ABSTRACT

This book challenges mainstream neo-classical perspectives on the firm. John Tomer argues that in the age of globalization and rapid technological change, an understanding of business behaviour and government policy toward business requires an appreciation of the firm's human dimension. The Human Firm integrates economic analysis with sociological, psychological, managerial, ethical and other interdisciplinary perspectives.

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

part |39 pages

Embeddedness and organizational capital

chapter |18 pages

The human firm in the socio-economy

Embeddedness and socio-economic failure

chapter |19 pages

Organizational capital and joining-up

Linking the individual to the organization and to society *

part |60 pages

Competitiveness

chapter |21 pages

Rational organizational decision making in the human firm

A socio-economic model

chapter |21 pages

Strategy and structure in the human firm

Beyond hierarchy, toward flexibility and integration

chapter |16 pages

Beyond the machine model of the firm

Toward a holistic human model

part |75 pages

Responsibility in relationships with stakeholders

chapter |22 pages

Social responsibility in the human firm

Toward a new theory of the firm's external relationships

chapter |17 pages

The human firm in the natural environment

A socio-economic analysis of its behavior

chapter |14 pages

A new rationale for industrial policy

Developing the capabilities of the learning firm

part |12 pages

Conclusion

chapter |10 pages

Summing up

Firms, policies and economic systems in a new economic age