Markets and Organization
Market economy has become today the predominant economic system in the world. One of the tasks of the book is to define analytically the essential features of a market economy. The other purpose is to investigate the very working of a market economy which rests on firms defined as organizations and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1998, 1998
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1998 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. “What is a Market Economy ? ”
- Consumer Sovereignty
- “ Free “ Enterprise
- Free Market
- Free Competition
- The Invisible Hand
- Laissez-Faire
- 2. “How Does it Work ? ”
- Information, Institution, and Evolution
- New Institutional and New Keynesian Economics
- Evolutionary Theories
- Firms as Organizations
- Theories of the Firm
- Property and Control
- Organizational Competencies and the Boundaries of the Firms
- Innovative Behaviour
- Financing the Firm
- Markets as Institutions
- Auction Markets
- Product Markets
- Service Markets
- Credit Markets
- Financial Markets
- Labour Market(s)
- International Markets
- Competition and Cooperation
- Product Differentiation
- Regulation and Deregulation
- Competition Policy
- Vertical Integration and Vertical Restraints
- Inter-Firm Cooperative Agreements
- Local Systems of Production and Innovation
- Multinational Firms
- Internationalization of Firms through Cooperation
- References
- Contributors