A naturalistic theory of economic organization

被引:21
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作者
Stoelhorst, J. W. [1 ]
Richerson, Peter J. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam Business Sch, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Environm Sci & Policy, Davis, CA 95616 USA
关键词
Evolutionary theory; Multi-level selection; Gene-culture co-evolution; Cooperation; Economic organization; Ethics; SOCIAL MOTIVES; EVOLUTION; RECIPROCITY; PUNISHMENT; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENT; MECHANISM; SELECTION;
D O I
10.1016/j.jebo.2012.12.012
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We develop a theory of economic organization grounded in the naturalistic paradigm currently emerging at the intersection of biology and the behavioral and social sciences. The crux of this approach is the recognition that an understanding of the evolutionary origins of human organizational capabilities can inform theories of contemporary economic organization. Modern firms sustain large scale cooperation by applying cultural 'work-arounds' to tribal instincts that evolved from simultaneous within-group and between-group competition on a much smaller scale. We translate this insight into ten principles of economic organization. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:S45 / S56
页数:12
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