Control, Information, and Technological Change: 6 - Brossura

Flueckiger, Gerald E. E.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 9401041695 ISBN 13: 9789401041690

Casa editrice: Springer, 2012

Riassunto

Information theory, cybernetics and the theory of finite automata are used to model learning-by-doing, bounded rationality, routine behavior, and the formation of teams. The non-neoclassical characterization of production developed in this book ignores the usual quantitative relationships between inputs and outputs and instead views production strictly as a problem of control and communication. The motivation for this unconventional characterization of production comes from Schumpeter's critique of neoclassical economic theory. Schumpeter argued that neoclassical economic theory, and the habits of thought engendered by it, was the major obstacle to acquiring an understanding of technological change. The non-neoclassical characterization of production developed in this book is in keeping with how economic historians describe specific technological changes and how they write technological histories about particular machines, firms or industries.

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Contenuti

List of Symbols. List of Figures. List of Tables. Preface. 1. Control. 2. Behavior: Perception and Execution. 3. Learning to Make Distinctions. 4. The Law of Requisite Variety. 5. Behavior: Routines and Bounded Rationality. 6. Information Theory and Coding. 7. The Unit of Analysis Problem: Two Conjectures. 8. Concluding Remarks. Endnotes. References. Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9401041695
• ISBN 13: 9789401041690
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 180
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