Pattern in Corporate Evolution
Neil M. Kay
Abstract
Questions relating to the existence and nature of firms have become major issues in economics in recent years. This book provides original explanations for many individual phenomena in this area. The analysis is set in the context of an integrative framework for analysing the boundaries and structure of the firm. The book analyses the firm as a complex system in which links composed of shared resources constitute basic building blocks. The evolution of the firm from simple beginnings to a complex system is then studied in a number of areas, including vertical integration, diversification, mult ... More
Keywords: firms, economics, boundaries, structure, complex system, links, shared resources
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2000 | Print ISBN-13: 9780199242115 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199242115.001.0001 |
