| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 279 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
List of Tables and Figure; List of Contributors; Part I. Theorizing the Firm-Introduction; Part II. The Boundaries of the Firm; Part III. Collective Agency and Narratives on Performance; Part IV. The 'Political' Firm and the State; Part V. The Firm in Place; Part VI. Theorizing the Firm-Afterword; Index |
| Summary |
Firms are at the very heart of modern day life. This book addresses some of the gaps in the current state of the theory of the firm from an economic geography perspective: issues around the boundaries of the firm; the collective agency of the firm; the political firm, financial markets, and the state; and the firm in place. - ;Firms are at the very heart of modern day life. They come in a seemingly infinite variety - from transnationals to small firm, from corporations to branch plants, to subsidiaries and joint ventures, from subcontractors to franchisees, from sole proprietorships to partner |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Industrial organization (Economic theory)
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Institutional economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Microeconomics.
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Industrial organization (Economic theory)
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Institutional economics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Taylor, Michael, 1946 February 28-
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Oinas, Päivi.
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| LC no. |
2006019918 |
| ISBN |
9780191514623 |
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0191514624 |
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9781429470650 |
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1429470658 |
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