Information, Social Relations and the Economics of High Technology

ISBN-13: 9781349111633 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 242 str.

Michael Perelman

Opis

A discussion of various types of capitalism and the evolution of the firm. The book examines the concept of the firm in the context of class conflict and considers markets as an impediment to economic process. Finally the book examines the use of computer software as a public good.

Spis treści

Introduction - three vignettes of markets; the evolution of markets; the firm, conflict and the labour process; the firm in the context of class conflict; markets as an impedimentto economic progress; information, computer software and the evolution of relations of production.