LEADER 03192 am 22005173u 450 001 996201682103316 005 20230801221925.0 010 $a9781607509578$b(ebook) 010 $z9781607509561$b(Paperback) 035 $a(CKB)2670000000157864 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000679903 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12296702 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000679903 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10625226 035 $a(PQKB)10636016 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000157864 100 $a20160829d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurm|#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe origin and the evolution of firms$einformation as a driving force /$fJoop A. Roels 210 1$aAmsterdam], Netherlands :$cIOS Press Incorporated,$d[2012]. 210 4$dİ2012 215 $a1 online resource (215 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$aPrint version: 9781607509561 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aLaws, theories and models -- Macroscopic thermodynamics -- Macroscopic and microscopic models : statistical thermodynamics -- A general theory of transformations and economic transactions -- Systems theory of evolution -- The firm and information processing -- Some concepts of economic theory -- The evolution of the universe -- The co-evolution of earth and life -- Human evolution -- History of science -- The evolution of technology -- The Industrial Revolution -- The development of some of the leading firms -- Tracing the source and the direction of evolution : a summary -- Epilogue. 330 $aThe firms and markets of today's complex socio-economic system developed in a spontaneous process termed evolution, in just the same way as the universe, the solar system, the Earth and all that lives upon it. Darwin's theory of evolution clearly demonstrated that evolution involved increasing organization. As we began to explore the molecular basis of life and its evolution, it became equally clear that it depended on the processing and communication of information. This book develops a consistent theory of evolution in its wider sense, examining the information based laws and forces that drive it. Exploring subjects as diverse as economics and the theories of thermodynamics, the author revisits the paradox of the apparent conflict between the laws of thermodynamics and evolution to arrive at a systems theory, tracing a continuous line of evolving information sets that connect the Big-Bang to the firms and markets of our current socio-economic system. 606 $aEvolutionary economics$xMathematical models 606 $aSystem theory 606 $aBusiness enterprises 606 $aThermodynamics 615 0$aEvolutionary economics$xMathematical models. 615 0$aSystem theory. 615 0$aBusiness enterprises. 615 0$aThermodynamics. 676 $a330.1 700 $aRoels$b J. A.$0980016 801 0$bPQKB 801 2$bUkMaJRU 912 $a996201682103316 996 $aThe origin and the evolution of firms$92235182 997 $aUNISA