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Case studies that examine how firms co-ordinate economic activity in the face of asymmetric information, information not equally available to all parties, are the focus of this volume. In an ideal world, the market would be the optimal provider of co-ordination, but in the real world of incomplete information, some activities are better coordinated in other ways. Divided into three parts, this book addresses co-ordination within firms, at the borders of firms and outside firms, providing a picture of the overall incidence and logic of economic co-ordination. The case studies - drawn from the late 19th and early 20th century, when the modern business enterprise was evolving, address such issues as the relationship between co-ordination mechanisms and production techniques, the logic of co-ordination in industrial districts and the consequences of regulation for co-ordination. Continuing the work on information and organization presented in "Inside the Business Enterprise", this book provides material that may be useful for business historians and economists who want to study the development of the dissemination of information and the co-ordination of economic activity within and between firms.

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Book category Books in English Economics, finance, business & management Business & management Management & management techniques

• Full title: Coordination and Information
• Subtitle: Historical Perspectives on the Organization of Enterprise
• Author: Naomi R. Lamoreaux
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 346
• EAN: 9780226468211
• ID: 04546732
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• Weight: 478 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 154 × 2 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. April 1995

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