How do business enterprises control their subunits? In what ways do existing paths of communication within a firm affect its ability to absorb new technology and techniques? How do American banks affect how companies operate? Do theoretical constructs correspond to actual behavior? Because...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword by Edith Penrose (1995) -- Preface -- Chapter -- I: Introduction -- The purpose of the study and the nature of the argument -- II: The Firm in Theory -- Different ways of looking at firms -- The firm in the theory of price and production -- Limits to size...

This book is designed to scrutinize the Russian business sector in transition with special attention to firm organization, business integration, corporate governance, and company management. Using a unique dataset of Russian joint-stock companies, the authors empirically analyze key issues for...