; CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-177) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-80496-2
- 0-429-22953-4
- 0-203-19923-5
- 1-134-80497-0
- 1-280-32525-9
- 9780429229534
- OCLC:
- 55641338
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