03630nam 2200697 a 450 991096349690332120200520144314.09786611431136978128143113412814311339780226792057022679205610.7208/9780226792057(CKB)1000000000400712(EBL)408327(OCoLC)476228548(SSID)ssj0000179833(PQKBManifestationID)11178127(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000179833(PQKBWorkID)10159823(PQKB)10720326(MiAaPQ)EBC408327(DE-B1597)535529(OCoLC)1135600121(DE-B1597)9780226792057(Au-PeEL)EBL408327(CaPaEBR)ebr10230034(CaONFJC)MIL143113(Perlego)1975044(EXLCZ)99100000000040071219910712d1991 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrInside the business enterprise historical perspectives on the use of information /edited by Peter Temin1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press19911 online resource (272 p.)National Bureau of Economic Research conference reportDescription based upon print version of record.9780226792040 0226792048 9780226792026 0226792021 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Front matter --Contents --Introduction --1. Business History and Recent Economic Theory: Imperfect Information, Incentives, and the Internal Organization of Firms --2. Managing by Remote Control: Recent Management Accounting Practice in Historical Perspective --3. The Use of Cost Measures: The Dow Chemical Company, 1890-1914 --4. Investing in Information: Supply and Demand Forces in the Use of Information in American Firms, 1850-1920 --5. Information Problems and Banks' Specialization in Short- Term Commercial Lending: New England in the Nineteenth Century --6. Did J. P. Morgan's Men Add Value? An Economist's Perspective on Financial Capitalism --Contributors --Name Index --Subject IndexHow do business enterprises control their subunits? In what ways do existing paths of communication within a firm affect its ability to absorb new technology and techniques? How do American banks affect how companies operate? Do theoretical constructs correspond to actual behavior? Because business enterprises are complex institutions, these questions can prove difficult to address. All too often, firms are treated as the atoms of economics, the irreducible unit of analysis. This accessible volume, suitable for course use, looks more closely at the American firm-into its internal workings and its genesis in the Gilded Age. Focusing on the crucial role of imperfect and asymmetric information in the operation of enterprises, Inside the Business Enterprise forges an innovative link between modern economic theory and recent business history.National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.Business intelligenceCongressesBusiness intelligence658.4/7Temin Peter121039MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963496903321Inside the business enterprise4354674UNINA