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100 1 0 _aKapás, Judit
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700 1 0 _a Kapás, Judit
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245 0 0 _aIndustrial revolutions and the evolution of the firm's organization: an historical perspective
260 _c2008.
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520 _aThe aim of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the firm through an explanation for its evolution, as part of the co-evolution of social and physical technologies. It is argued that since the emergence of the capitalist firm (factory) in the British Industrial Revolution this co-evolutionary process has brought about two major mutant-forms, namely the M-form which emerged from the beginning of the Second Industrial Revolution and the decentralized-disintegrated organization (project-based form) born in the ICT revolution. This paper analyzes the rise of the succeeding mutant-forms in the co-evolutionary process framework and also highlights the nature of the differences between them.JEL Codes: D20, O30, P12
690 _aevolution
690 _afirm organization
690 _aindustrial revolution
690 _atechnological change
786 0 _nJournal of Innovation Economics & Management | 2 | 2 | 2008-12-18 | p. 15-33
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/revue-journal-of-innovation-economics-2008-2-page-15?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
999 _c1105143
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