Inside the capitalist firm: an evolutionary theory of the principal agent-relation
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CONTENTS
1 FUNDAMENTALS OF AN EVOLUTIONARY THEORY OF THE FIRM - AN INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 THE PROBLEM 1
1.2 THE SEVEN PILLARS OF THE EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH PROGRAMME . 6
1.3 PLAN OF WORK 17
2 THE CAPITALIST FIRM'S SYSTEM OF OBJECTIVES AND THE NATURE OF PROFIT
ORIENTATION 25
2.1 THE PROBLEM 25
2.2 THE PURSUIT OF PROFIT 28
2.3 ON THE (IR)RELEVANCE OF THE PROFIT MAXIMIZATION HYPOTHESIS . 33
2.4 MANAGERIALISM 36
2.5 THE COALITION THEORY OF THE FIRM 41
2.6 PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES OF THE FIRM 45
2.7 SUMMARY 48
3 BOUNDED RATIONALITY AND THE PROBLEM OF TRUE UNCERTAINTY 51
3.1 THE PROBLEM 51
3.2 THE PROBLEM OF TRUE UNCERTAINTY 53
3.3 ATTEMPTS AT A SOLUTION AND CONSEQUENCES 56
3.3.1 INTRODUCTION 56
3.3.2 DECISIONS UNDER UNCERTAINTY AND RISK 56
3.3.3 TAKING INFORMATION COSTS INTO CONSIDERATION 61
3.3.4 ON THE FUNDAMENTAL UNSOLVABILITY OF THE
UNCERTAINTY PROBLEM 63
3.4 BOUNDED RATIONALITY AND OPTIMISING BEHAVIOUR 65
3.5 SATISFICING AND ROUTINE BEHAVIOUR 71
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3.6 THE LIMITS OF THE SATISIFICING APPROACH 78
3.7 SUMMARY 81
4 THE SUBJECTIVE FACTOR IN THE PRODUCTION FUNCTION 83
4.1 THE PROBLEM 83
4.2 THE TRADITIONAL CONCEPT OF THE PRODUCTION FUNCTION 84
4.3 THE SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FACTORS OF PRODUCTION 86
4.3.1 INTRODUCTION 86
4.3.2 THE NOTION OF CAPACITY AND ITS RELEVANCE 87
4.3.3 PERFORMANCE AND WEAR AND TEAR 89
4.3.4 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEAR AND TEAR AND
REPLACEMENT NEED 92
4.3.5 FACTOR INPUTS AND FACTOR QUALITY 93
4.4 THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF THE PRODUCTION PROCESS 94
4.4.1 INTRODUCTION 94
4.4.2 DOES THE COMBINATION OF PRODUCTION FACTORS LEAD TO A
CLEAR-CUT DEFINITION OF A FIRM'S PRODUCTION SET? 95
4.4.3 DOES A FIRM PRODUCE ON THE PRODUCTION FRONTIER? 96
4.4.4 ARE FACTOR INPUT RATIOS SOLELY TECHNOLOGICALLY DETERMINED? 97
4.5 SUMMARY 99
5 EXCHANGE BETWEEN EQUALS OR AUTHORITY RELATION? THE NATURE OF THE
LABOUR CONTRACT 101
5.1 THE PROBLEM 101
5.2 ON THE RELEVANCE AND IRRELEVANCE OF COMPLETE CONTRACTS 103
5.3 ON THE SUBJECT OF THE LABOUR CONTRACT 106
5.4 CUI BONO? 110
5.5 THE POWER ASYMMETRY OF THE CLASSICAL LABOUR CONTRACT AND ITS
IMPLICATIONS 117
5.6 CONCLUDING REMARKS 120
6 MARKET VERSUS HIERARCHY? - OF THE ADVANCES AND LIMITS OF THE
TRANSACTION COST MODEL 123
6.1 THE PROBLEM 123
6.2 RONALD COASE: THE NATURE OF THE FIRM 125
6.3 OLIVER WILLIAMSON: THE TRANSACTION COST APPROACH 132
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6.4 ALCHIAN AND DEMSETZ: TEAM PRODUCTION AND SHIRKING 140
6.5 SUMMARY 149
7 IS COOPERATION IN FIRMS POSSIBLE? - THE EMPLOYMENT RELATION
RECONSIDERED 151
7.1 THE PROBLEM 151
7.2 OBSTACLES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL COOPERATION 153
7.2.1 FORMING CO-OPERATIONS AS AN INFORMATION PROBLEM 154
7.2.2 FORMING CO-OPERATIONS AS A MOTIVATION PROBLEM 155
7.2.3 FORMING CO-OPERATIONS AS AN INSTITUTIONAL PROBLEM 156
7.3 THE EMPLOYMENT RELATION AS AN ITERATED PRISONER'S DILEMMA. . . . 156
7.4 ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATIONS OF THE EMPLOYMENT RELATION 165
7.5 THE IMPORTANCE OF NORMS AND CONVENTIONS 171
7.6 THE EMPLOYMENT RELATION AS A FORM OF SOCIAL CO-OPERATION . 179
7.7 SUMMARY 183
8 EXIT, VOICE AND SHIRKING 185
8.1 THE PROBLEM 185
8.2 CONFLICTS AND CONFLICT BEHAVIOUR 187
8.3 STRATEGIES AND CHOICE OF STRATEGY 193
8.4 PROCESSUAL VIEW OF EMPLOYEE CONFLICT BEHAVIOUR 196
8.5 CONFLICT BEHAVIOUR AND X-INEFFICIENCIES 201
8.6 SUMMARY 204
9 SANCTIONS, DISCRIMINATION AND PARTICIPATION - AN OVERVIEW OF THE
FIRM'S CONFLICT STRATEGIES 207
9.1 THE PROBLEM 207
9.2 CONFLICTS AND CONFLICT BEHAVIOUR FROM THE FIRM'S VANTAGE POINT . .
209
9.3 CONFLICT SETTLEMENT STRATEGIES 215
9.3.1 PARTICIPATION STRATEGIES 215
9.3.2 DEFECTION STRATEGIES 218
9.3.3 EXIT OPTION: THE DISMISSAL 223
9.4 ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND INTERDEPENDENCE OF
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES . 224
9.5 SUMMARY 228
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10 COOPERATION OR CONFLICT? - THE EFFICIENCY AND INEFFICIENCY OF
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES 231
10.1 THE PROBLEM 231
10.2 THE CONDITIONS FOR EFFICIENT CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES .
233
10.3 ON THE EFFICIENCY AND INEFFICIENCY OF THE CONTROL AND
MONITORING SYSTEM 236
10.4 ON THE EFFICIENCY AND INEFFICIENCY OF NEGATIVE SANCTIONS 240
10.5 THE INCENTIVE EFFECT OF THE WAGE SYSTEM 242
10.6 ON THE EFFICIENCY AND INEFFICIENCY OF PARTICIPATIVE STRATEGIES .
249
10.7 RECIPROCAL FAIRNESS 254
10.8 SUMMARY 263
11 THE EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH PROGRAMME - A PREVIEW 267
11.1 INTRODUCTION 267
11.2 THE LIMITS OF THE NEOCLASSICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME 268
11.3 DECISIONS AND BEHAVIOUR 274
11.4 INSTITUTIONS, POWER AND EFFICIENCY 280
11.5 THE FIRM AS A SOCIAL SYSTEM 285
11.6 CONCLUDING REMARKS 288
BIBLIOGRAPHY 293
AUTHOR INDEX 344
SUBJECT INDEX 351
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