The Economics of Choice, Change and Organization: Essays in Memory of Richard M. Cyert - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1840643218 ISBN 13: 9781840643213

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

This collection of original essays has been commissioned especially for this volume in honour of the ideas and work of the late Richard M. Cyert who made a seminal contribution to the fields of industrial organization and change. In keeping with the range and significance of his work, the essays in this book examine the economics of decision making, uncertainty, information processing, learning, evolution and organizational structure.

The distinguished set of contributors discusses the following topics:

• behavioural and evolutionary theories of the firm
• cognitive factors in organization and economic action
• the place of rules in organizations
• learning from experience and from the knowledge of others
• selection in economic change
• the impact of information technology and the evolution of organizational forms.

This coherent and worthy collection emphasizes the adaptive nature of economic action and the links between economies and studies of human information processing and action. It will be essential reading for scholars with an interest in behavioural and adaptive economics, along with industrial organization.

About this title

About the Author

Edited by Mie Augier, Associate Professor of Economics, Naval Postgraduate School, US and the late James G. March, formerly Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, US

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840643218
• ISBN 13: 9781840643213
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480
• Editor: Augier Mie, March James G.