This book presents a path-breaking general framework for understanding the economics of the firm. It addresses why firms exist, how firms are established, and what contributions firms make to the economy.--[from book].
Theoretical and factual studies of ways that the rapidly evolving digital economy has changed the structure of different industries, focusing on the software and music industries.
Industrial organization and the digital economy
From the publisher. Corporate managers who face both strategic uncertainty and market uncertainty confront a classic trade-off between commitment and flexibility. They can stake a claim by making a large capital investment today, influencing their rivals' behavior; or they can t…
"This highly original book develops a systematic zero-net-profit comparative statics theory of the firm that challenges many widely held views in microeconomics. It builds a bridge between the marginalist long-run theory of the firm and Sraffian theory to create a unified theore…
The social sciences have sophisticated models of choice and equilibrium but little understanding of the emergence of novelty. Where do new alternatives, new organizational forms, and new types of people come from? Combining biochemical insights about the origin of life with inno…
The emergence of organizations and markets
The social sciences have sophisticated models of choice and equilibrium but little understanding of the emergence of novelty. Where do new alternatives, new organizational forms, and new types of people come from? Combining biochemical insights about the origin of life with inno…
Modern industrial organization
by Perloff, Jeffrey M., Carlton, Dennis W.
fromAlways learning
This text enables a thorough and coherent understanding of the core concepts and key topics of industrial organization using a firmly real-world and case-centric approach. Industrial organization draws upon contributions from a variety of fields of economic inquiry including gam…
