LEADER 03630nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910963496903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786611431136 010 $a9781281431134 010 $a1281431133 010 $a9780226792057 010 $a0226792056 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226792057 035 $a(CKB)1000000000400712 035 $a(EBL)408327 035 $a(OCoLC)476228548 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000179833 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11178127 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000179833 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10159823 035 $a(PQKB)10720326 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408327 035 $a(DE-B1597)535529 035 $a(OCoLC)1135600121 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226792057 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408327 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10230034 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL143113 035 $a(Perlego)1975044 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000400712 100 $a19910712d1991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aInside the business enterprise $ehistorical perspectives on the use of information /$fedited by Peter Temin 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d1991 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 225 1 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research conference report 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a9780226792040 311 0 $a0226792048 311 0 $a9780226792026 311 0 $a0226792021 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1. Business History and Recent Economic Theory: Imperfect Information, Incentives, and the Internal Organization of Firms --$t2. Managing by Remote Control: Recent Management Accounting Practice in Historical Perspective --$t3. The Use of Cost Measures: The Dow Chemical Company, 1890-1914 --$t4. Investing in Information: Supply and Demand Forces in the Use of Information in American Firms, 1850-1920 --$t5. Information Problems and Banks' Specialization in Short- Term Commercial Lending: New England in the Nineteenth Century --$t6. Did J. P. Morgan's Men Add Value? An Economist's Perspective on Financial Capitalism --$tContributors --$tName Index --$tSubject Index 330 $aHow do business enterprises control their subunits? In what ways do existing paths of communication within a firm affect its ability to absorb new technology and techniques? How do American banks affect how companies operate? Do theoretical constructs correspond to actual behavior? Because business enterprises are complex institutions, these questions can prove difficult to address. All too often, firms are treated as the atoms of economics, the irreducible unit of analysis. This accessible volume, suitable for course use, looks more closely at the American firm-into its internal workings and its genesis in the Gilded Age. Focusing on the crucial role of imperfect and asymmetric information in the operation of enterprises, Inside the Business Enterprise forges an innovative link between modern economic theory and recent business history. 410 0$aNational Bureau of Economic Research conference report. 606 $aBusiness intelligence$vCongresses 615 0$aBusiness intelligence 676 $a658.4/7 701 $aTemin$b Peter$0121039 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963496903321 996 $aInside the business enterprise$94354674 997 $aUNINA