Abstract
In this chapter, I explore how an economic theorist might explain or model a concept such as corporate culture. While the theoretical construction that is given is far from inclusive (which is to say that many aspects of corporate culture are not covered), I conclude that economic theory is moving in the direction of what seems a reasonable story. But before that story can be considered told, we must employ tools that are currently missing from the economist's tool kit. In particular, we require a framework for dealing with the unforeseen.
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Organizational culturePositive economicsNeoclassical economicsSociologyEpistemologyEconomic systemEconomicsManagementPhilosophy
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David M. Kreps
(1990).
Corporate culture and economic theory.
Cambridge University Press eBooks
, 90-143.
https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511571657.006
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- 10.1017/cbo9780511571657.006