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1 online resource (348 pages) |
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National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report |
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National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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| Contents |
Coordination and Information; Contents; Introduction: History and Theory in Search of One Another; I. Within The Firm; II. At The Boundaries; III. Between Firms; Contributors; Name Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
Case studies that examine how firms coordinate economic activity in the face of asymmetric informationinformation not equally available to all partiesare the focus of this volume. In an ideal world, the market would be the optimal provider of coordination, but in the real world of incomplete information, some activities are better coordinated in other ways. Divided into three parts, this book addresses coordination within firms, at the borders of firms, and outside firms, providing a picture of the overall incidence and logic of economic coordination. The case studiesdrawn from the late nin |
| Analysis |
management, organization, coordination, competition, firms, business, economics, nonfiction, asymmetric information, production, industry, compensation, interwar, automobile, industrial engineering, technology, innovation, antitrust, regulation, research and development, thomson-houston electric company, mortgage lending, life insurance, finance, germany, united kingdom, universal banking |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Business intelligence -- Congresses
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Comparative organization -- Congresses
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Industrial organization (Economic theory) -- Congresses
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Industrial organization -- History -- Congresses
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Industrial organization -- United States -- History -- Congresses
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Business intelligence
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Comparative organization
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Industrial organization
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Industrial organization (Economic theory)
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Raff, Daniel M. G
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| ISBN |
9780226468587 |
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0226468585 |
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1281223794 |
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9781281223791 |
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9780226468204 |
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0226468208 |
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