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

Ricketts, Martin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1843764202 ISBN 13 : 9781843764205

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2003

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 introduction to the theory of economic organization. This fully updated third edition 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; and 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.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Discusses business enterprise and exchange, describing how transaction cost theory affects the view of business enterprise. The overall theme is one of the problem of information and transactional difficulties in the business setting, with reference to analytical tools such as the Edgeworth box.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1843764202
• ISBN 13: 9781843764205
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 616
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible