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Economic Approaches to Organizationsis one of the few texts to place any emphasis on the importance of economic issues and developments in the study of organizations and management. It explains in a non-technical way the behavioural theory of the firm, game theory, agency theory, transaction cost economics, economic contributions to strategic management, and evolutionary approaches. This text is suitable for students of Organization, Management and Economics alike. It makes the ideal supplement to a larger text on Organizations or Strategic Management as well providing a concise introduction for economic students to the analysis of organizations from an economic perspective.
| ISBN | 0273681974 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780273681977 (What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 838 | | Publisher | Pearson Education Limited | | Published in | Harlow | | Imprint | Financial Times Prentice Hall | | Previous ISBN | 9780273651994 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 246 | | Publication date | 03 Apr 2008 | | Width (mm) | 189 | | DEWEY | 338.5 | | Spine width (mm) | 23 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Tertiary education | | Pages | 440 | |
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| 1 | | Markets and organizations | | 3 | | 2 | | Markets | | 28 | | 3 | | Organizations | | 46 | | 4 | | Information | | 63 | | 5 | | Game theory | | 82 | | 6 | | Behavioural theory of the firm | | 117 | | 7 | | Agency theory | | 131 | | 8 | | Transaction cost economics | | 161 | | 9 | | Economic contributions to strategic management | | 194 | | 10 | | Evolutionary approaches to organizations | | 238 | | 11 | | All in the family | | 277 | | 12 | | Mergers and acquisitions | | 305 | | 13 | | Hybrid forms | | 338 | | 14 | | Corporate governance | | 364 | | | | References | | 396 | | | | Index | | 410 |
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