Roels, Joop A. <br/><br/>
The origin and the evolution of firms : information as a driving force / Joop A. Roels. 

 - Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2012. 
 - xiii, 215 p.  
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215).<br/>  Laws, theories and models -- Macroscopic thermodynamics -- Macroscopic and microscopic models : statistical thermodynamics -- A general theory of transformations and economic transactions -- Systems theory of evolution -- The firm and information processing -- Some concepts of economic theory -- The evolution of the universe -- The co-evolution of earth and life -- Human evolution -- History of science -- The evolution of technology -- The Industrial Revolution -- The development of some of the leading firms -- Tracing the source and the direction of evolution : a summary -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781607509561  70 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Business enterprises.<br/>Evolutionary economics.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.1  / ROE-12