Introduction

Neil M. Kay

Chapter 1 in The Evolving Firm, 1982, pp 1-10 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The following analysis is offered as a contribution to the theory of the firm and as a method of analysing some problems in industrial organisation. It draws on ideas and material from economics and related disciplines and attempts to synthesise and develop these diverse sources into a useful framework. It must be admitted that in many cases insights and interpretations provided by other social sciences proved more useful than what was available in economic analysis; though only cursory treatment and recognition of these contributions is possible here, they have proved invaluable in providing direction and perspective for the present work. Recently, however, there are indications that new approaches to old problems in microtheory may have real potential for industrial organisation issues, and these are heavily relied on in subsequent chapters.

Keywords: Firm Family; Managerial Theory; Cost Curve; Aspiration Level; Behavioural Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1982
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-06112-9_1

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