F. Livesey’s scientific contributions

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Publications (1)

A Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Attempts to Develop a Theory of the Firm which is Based on Empirical Studies of Decision-making within the Firm.
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March 1964

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9 Citations

The Economic Journal

F. Livesey

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R. M. Cyert

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J. G. March

Citations (1)

... and Dijksterhuis et al (1999) push this argument further by suggesting that being 'on the edge of chaos' encourages the emergence of new 'management logics', driven more by principles of self-organisation than of command and control. This approach moves the argument some distance from the earliest treatments of behavioural theories of the firm by the likes of Cyert and March (1963), which emphasised the role of organisational slack, and of rules of thumb, based on satisficing heuristics [Simon (1957[Simon ( , 1972], rather than emergent processes and management logics. ...

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A coevolutionary analysis of organisational systems and processes: Quantitative applications to information system dynamics in small entrepreneurial firms
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Attempts to Develop a Theory of the Firm which is Based on Empirical Studies of Decision-making within the Firm.
  • Citing Article

  • March 1964

The Economic Journal

F. Livesey

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R. M. Cyert

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J. G. March