TY - BOOK AU - Schreuder, Hein AU - Douma, Sytse TI - Economic approaches to organizations SN - 9780273735298 PY - 2013/// CY - PB - Pearson Education KW - HD INDUSTRIES. LAND USE. LABOR KW - Managerial economics N1 - Part I Foundations 1 Markets and organizations 2 Markets 3 Organizations 4 Information 5 Game theory Part II Economic Approaches 6 Behavioural theory of the firm 7 Agency theory 8 Transaction cost economics 9 Economic contributions to business / competitive strategy10 Economic contributions to corporate strategy11 Evolutionary approaches to organizations 23812 All in the family Part III Applications 13 Mergers and acquisitions 14 Hybrid forms 15 Corporate governance N2 - Now in its fifth edition, Economic Approaches to Organisations remains one of the few texts to emphasize the importance of economic issues and developments in the study of organisations and management. It explains in a non-technical way different economic approaches such as behavioural theory of the firm, game theory, agency theory, transaction cost economics, economics of strategy and evolutionary approaches. This latest edition is packed with practical examples from real-world companies, helping you to understand how the concepts relate to economic and organizational problems happening in the world today ER -