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Firms, Organization and Labour

Approaches to the Economics of Work Organization

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. Frank H. Stephen

    1. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Firm

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Economics and Work Organization

      • Frank H. Stephen
      Pages 3-24

    3. The Evolution of the Theory of the Firm

      • D. P. O’Brien
      Pages 25-62

    4. O’Brien’s ‘The Evolution of the Theory of the Firm’: a Discussion

      • Scott Moss
      Pages 63-68

    5. To Cope with Time

      • G. L. S. Shackle
      Pages 69-79

    6. Professor Shackle’s ‘To Cope with Time’: a Discussion

      • B. J. Loasby
      Pages 80-83

  3. Organization and Labour

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Efficient Labour Organization

      • Oliver E. Williamson
      Pages 87-118

    3. Efficient Labour Organization: Incentives, Power and the Transactions Cost Approach

      • James M. Malcomson
      Pages 119-126

    4. A Relational Exchange Perspective on the Employment Relationship

      • Victor P. Goldberg
      Pages 127-145

    5. Knowledge and Power

      • Stephen A. Marglin
      Pages 146-164

    6. The Power of Knowledge: Comments on Marglin’s ‘Knowledge and Power’

      • Maxine Berg
      Pages 165-175

    7. Management Strategies, Market Conditions and the Labour Process

      • Andrew L. Friedman
      Pages 176-200

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 201-221
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

    Frank H. Stephen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Firms, Organization and Labour

  • Book Subtitle: Approaches to the Economics of Work Organization

  • Editors: Frank H. Stephen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06663-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-06665-0Published: 01 January 1984

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-06663-6Published: 18 June 1984

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 221

  • Topics: Management

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