The Organisation in its Environment: Business in the Mixed Economy

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Business Organisations and the Environment....Pages 3-19
The Population as Consumers and Producers....Pages 20-34
The Background to Business Activity: The Problem of Scarcity....Pages 35-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
The Problem of Government....Pages 47-58
The Government and the Administration....Pages 59-70
The Legal Framework....Pages 71-88
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
The Operation of the Free Market....Pages 91-110
The Firm and its Customers....Pages 111-130
How to Produce: General Principles....Pages 131-153
The Firm’s Output: How Much to Produce....Pages 154-175
Labour....Pages 176-196
Occupying Premises....Pages 197-205
Capital: Its Sources and Employment....Pages 206-231
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
The Allocation of Resources through the Public Sector....Pages 235-258
Government Direction of the Economy....Pages 261-271
Cyclical Fluctuations in Income and Employment....Pages 272-288
Balanced Regional Development....Pages 289-294
Currency Stability....Pages 295-308
The Redistribution of Income....Pages 309-319
International Trade....Pages 320-347
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
The Community and Organisations....Pages 348-349
Back Matter....Pages 350-358