The Boundaries of the Firm
Critiques, Strategies and Policies
Published on 1. January 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVI, 276 pages
978-1-349-14647-5 (ISBN)
Description
What is the nature of the firm? Why do firms adopt certain strategies in preference to others? What are the competitive implications of large firm mergers and alliances for government policy? These are extremely important and highly topical questions which tend to be treated separately in most contemporary analysis. However, in this new book based on his original research, Neil Kay shows how these questions are closely inter-related and explores the implications this has for the formulation of corporate strategy and public policy.
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Edition
1st ed. 1999
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XVI, 276 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
376 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-14647-5 (9781349146475)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-14645-1
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
04/1999
Palgrave Macmillan
€77.38
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Person
NEIL KAY has been Professor of Business Economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Strathclyde since 1989 and previously was Reader in the Department of Economics, Heriot-Watt University from 1979-1989. He is author of
The Innovating Firm: A Behavioural Theory of R & D
(Macmillan 1979),
The Evolving Firm: Strategy and Structure in Industrial Organisation
(Macmillan 1982),
The Emergent Firm: Knowledge, Ignorance and Surprise in Economic Organisation
(Macmillan 1984) and
Pattern in Corporate Evolution
(Oxford University Press 1997).
Content
Preface Acknowledgements Overview SECTION 1: CRITIQUES Industrial Structure, Rivalry and Innovation: Theory and Evidence How Economists Can Accept Shackles Critique of Economic Doctrines Without Arguing Themselves Out of Their Jobs Markets, False Hierarchies and the Evolution of the Modern Corporation The Economics of Trust SECTION 2: STRATEGIES The R&D Function; Corporate Strategy and Structure Boeing, Corporate Strategy and Technological Change Towards a Theory of Multinational Enterprise Collaborative Strategies of Firms; Theory and Evidence SECTION 3: POLICIES Industrial Collaborative Activity and the Completion of the Internal Market Mergers, Acquisitions and the Completion of the Internal Market Industrial Collaboration and the European Internal Market Bibliography Index