Handbook on the economic and theory of the firm/ Edited by Michael Dietrich, & Jackie Krafft

Includes Bibliographic references and Index.

The economics and theory of the firm -- The obscure firm in the wealth of nations -- Marx -- Alfred Marshall and the marshallian theory of the firm -- Veblen, commons and the theory of the firm -- Schumpeter -- Berle and means -- John Kenneth Galbrath and the theory of the firm -- Managerial theories: Baumol and Marris -- Behavioral theory -- Agency theory, corporate governance and finance -- Hybrid governance -- Transactional cost empirical work -- Handbook on the economic and theory of thr firm -- The multinational firm: characteristics ,activities and explanations in historical context -- International theory -- The Japanese firm: from the analysis of model to the understanding of its increasing heterogeneity -- The European firm -- Dynamic approaches ton the firm -- Modern issues -- Firm strategies- Economic policy and the firm -- The multinational firm -- Equilibrium and new institutional theories.