Inside the Firm: The Inefficiencies of Hierarchy

Harvey Leibenstein

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Inside the Firm

The Inefficiencies of Hierarchy

Harvey Leibenstein

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1987

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Business and Economics Political Economics Political Economics, other

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
CHAPTER 1. Organization and the Procedural Perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER 2. Decision Occurrences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
CHAPTER 3. On the Anatomy of Decisions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
CHAPTER 4. Economics of Inertia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
CHAPTER 5. Productivity: The Hidden Prisoner’s Dilemma Analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
CHAPTER 6. Conventions, Coordination, and Decisions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
CHAPTER 7. Conventions as a Solution to the Intrafirm Prisoner's Dilemma Problem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
CHAPTER 8. Intrafirm Effort Decisions: Monitoring and Sanctions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
CHAPTER 9. Equilibrium, Entrepreneur ship, and Inertia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
CHAPTER 10. An Implications Sampler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
CHAPTER 11. The Power of Hierarchy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
CHAPTER 12. Specialization, Hierarchy, and Internal Inefficiency Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
CHAPTER 13. On Japanese Ethos, Culture, and Management Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
CHAPTER 14. Japanese and Western Management Systems: The Contrasts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
CHAPTER 15. Putting It All Together Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
APPENDIX. Language, Choice, and Nonoptimization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269

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October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674420809

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February 5, 1987

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674420793

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Reprint 2014

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14

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276

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https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674420809

eBook ISBN: 9780674420809

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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General; Industrial organization (Economic theory); Competition, Imperfect.; Industrial management -- Japan.

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