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988848
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b743218
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Schrader, David E.,1947-
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The corporation as anomaly /\ David E. Schrader.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1993.
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1 online resource (xi, 202 pages)
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0511528329
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: 0521033756
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: 9780511528323
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: 9780521033756
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0521412412
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9780521412414
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-195) and index.
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| Contents
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1. The hidden change in economic theory. The corporation and earlier economic theory. The corporation in contemporary economic theory. The hidden change -- 2. Four views of scientific change. Popper and evolutionary epistemology. Kuhn and self-contained paradigms. Lakatos and the "methodology of scientific research programmes" Laudan and the reticulated model of scientific justification -- 3. A glance at the history of economic theory. Classical political economy. Marginal utility theory and measurement. Keynes and the possibility of aggregate analysis. Chicago economics and the affirmation of individualism. Conclusion -- 4. Agreement and disagreement within the tradition. Agreement. Disagreement. Conclusion -- 5. Theories of the firm. Marginalist theories. Behavioral theories. Managerial theories. Conclusion -- 6. Confusions and problems with the marginalist view. Confusions. Problems. Why the dominance of the marginalist view? -- 7. The shape of the large managerial corporation. The corporation and profits. The corporate constituencies. Corporate institutional structure. Conclusion -- 8. The theoretical impact of a better theory of the firm. The change in the economic world. The needed change in economic theory. The impact on the old theory. Conclusion.
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This 1993 book discusses the rise of the marginalist conception of the firm in the context of economic thought over the past two centuries, and explains why economists continue to defend a theory with demonstrable shortcomings. Professor Schrader argues that the marginalist view of the firm retains its support not through any comparative advantage in empirical or predictive power, but by virtue of its being a part of the predominant marginalist economic programme. The clear problems that beset the marginalist approach to the firm signal a general dilemma for economic theory as a whole.
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Corporations.
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Corporations.
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Ecole neo-classique d'economie politique.
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Economie d'entreprise.
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Entreprise.
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Utilite marginale.
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338.7/4
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HD2741.S43 1993eb
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