Three Essays in Search of a Conversation

Three Essays in Search of a Conversation
Author: Sherman Lewis
Publisher: Hayward Area Planning Association
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2022-08-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

These essays are for Americans concerned about the future of our country and for policy wonks. By and large, the political process is controlled by those who take an intertest in politics, large in number but small as a percent of population. Are you a member of the political class? Membership is voluntary. Our first 800 years of thinking: science culture and empathy from the Enlightenment ~1600 to ~ 2400 The Crisis of the Anthropocene: The most comprehensive description of all issues of the crisis in less than 100 pages. For the purpose of going through your mind to influence your brain. Musings on our Present Discontent: America, not advanced, not a democracy. Right to life for baby; right to choose for mom. Taxation. The security of a free state. Issues not discussed. The threat from within, Trumpism. The threat from without: Putinism. How to participate. Renewal.

The Dynamic Firm

The Dynamic Firm
Author: Alfred D. Chandler
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 488
Release: 1999-09-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0191522570

Business Strategy is becoming increasingly 'pluralist', drawing on the insights of different disciplines, and business practice in different parts of the world. This book brings together the work and ideas of leading international scholars working in the field under three main headings Technology, Strategy and Organization, and Regions. The purpose of the book is to explore from different perspectives the dynamic interplay between the technology of a firm; its strategies; organizational choices; and issues of place, region, and location. The contributors are Peter Hagström, Alfred Chandler, Takahiro Fujimoto, Richard Nelson, Nathan Rosenberg, Erik von Hippel, Cristiano Antonelli, Giovanni Dosi, Benjamin Coriat, David Teece, Gunnar Hedlund, Pari Patel, Keith Pavitt, Ikujiro Nonaka, Hirotaka Takeuchi, Lars-Gunnar Mattsson, John Cantwell, John Dunning, Michael Enright, Masahisa Fujita, Ryoichi Ishii, Allen Scott, Orjan Solvell, Ivo Zander, J-C Spender, and Michael Porter. Together they address the challenge of explaining the long-run competitiveness of firms in an ever more global world. This book will be a benchmark for anybody wanting to keep abreast of leading edge strategic thinking.

Hearings

Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1290
Release: 1972
Genre:
ISBN:

The Transition to Flexibility

The Transition to Flexibility
Author: Daniel C. Knudsen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1461314259

The advanced capitalist nations are currently undergoing an enormous economic, social, and political transformation. At the heart of this transformation is the transition between large scale, standardized production (Fordism) and new, more flexible approaches to manufacturing (flexibility), and a concomitant extension of manufacturing to include products both concrete (goods) and ephemeral (services). This volume explores the consequences of this transition from the standpoints of technology, labor relations, firm strategy, education, government programs, and geography. The book is a collection of papers by well-known scholars investigating the current global transition from mass consumption and production to flexible production for niche markets. The book is unique in that it not only discusses standard economic concerns, but also investigates the social and political implications of this transition. Each chapter is concerned with a different aspect of the same restructuring process.

Why Government Is the Problem

Why Government Is the Problem
Author: Milton Friedman
Publisher: Hoover Press
Total Pages: 22
Release: 2013-09-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0817954430

Friedman discusses a government system that is no longer controlled by "we, the people." Instead of Lincoln's government "of the people, by the people, and for the people," we now have a government "of the people, by the bureaucrats, for the bureaucrats," including the elected representatives who have become bureaucrats.

Economic Performance and the Theory of the Firm

Economic Performance and the Theory of the Firm
Author: David J. Teece
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 670
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781782542919

These papers by Teece cover the theory of the firm and its implications for economic performance, as they concern managers and policy-makers. Key topics addressed include: the nature of the firm and dynamic capabilities; diversification and vertical integration; and joint ventures.

Resource-Based and Evolutionary Theories of the Firm

Resource-Based and Evolutionary Theories of the Firm
Author: Cynthia A. Montgomery
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2011-06-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1461522013

Resource-Based and Evolutionary Theories of the Firm: Towards a Synthesis explores the intersection of evolutionary theories of the firm with an emergent body of research in the field of strategic management that has been broadly referred to as the `resource-based view of the firm'. The volume approaches strategic questions from several vantage points, thereby fostering a useful cross-fertilization of ideas. The views presented spring from a variety of sources, namely the principles of strategic management, organisation economics, and population ecology.