The Design of Firms: Part 1 – Theory of the Firm
The Design of Firms: Part 1 – Theory of the Firm
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企业设计：第 1 部分——企业理论
作者：
A. Dong;M. Kleinsmann;D. Snelders
企业理论解决了与生产协调有关的经济选择：一方面由企业家直接控制，另一方面是公开市场定价机制。我们利用设计理论为选择在公司范围内整合经济活动提供新的思考。通过借鉴设计研究领域的学术知识，我们证明了设计既可以创造生产的协调，也可以消除生产的协调。它是一种设计，规定了劳动力和物质投入，从而定义了生产要素的类型和数量。一个重要因素是设计的形式，这影响了将其模块化为可在公开市场上承包的离散生产单位的可能性。总之，本文认为，设计理论可以为企业生存、规模和范围问题的理论提供新的概念化。
The theory of the firm addresses the economic choice concerning the coordination of production: direct control by an entrepreneur on the one hand or an open market pricing mechanism on the other. We draw upon design theory to offer new thinking on the choice to integrate economic activities within the boundaries of the firm. By drawing on the scholarship in the field of design studies, we show that the coordination of production could both be created and eliminated by a design. It is a design that specifies the labor and material inputs, thus defining the type and number of factors of production. An important factor is the formality of the design, which influences the potential for its modularization into discrete units of production that can be contracted on the open market. In sum, the article argues that design theory can contribute novel conceptualizations to theory of the firm questions on firm existence, scale, and scope.