caa a22 4500 445854375 CHVBK 20180317145423.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00191-010-0195-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00191-010-0195-z Firm development as an integrated process: with evidence from the General Motors-Fisher Body case [Elektronische Daten] [Michael Dietrich, Jackie Krafft] This paper argues that an adequate approach to the firm should be able to accommodate the complexities of actual firm development. The latter is conceptualized in terms of three general stages: prime movers or drivers of change, change processes, and change attractors. Furthermore, any "real-world” firm is both a technical and an institutional unit. To emphasize the importance of "real firm” analysis, the discussion presented here revolves around an understanding of the much considered case of General Motors and Fisher Body integration has developed over time. Generalization from this case suggests that an integrated view of the firm is necessary that combines the three stages and the two bases (technical and institutional). Six general perspectives on the firm are identified as having technical or institutional bases that are relevant in each of the three stages. This integrated approach to the firm is explored in terms of the general topic of firm development. It is concluded that, without an integrated approach to firm development, a potentially biased or incomplete analysis can result. Springer-Verlag, 2010 Economics of the firm nationallicence Firm development nationallicence Vertical integration nationallicence Dietrich Michael University of Sheffield, Department of Economics, 9 Mappin Street, S1 4DT, Sheffield, UK aut Krafft Jackie University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, GREDEG-CNRS, 250 rue Albert Einstein, 06560, Valbonne, France aut Journal of Evolutionary Economics Springer-Verlag 21/4(2011-10-01), 665-686 0936-9937 21:4<665 2011 21 191 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00191-010-0195-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00191-010-0195-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dietrich Michael University of Sheffield, Department of Economics, 9 Mappin Street, S1 4DT, Sheffield, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Krafft Jackie University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, GREDEG-CNRS, 250 rue Albert Einstein, 06560, Valbonne, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Evolutionary Economics Springer-Verlag 21/4(2011-10-01), 665-686 0936-9937 21:4<665 2011 21 191 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer