 Firm versus Market – Coase RevisitedEconomic Studies journal, 2018, issue 5, 79-85 Abstract: In November 1937 Ronald Harris Coase published his fundamental article "The Nature of the Firm", throwing the gauntlet to neoclassical economics, which could not be responded properly already 80 years. The task presented by Coase to the economic community is simple to failure. Reminding us, that in the economic system, led by the free price movements in which all resources are allocated by the price mechanism, we find, in the words of a contemporary economist, "islands of conscious power in this ocean of unconscious co-operation like lumps of butter, which coagulating in a pale of butter", the great scholar asked: why do we need that at all? Why, in the coordinating role of the market does appear the inevitable figure of entrepreneur-coordinator, who leads the production? Indicating that the company and the market are alternative ways of organizing, Coase released genie out of the bottle, because the answer he provided, actually launched an endless string of debates, hypotheses, competing explanations - what exactly is the nature of the company. This paper aims to provide a more detailed look at the essence of the dilemma posed by R. Coase, paying tribute to the anniversary of the issue of his genius work. JEL-codes: D21 D23 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bas:econst:y:2018:i:5:p:79-85 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Economic Studies journal from Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute Contact information at EDIRC. |
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