INSIDE THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE by Peter Temin ( 9780226792040 )

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Title:

INSIDE THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE USE OF INFORMATION

By:

Peter Temin

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0226792048

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9780226792040

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Publisher:

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

Pub. date:

1 December, 1991

Edition:

2nd ed.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report

Pages:

268

Synopsis:

How do business enterprises control their subunits? In what ways do existing paths of communication within a firm affect its ability to absorb new technology and techniques? How do American banks affect how companies operate? Do theoretical constructs correspond to actual behavior? Because business enterprises are complex institutions, these questions can prove difficult to address. All too often, firms are treated as the atoms of economics, the irreducible unit of analysis. This accessible volume, suitable for course use, looks more closely at the American firm into its "internal" workings and its genesis in the Gilded Age. Focusing on the crucial role of imperfect and asymmetric information in the operation of enterprises, "Inside the Business Enterprise" forges an innovative link between modern economic theory and recent business history."

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12 halftones, 10 tables

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University of Chicago Press

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