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The economics of modern business enterprise
Ricketts, Martin (contributor) - 2008
ownership and scope of the firm - its degree of vertical and transnational integration; and agency issues relating to employee … Daniel A. Graham (1971), 'Profitability of Monopolization by Vertical Integration', Journal of Political Economy, 79 (4), 924 …-5 -- Richard Schmalensee (1973), 'A Note on the Theory of Vertical Integration', Journal of Political Economy, 81 (2, Part 1 …
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Handbook of economic organization : integrating economic and organization theory
Grandori, Anna (contributor) - 2013
pt. I. The micro-foundations of economic organization : extending behavioral assumptions on knowledge, interest, and rationality -- pt. II. The constitution of economic organization between interacting and contracting -- pt. III. The shaping of economic organization between design and evolution...
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Research companion to corruption in organizations
Cooper, Cary L. (contributor); Burke, Ronald J. (contributor) - 2009
Corruption in organizations is creating an increasing number of victims and causing huge costs. This timely book brings together international researchers who address the causes and consequences of corruption in organizations and the action needed to reduce levels of corruption worldwide
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850606
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Temporary organizations : prevalence, logic and effectiveness
Cambré, Bart (contributor); Janowicz, Martyna (contributor) - 2009
This important and timely book provides a systematic treatment of temporary organizations--an increasingly prevalent organizational form in which organizations work together on a joint task--for example, a movie production, a rescue operation, development of a new product--for an ex ante limited...
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The digital business ecosystem
Corallo, Angelo (contributor);  … - 2007
Digital business ecosystems : theoretical underpinnings -- The business ecosystem as a multiple dynamic network / Angelo Corallo -- The paradigm of structural coupling in digital ecosystems / Paolo Dini, Francesco Nachira -- The organizational dimension of digital business ecosystems -- The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419987
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Restructuring work and employment in Europe : managing change in an era of globalisation
Gazier, Bernard (contributor);  … - 2008
This detailed, comprehensive study on downsizing in Europe is underpinned by cross-national, interdisciplinary empirical research on restructuring management in five European countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It contains systematic national comparative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851573
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Elgar introduction to organizational discourse analysis
Berti, Marco - 2017
Contents: Introduction: the aim and structure of the book -- 1. Language and organization -- 2. The discourse of 'organizational discourse -- 3. The power of metaphors -- 4. Discourse as a map -- 5. Discourse as organizing -- 6. Discource as mask: silence, emptiness and ambiguity in discourse --...
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Corporate governance in small and medium-sized firms
Audretsch, David B. - 2011
, S. and O. Hart (1986), 'The Cost and Benefits of Ownership: A Theory of Vertical and Lateral Integration', Journal of …
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Neuroeconomics and the firm
Stanton, Angela A. (contributor);  … - 2010
The ideal firm has been studied over several centuries, yet little is known about what makes one successful and another fail. This pioneering book brings together leading researchers investigating the concept of the firm from a neuroscientific perspective
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850603
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Changing big business : the globalisation of the fair trade movement
Hutchens, Anna - 2009
Drawing on candid accounts from practitioners, producers and industry representatives, this informative and proactive volume investigates the challenges facing today's fair trade movement and provides unique insights into the workings of social and economic power in world markets
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850680