Mutant-Firms in the New Economy

Mutant-Firms in the New Economy

This paper is concerned with alternative firm forms such as the M-form and the project-based organization in the New Economy. It is argued that an explanation for the nature and emergence of these alternative firm organizations, called mutants of the firm, must be incorporated into the theory of the...

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1. autor: Kapás, Judit
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Wydane: Économie et Institutions 2016
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forme M
Nouvelle Économie
autorité
mécanismes de coordination
M-form
New Economy
authority
coordinating mechanism
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:ei_856 https://doi.org/10.4000/ei.856 urn:doi:10.4000/ei.856 en https://journals.openedition.org/ei/856 2016-12-11T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/fm13 All rights reserved Mutant-Firms in the New Economy Économie et Institutions Association Économie et Institutions info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2553-1891 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1775-2329 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ei Kapás, Judit forme M Nouvelle Économie autorité mécanismes de coordination M-form New Economy authority coordinating mechanism This paper is concerned with alternative firm forms such as the M-form and the project-based organization in the New Economy. It is argued that an explanation for the nature and emergence of these alternative firm organizations, called mutants of the firm, must be incorporated into the theory of the firm, to which the paper aims to contribute. The main argument is that, although the New Economy mutant is infused with high-powered incentives to a greater extent than the M-form, authority remains a primordial coordinating device, which is the distinctive mark of a firm. Accordingly, the firm cannot use the coordinating devices in any arbitrary mix, and the author provides reasons for this. As far as the causes of the emergence of the mutants of the firm are concerned, the emphasis is put on two major technological changes, namely those related to the Chandlerian and to the New Economy, and the continuity between them, leading, respectively, to the birth of the M-form and the project-based firm. Cet article s’intéresse aux formes alternatives de la firme, plus précisément à la forme M et aux organisations de la Nouvelle Économie basées sur des projets. L’article tente de contribuer à intégrer la compréhension de la nature et de l’émergence de ces formes alternatives de la firme, celles-ci étant considérées comme ses mutants, dans la théorie de la firme. L’argument principal est que – bien que les mutants de la Nouvelle Économie soient infusés par les mécanismes d’incitations de haut pouvoir et ceci avec plus haut degré que les formes M – l’autorité doit être considérée comme le mécanisme de coordination sine qua non de la firme. C’est le trait distinctif de la firme. L’auteur révèle aussi les raisons pour lesquelles la firme ne peut pas utiliser les différents mécanismes de coordination en n’importe quelle mixture. En ce qui concerne les causes de l’émergence des mutants de la firme, l’auteur met l’accent sur deux processus du changement technologique, celui de l’économie chandlerienne et de la Nouvelle Économie, et sur la continuité entre les deux, menant, respectivement, à la naissance de la forme M et de l’organisation basées sur les projets.
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topic forme M
Nouvelle Économie
autorité
mécanismes de coordination
M-form
New Economy
authority
coordinating mechanism
spellingShingle forme M
Nouvelle Économie
autorité
mécanismes de coordination
M-form
New Economy
authority
coordinating mechanism
Kapás, Judit
Mutant-Firms in the New Economy
description This paper is concerned with alternative firm forms such as the M-form and the project-based organization in the New Economy. It is argued that an explanation for the nature and emergence of these alternative firm organizations, called mutants of the firm, must be incorporated into the theory of the firm, to which the paper aims to contribute. The main argument is that, although the New Economy mutant is infused with high-powered incentives to a greater extent than the M-form, authority remains a primordial coordinating device, which is the distinctive mark of a firm. Accordingly, the firm cannot use the coordinating devices in any arbitrary mix, and the author provides reasons for this. As far as the causes of the emergence of the mutants of the firm are concerned, the emphasis is put on two major technological changes, namely those related to the Chandlerian and to the New Economy, and the continuity between them, leading, respectively, to the birth of the M-form and the project-based firm.
author Kapás, Judit
author_facet Kapás, Judit
author_sort Kapás, Judit
title Mutant-Firms in the New Economy
title_short Mutant-Firms in the New Economy
title_full Mutant-Firms in the New Economy
title_fullStr Mutant-Firms in the New Economy
title_full_unstemmed Mutant-Firms in the New Economy
title_sort mutant-firms in the new economy
publisher Économie et Institutions
publishDate 2016
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