Handbook on the Economics and Theory of the Firm

Edited by the late Michael Dietrich, former Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Sheffield, UK and Jackie Krafft, C�N�R�S� �R�e�s�e�a�r�c�h� �P�r�o�f�e�s�s�o�r�, U�n�i�v�e�r�s�i�t�é �C�ôt�e� �d�’A�z�u�r��, France

• Contents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. The Economics and Theory of the FirmMichael Dietrich and Jackie Krafft PART II: BACKGROUND 2. The Obscure Firm in the Wealth of NationsMichael H. Best 3. MarxUgo Pagano 4. Alfred Marshall and the Marshallian Theory of the FirmJacques-Laurent Ravix 5. Veblen, Commons and the Theory of the FirmGeoffrey M. Hodgson 6. SchumpeterGerhard Hanappi 7. Berle and MeansCécile Cézanne 8. John Kenneth Galbraith and the Theory of the FirmStephen P. Dunn 9. Managerial Theories: Baumol and MarrisOlivier Weinstein 10. Behavioural TheoryPeter E. Earl PART III: EQUILIBRIUM AND NEW INSTITUTIONAL THEORIES11. Agency Theory, Corporate Governance and FinanceHong Bo and Ciaran Driver 12. Hybrid GovernanceAlbert Jolink and Eva Niesten 13. Transaction Cost Empirical WorkRichard Carter PART IV: THE MULTINATIONAL FIRM 14. The Multinational Firm: Characteristics, Activities and Explanations in Historical ContextGrazia Ietto-Gillies 15. Internationalization TheoryMark Casson and Nigel Wadeson 16. The Japanese Firm: From the Analysis of a Model to the Understanding of its Increasing HeterogeneitySébastien Lechevalier 17. The European FirmAlessandra Colombelli and Francesco Quatraro PART V: DYNAMIC APPROACHES TO THE FIRM 18. Edith Penrose and George RichardsonBrian J. Loasby 19. Nelson and Winter RevisitedMarkus C. Becker and Thorbjørn Knudsen 20. Modern Resource-based Theory(ies)Nicolai J. Foss and Nils Stieglitz 21. Cognitive Theory of the Firm: A Pragmatic PerspectiveBart Nooteboom PART VI: MODERN ISSUES 22. Revisiting Chandler on the Theory of the FirmSteven Toms and John F. Wilson 23. Financialization and the FirmMichel Aglietta and Antoine Rebérioux 24. Firm Growth: Empirical AnalysisAlex Coad and Werner Hölzl 25. Corporate Governance, Innovative Enterprise, and Executive PayWilliam Lazonick 26. Innovative Platforms, Complexity and the Knowledge-Intensive FirmPier Paolo Patrucco 27. Small Firms and Industrial DistrictsMarco Bellandi and Lisa De Propris PART VII: FIRM STRATEGIES 28. Mergers and Acquisitions and Firm PerformanceMyriam Cloodt and John Hagedoorn 29. R&D and the FirmPier Paolo Saviotti 30. Creating Novelty through Vertical Relationships between Groups of Complementary PlayersMartin Fransman 31. Product Innovation when Consumers have Switching CostsEvens Salies 32. Modularity and its Implications for the Theory of the FirmAndreas Reinstaller 33. Innovation NetworksTobias Buchmann and Andreas Pyka PART VIII: ECONOMIC POLICY AND THE FIRM 34. Cartel and Monopoly PolicyHugues Bouthinon-Dumas and Frédéric Marty 35. R&D and Industrial Policy: Policies to Coordinate Investments in Research under Radical UncertaintyJean-Luc Gaffard, Sarah Guillou and Lionel Nesta 36. Public Policy in an Entrepreneurial SocietyZoltan J. Acs 37. The Regulated Firm in Liberalized Network IndustriesAad Correljé, John Groenewegen and Jan Jaap Bouma38. From the Corporation to Venture Capitalism: New Surrogate Markets for Knowledge and Innovation-led Economic GrowthCristiano Antonelli and Morris Teubal Index