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Douma, S. W.

Economic approaches to organizations / Sytse Douma, Hein Schreuder. - 5th ed. - Harlow : Pearson, 2013. - 437 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Foundations --
1. Markets and organizations --
2. Markets --
3. Organizations --
4. Information --
5. Game theory --
Pt. 2. Economic approaches --
6. Behavioural theory of the firm --
7. Agency theory --
8. Transaction cost economics --
9. Economic contributions to business/competitive strategy --
10. Economic contributions to corporate strategy --
11. Evolutionary approaches to organizations --
12. All in the family --
Pt. 3. Applications --
13. Mergers and acquisitions --
14. Hybrid forms --
15. Corporate governance.

Emphasizes the importance of economic issues and developments in the study of organisations and management. Explaining in a non-technical way different economic approaches such as behavioural theory of the firm, game theory, agency theory, transaction cost economics, economics of strategy and evolutionary approaches.

ISBN: 9780273735298

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Managerial economics

Dewey Class. No.: 338