Articles liés à The Economics of Business Enterprise: An Introduction...

The Economics of Business Enterprise: An Introduction to Economic Organisation and the Theory of the Firm - Couverture souple

Ricketts, Martin

 
9781840649055: The Economics of Business Enterprise: An Introduction to Economic Organisation and the Theory of the Firm
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1840649054 ISBN 13 : 9781840649055
Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

To own or not to own? To make or to buy? To franchise or to manage? To contract long or to contract short? To trust or not to trust? To license or not to license? These and other questions are the subject matter of this excellent introduction to the theory of economic organisation.

This fully updated edition of Martin Ricketts's 1987 book includes:

  • New developments in the property rights theory of the firm
  • Further extended treatment of co-operative and mutual forms of enterprise
  • Entirely new sections on transactions cost economics and public policy
  • New chapters on the economics of privatisation and the regulation of 'natural monopoly'.

In addition, transaction cost, property rights and agency approaches are contrasted, and Austrian and evolutionary criticisms of standard theory are explored. The author applies these theories to a wide range of questions from the choice of piece rates or time rates in contracting to the debate on Anglo-American versus other 'varieties of capitalism'. Public policy in the fields of regulation and privatisation is also considered using the same framework.

Non-specialists will find this book to be an accessible introduction to the main theoretical approaches to economic organisation. Students and researchers specialising in the fields of economics and business will find that this third, updated edition of The Economics of Business Enterprise continues to provide stimulating insights suggestive of further research.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l'auteur

Martin Ricketts, Professor of Economic Organisation, University of Buckingham, UK

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1840649054
ISBN 13 
9781840649055
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
3
Nombre de pages
616
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible