Coordination and Information : Historical Perspectives on the Organization of Enterprise.
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 informa...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
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1995
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| Series: | National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (348 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780226468587 0226468585 1281223794 9781281223791 9780226468204 0226468208 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
