Economic organization and economic knowledge
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Economic organization and economic knowledge
(Essays in honour of Brian J. Loasby, v. 1)
E. Elgar, c1999
Available at 21 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the first of two books in honour of Brian Loasby which simultaneously pay tribute to the contributions he has made to economics and extend the realm of Loasby-inspired economics.The book includes new contributions from an internationally acclaimed group of authors including Israel Kirzner, Peter Swann, Giovanni Dosi, Peter Groenewegen, Richard Langlois and Don Lamberton. Together, they draw on and extend Brian Loasby's work in developing and applying theories of organization and knowledge. The book opens with an introduction to Brian Loasby's career, influences and research. This is followed by an examination of issues raised by the analysis of markets and entrepreneurial behaviour, focusing on Marshallian and Austrian approaches. In the middle of the volume the human action theme is maintained but the focus is shifted onto the dynamics of consumer demand. The final group of chapters apply a history of economic thought perspective to problems of information and knowledge, and aspects of scale and internal organization.
Economic Organization and Economic Knowledge will be welcomed by those economists working in the areas of microeconomics particularly markets, innovation, the theory of the firm, consumption, information and knowledge and competition.
Table of Contents
Contents: Introduction 1. Rationality, Entrepreneurship and Economic 'Imperialism' 2. Austrians and Marshallians on Markets: Historical Origins and Compatible Views 3. Making Markets 4. Conventions and Learning: A Perspective on the Market Process 5. Austrian and Evolutionary Perspectives on Consumer Demand and Firm Strategy 6. Marshall's Consumer as an Innovator 7. Design and Efficiency: New Capabilities Embedded in New Products 8. Cognitive Processes, Social Adaptation and Innovation in Consumption Patterns: From Stylized Facts to Demand Theory 9. Knowledge as a Connecting Principle: John Rae and the Austrian School 10. Knowledge and Information in Classical Economics 11. Information: Pieces, Batches or Flows? 12. Perfect Competition, Equilibrium and Economic Progress: That Wretched Division of Labour and Increasing Returns 13. Scale, Scope, and the Reuse of Knowledge 14. Alfred Marshall and Scientific Management 15. Brian Loasby and Stirling: Speeches and Reflections Index
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