Author : Grahame Thompson
Release : 1991-12-30
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 902/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Markets, Hierarchies and Networks by : Grahame Thompson
Download or read book Markets, Hierarchies and Networks written by Grahame Thompson. This book was released on 1991-12-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary reader provides a distinctive introduction to the way social, political and economic life is coordinated. It brings together three quite different models of coordination - markets, hierarchies and networks - and places them into a comparative framework, presenting a comprehensive and insightful overview of social coordination. The articles dealing with each model explore the characteristics of that coordinating mechanism, outlining key theoretical issues and drawing on various empirical examples. The final section shows how these models can be compared and contrasted. It also assesses the respective strengths, weaknesses and limitations of each model. Markets, Hierarchies and Networks is a set