Advertisement
Published in:
1978 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Method and Organisation
Author : Philip L. Williams
Published in: The Emergence of the Theory of the Firm
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Included in: Professional Book Archive
Activate our intelligent search to find suitable subject content or patents.
Select sections of text to find matching patents with Artificial Intelligence. powered by
Select sections of text to find additional relevant content using AI-assisted search. powered by
This study analyses the way in which the theory of the firm’s production and selling decisions emerges from the eighteenth century until the death of Marshall in 1924. By the time of Marshall’s death the broad outlines of present debates in the field had been drawn. The penultimate chapter substantiates this proposition and reviews the evidence to determine whether we can distinguish good theory from bad.