The Chandlerian corporation and the theory of innovative enterprise

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 317-349

  Lazonick, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CAPITALISM; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77952780711     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtq005     Document Type: Article

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