The Logic of Industrial Organization.

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Routledge library editions. Economics. Industrial economics ; VII

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; List of Tables; I THE LOGIC OF LARGE-SCALE OPERATION; 1. The Structure of Industry; 2. The Efficiency of Large-scale Operation; 3· The Degree of Efficient Integration; II THE ILLOGIC OF ACTUAL OPERATION; 1. Actual Scales of Production and Operation; 2. The Actual Size of Manufacturing Plants; 3· Actual Sizes of Manufacturing Firms; 4· Actual Sizes of Plants and Firms in Non-Manufacturing Industries; 5· The Discrepancy of Theory and Fact; III THE RELATIONS OF PRODUCER AND CONSUMER

1. Planned and Free Consumption 2. The Logic of Free Consumption; 3· The Vagaries of Free Production for FreeConsumption; 4· Forecasting and Market Research; 5· Competition and Combination; 6. Rationalization and Nationalization; IV INVESTMENT,. EMPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT RELATIONS; 1. The Relative Growth of Investment andEmployment; 2. The Inter-action of Investment and Employment; 3· Investment and Employment in Depression; 4· The Policy of Short Hours and Multiple Shifts; 5· Adaptation to the Growth of SpecializedManagement; 6. Inefficiency of the Hierarchical System

7. Inefficiency of the Functional System 8. Management by the Line and Staff System; 9. The Core of Ultimate Control; 10. Liaison; v THE STIMULUS TO LABOUR; 1. The Social Environment of the Large Plant; 2. Pecuniary and Trans-pecuniary Incentives; 3· Incentives and Conducives to Work; 4· Attractives and Conducives to Mobility; 5· Summary and Generalization; VI THE STIMULUS TO INVEST; VII THE STIMULUS TO ENTERPRISE AND ADMINISTRATION; 1. Pecuniary and Non-pecuniary Incentives; 2. Types of Entrepreneurs and Business Administrators

3· Short-period Supply Price of Administration 4· Long-period Supply Price of Administration; VIII EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION; 1. The Requirements for Administration; 2. Education and Inborn Qualification; 3· Education versus Inbred Disqualification; 4· English 'Breeding '; 5· The English Educational System; 6. The Public School Man; 7· The University as Training Ground; IX CONCLUSIONS; SUBJECT INDEX

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