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Terminated in academic year 2011/2012

Theory of Firm

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 114-0907/02
Abbreviation TF
Course title Theory of Firm
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Economics
Course coordinator doc. PhDr. Olga Březinová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

The traditional theory of the firm and the development of economic theory. An alternative approach to the company and its behavior. Managerial and behaviorist theory of the firm. Limited rationality, intertemporal choice, productivity and cost functions. Dynamic models of companies. Classification and characterization models.

Literature

Backhouse, R. E. – Creedy, J.: From Classical Economics to the Theory
of the Firm. Edward Elgar 1999.
Colombo, M.: The Changing Boundaries of the Firm Explaining Evolving
Inter – Firm Relations. Routledge 1998.
Economic Integration and Multinational Investment Behaviour. Ruffini,
P. B. edit. Edward Elgar 2004.
Foreign Direct Investment and Technological Change. Cantwell, J. edit.
Edward Elgar 1999. 2 svazky.
Hay, D. - Morris, D. J.: Industrial Economics and Organization. Oxford
University Press 1996.

Advised literature

No advised literature has been specified for this subject.