Employees and entrepreneurship co-ordination and spontaneity in non-hierarchical business organizations /
Over the last few decades, there has been a great deal of management literature recommending the removal of firms' hierarchies and the empowerment of employees. Ivan Pongracic, Jr. examines these themes through the lense of the economic theory of the firm. Balancing the tendency for management...
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| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. :
Edward Elgar,
2009.
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| Series: | New thinking in political economy.
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| Online Access: | https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781847208064.xml |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The hierarchical theory of the firm
- 3. The knowledge problem in firms
- 4. Spontaneous order in decentralized firms
- 5. Employees as creative agents
- 6. Conclusion.