Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction and summary
- 1 Basic conditions
- 2 Decision-making
- 3 Organisational coordination
- 4 Wrestling with uncertainty
- 5 Uncertainty-decreasing strategies within firms
- 6 Conclusion: growth of the firm as the interplay between the three aspects of organisational coordination
- Glossary
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
- References
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction and summary
- 1 Basic conditions
- 2 Decision-making
- 3 Organisational coordination
- 4 Wrestling with uncertainty
- 5 Uncertainty-decreasing strategies within firms
- 6 Conclusion: growth of the firm as the interplay between the three aspects of organisational coordination
- Glossary
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
- References
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