The paper aims at providing the conceptual building blocks of a theory of the firm which addresses its "ontological questions" (existence,boundaries and organization) by placing production at its core. We draw on engineering for a more accurate description of the production process itself,...

This paper addresses the problem of the role of technology for the firm's organization. In particular, it aims at showing how the role of production in investigating the existence, boundaries, organization and dynamics of the firm can be better understood through a two-fold multidisciplinary...