Firms as problem solvers: economics meets computer science
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Keywords
theory of the firm; vertical integration; parallel computing; distributed computing; synchronization;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D20 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - General
- D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - General
- L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2020-01-13 (Business Economics)
- NEP-COM-2020-01-13 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-ORE-2020-01-13 (Operations Research)
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