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040			_aMAIN
082			_a330.1 _bROE-12
100			_aRoels, Joop A.
245		4	_aThe origin and the evolution of firms : information as a driving force / Joop A. Roels.
260			_aAmsterdam : IOS Press, 2012.
300			_axiii, 215 p.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 213-215).
500			_aLaws, 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.
650			_aBusiness enterprises.
650			_aEvolutionary economics.
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