Economic Approaches to Organizations (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Pearson Education Limited, Harlow, 2017
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Paperback. This text explains in a non-technical way different economic approaches (including game theory, agency theory, transaction costs economics, economics of strategy and evolutionary approaches) using practical real-world examples to aid understanding of how the concepts relate to economic and organisational problems in the world today. This book is unique in the market in its attempt to make the link between management and economics. This text straddles the disciplines of management and economics. The original conceptual framework developed by the authors and used to structure the text is a large attraction for lecturers of management and organisational studies. Help your students understand the economic approaches used in organisations today Economic Approaches to Organizations, 6th edition, introduces your students to the different economic approaches used in organisations today and teaches them how these concepts relate to real-life organisational problems using examples and applications throughout. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Economic Approaches to Organizations (Paperback)
- Author
- Sytse Douma
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited, Harlow
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1292128909
- ISBN 13
- 9781292128900
Understand the link between management and economics with this unique text.
Economic Approaches to Organizations, 6th edition, by Sytse Douma and Hein Schreuder, walks you through different economic approaches in a non-technical way, making it widely accessible. Emphasising the importance of economic issues and developments in the study of organisations and management, the text explores topics such as behavioural theory of the firm, game theory, agency theory, transaction cost economics, the economics of strategy and evolutionary approaches.
The book is unique in the market in its attempt to make the link between management and economics, using practical examples throughout to help you understand how the concepts relate to economic and organisational issues in the world today.
The 6th edition is packed with updated examples taken from real life and includes new chapters and sections, like a separate chapter on behavioural economics that covers bounds on rationality and self-interest as well as prospect theory.
Benefit from the features this edition has to offer:
- Use of empirical results and real-world data
- A step-by-step conceptual framework to explain fundamental economic approaches to organisations.
- Real-life examples.
- End-of-chapter questions.
- Quotations.
- Diagrams.
- Further reading and study.
- A range of cases with a global link.
With its unique perspective and range of learning features, this text will provide you with a practical understanding of economic approaches used in organisations today.
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About the Author
Sytse Douma is professor of business administration at Tilburg University.
Hein Schreuder was executive vice president of corporate strategy and acquistitions at Royal DSM N.V. until 2012. He is honorary professor of business economics at Maastricht University and board member of the Vlerick Business School in Belgium.
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