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1989
The large firm is a phenomenon of the 20th century. At the time of the development of micro-economics, the typical firm was small and owner-controlled. The owner took risks backed by his own capital, and was accountable only to himself. Economists focused on such a firm, within markets where products were standardised, buyers and suppliers were large ...
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The large firm is a phenomenon of the 20th century. At the time of the development of micro-economics, the typical firm was small and owner-controlled. The owner took risks backed by his own capital, and was accountable only to himself. Economists focused on such a firm, within markets where products were standardised, buyers and suppliers were large ...
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A computational theory of the firm
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2002This paper proposes using computational learning theory (CLT) as a framework for analyzing the information processing behavior of firms; we argue that firms can be viewed as learning algorithms. The costs and benefits of processing information are linked to the structure of the firm and its relationship with the environment. We model the firm as a type
Barr, Jason, Saraceno, Francesco
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A brief prehistory of the theory of the firm
European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2020M. Mosca
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Economics and Philosophy, 1994
I carved a massive cake of beeswax into bits and rolled them in my hands until they softened … Going forward I carried wax along the line, and laid it thick on their ears. They tied me up, then, plumb amidships, back to the mast, lashed to the mast, and took themselves again to rowing.
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I carved a massive cake of beeswax into bits and rolled them in my hands until they softened … Going forward I carried wax along the line, and laid it thick on their ears. They tied me up, then, plumb amidships, back to the mast, lashed to the mast, and took themselves again to rowing.
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The impact of voluntary sustainability reporting on firm value: Insights from signaling theory
Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2022Wesley Friske, S. Hoelscher, A. Nikolov
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1988
This chapter explains the rationale for the profit maximising theory of the firm, which is used as a basis for most of the analysis in Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10, and also assesses the usefulness of some alternative theories of the firm.
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This chapter explains the rationale for the profit maximising theory of the firm, which is used as a basis for most of the analysis in Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10, and also assesses the usefulness of some alternative theories of the firm.
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Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2023
Rachel E. Hochstein +2 more
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Rachel E. Hochstein +2 more
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THE THEORY OF THE TRADING FIRM REVISITED
The Journal of Finance, 1978THE THEORY OF THE TRADING FIRM illustrates several key factors which determine the decisions of international firms in general. It was developed in three countributions by Kenen, Ethier and Baron, which can be distinguished from each other and from the present paper by the choice they make of an objective function for the firm.
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A Behavioral Theory of the Firm.
American Sociological Review, 1964Marshall R. Colberg +2 more
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