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...

Not-for-profit organizations play a critical role in the American economy. In health care, education, culture, and religion, we trust not-for-profit firms to serve the interests of their donors, customers, employees, and society at large. We know that such firms don't try to maximize profits,...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1. Organization and the Procedural Perspective -- CHAPTER 2. Decision Occurrences -- CHAPTER 3. On the Anatomy of Decisions -- CHAPTER 4. Economics of Inertia -- CHAPTER 5. Productivity: The Hidden Prisoner's Dilemma Analysis -- CHAPTER 6....

Contents: 1. Multinationals: -- in theory and practice -- 2. From FDI to the MNE: -- Hymer and the roots of ownership advantage -- 3. From innovation to internationalisation: the product cycle model -- 4. From multi-domestic hierarchy to network hierarchy -- 5. Trade and FDI revisited: -- the...

Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Production Function -- 3 Optimisation with One Input -- 4 Production and Optimisation with Two or More Inputs -- 5 Costs -- 6 Productivity, Efficiency and Technological Changes -- 7 Input Demand Functions -- 8 Land and Other Inputs -- 9 The Company's Supply...