| Titre | Industrial revolutions and the evolution of the firm's organization: an historical perspective | |
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| Auteur | Judit Kapás | |
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Revue | Journal of Innovation Economics |
| Numéro | no 2, 2008 Dynamics of innovation | |
| Page | 15-33 | |
| Résumé anglais |
The aim of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the firm through an explanation for its evolution, as part of the co-evolution of social and physical technologies. It is argued that since the emergence of the capitalist firm (factory) in the British Industrial Revolution this co-evolutionary process has brought about two major mutant-forms, namely the M-form which emerged from the beginning of the Second Industrial Revolution and the decentralized-disintegrated organization (project-based form) born in the ICT revolution. This paper analyzes the rise of the succeeding mutant-forms in the co-evolutionary process framework and also highlights the nature of the differences between them. JEL Codes: D20, O30, P12 Source : Éditeur (via Cairn.info) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.cairn.info/article.php?ID_ARTICLE=JIE_002_0015 |
