TY - BOOK AU - Dietrich, Michael AU - Krafft, Jackie TI - Handbook on the economic and theory of the firm SN - 9781781956113 AV - HD2326 .D54 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Cheltenham PB - Edward Elgar publishing limited N1 - 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. ER -