Economic Approaches to Organizations - Brossura

Douma, Sytse; Schreuder, Hein

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ISBN 10: 0273651994 ISBN 13: 9780273651994

Casa editrice: Ft Pr, 2002

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This text assumes no prior knowledge of economics and is ideally suited to one or two semester courses in managerial economics and related courses in business, organization or management. The focus of this unique text is on the importance of economic issues and developments in the study of organizations and management. This is one of only a few books to take this approach.The text explains in a non-technical way, the behavioural theory of the firm, agency theory, transaction cost economics and recent economic contributions to strategic management and evolutionary theory. The third edition of this highly successful and well established text has been thoroughly updated, with a new improved design and layout and a stronger coverage of the Internet whilst retaining its hallmark student friendly, step-by-step approach.

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 Now in itsthird edition, Economic Approaches to Organizations is 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. No prior knowledge of economics is assumed and explanations to the economic background needed to understand the arguments are provided in the text itself.  Features of the third edition include:

• starts by building a step-by-step conceptual framework to explain the fundamental economic approach to organizations

• building on the fundamentals, six further chapters discuss the different economic approaches

• contains a broad range of pedagogical features such as real-life examples, end-of-chapter questions, quotations, diagrams and suggestions for further reading and study

• an Instructor's Manual is available containing answers to the questions in the text, supplementary questions and overheads

 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.  Sytse Douma is professor of Business Administration at Tilburg University. Hein Schreuder is Vice President of Corporate Planning and Development at DSM N.V. and professor of Business Administration at Maastricht University.  

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Book by Douma Sytse Schreuder Hein

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• Editore: Ft Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0273651994
• ISBN 13: 9780273651994
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 291