We tell of the evolving meaning of the term coordination as used by economists. The paper is based on systematic … electronic searches (on “coord,” etc.) of major works and leading journals. The term coordination first emerged in professional … economics around 1880, to describe the directed productive concatenation of factors or activities within a firm. Also …

his notion of coordination can be used as a clear-cut criterion of economic goodness. Kirzner wishes to claim that gainful …'s invocations of Hayek's discussions of coordination are spurious. In denying looseness and trying to cope with the brittleness of … of coordination held by Hayek, Ronald Coase, and their contemporaries in the field at large. Kirzner's refraining from …