O Conceito de Empresa na Teoria Econômica: Uma Revisão das Principais Contribuições
The present work aims to identify the evolution of the concept of firm in the economic theory. Our analysis starts from the original concept of the firm as an economic unit, whose objective is to rationally allocate the factors of production in order to maximize profits. Such vision was coherent...
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| author | José Caio Racy Álvaro Alves de Moura Jr. Paulo Rogério Scarano |
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| description | The present work aims to identify the evolution of the concept of firm in the
economic theory. Our analysis starts from the original concept of the firm as an
economic unit, whose objective is to rationally allocate the factors of production
in order to maximize profits. Such vision was coherent with the first stages of
the Industrial Revolution, when there were a great number of small companies
which operated in a less concentrated market. The new dynamics of growth of
the industrial structure that occurred from the end of century XIX,
characterized by the great societies and intensified by the processes of fusions and incorporations, modified the concepts of the firm and the entrepreneur in
the economic theory. The firms, to keep its market share and to guarantee its
survival, were then seen as diffusing centers of waves of creative destruction.
Where emerged the possibility of exploring gains of scale, great conglomerates
vertically integrated in its productive chains operating in the large markets
started to appear. This verticality demanded a specialized and wage-earning
technical structure. In this way, the innovative dynamics associated to science
speed up the process of technological development, affecting the very concept
of entrepreneur. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-916a3231b41b43c9ae98d922eb0a76542022-12-22T02:06:19ZporUniversidade Presbiteriana MackenzieRevista de Economia Mackenzie1678-50021808-27852005-06-0133154170O Conceito de Empresa na Teoria Econômica: Uma Revisão das Principais ContribuiçõesJosé Caio Racy0Álvaro Alves de Moura Jr.1Paulo Rogério Scarano2Universidade Presbiteriana MackenzieUniversidade Presbiteriana MackenzieUniversidade Presbiteriana MackenzieThe present work aims to identify the evolution of the concept of firm in the economic theory. Our analysis starts from the original concept of the firm as an economic unit, whose objective is to rationally allocate the factors of production in order to maximize profits. Such vision was coherent with the first stages of the Industrial Revolution, when there were a great number of small companies which operated in a less concentrated market. The new dynamics of growth of the industrial structure that occurred from the end of century XIX, characterized by the great societies and intensified by the processes of fusions and incorporations, modified the concepts of the firm and the entrepreneur in the economic theory. The firms, to keep its market share and to guarantee its survival, were then seen as diffusing centers of waves of creative destruction. Where emerged the possibility of exploring gains of scale, great conglomerates vertically integrated in its productive chains operating in the large markets started to appear. This verticality demanded a specialized and wage-earning technical structure. In this way, the innovative dynamics associated to science speed up the process of technological development, affecting the very concept of entrepreneur.http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/rem/article/view/780enterprisefusions and incorporationsinnovationdiversification |
| spellingShingle | José Caio Racy Álvaro Alves de Moura Jr. Paulo Rogério Scarano O Conceito de Empresa na Teoria Econômica: Uma Revisão das Principais Contribuições Revista de Economia Mackenzie enterprise fusions and incorporations innovation diversification |
| title | O Conceito de Empresa na Teoria Econômica: Uma Revisão das Principais Contribuições |
| title_full | O Conceito de Empresa na Teoria Econômica: Uma Revisão das Principais Contribuições |
| title_fullStr | O Conceito de Empresa na Teoria Econômica: Uma Revisão das Principais Contribuições |
| title_full_unstemmed | O Conceito de Empresa na Teoria Econômica: Uma Revisão das Principais Contribuições |
| title_short | O Conceito de Empresa na Teoria Econômica: Uma Revisão das Principais Contribuições |
| title_sort | o conceito de empresa na teoria economica uma revisao das principais contribuicoes |
| topic | enterprise fusions and incorporations innovation diversification |
| url | http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/rem/article/view/780 |
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