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