The Control of IndustryHarcourt, Brace, 1923 - 171 стор. |
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... decision at all . That problem is to determine how the limited natural resources of the community , its limited flow of savings , its limited equipment of human brains and hands , is to be allocated between the infinity of different ...
... decision at all . That problem is to determine how the limited natural resources of the community , its limited flow of savings , its limited equipment of human brains and hands , is to be allocated between the infinity of different ...
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... decisions are really reached or the hands in which power really lies . An industrial label such as " joint - stock company , " to take the most important example , may bear very different meanings in different instances . Moreover ...
... decisions are really reached or the hands in which power really lies . An industrial label such as " joint - stock company , " to take the most important example , may bear very different meanings in different instances . Moreover ...
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... decision . Loss of touch with detail is the price which all but the greatest must pay for freedom to concentrate upon broad issues . Even the supreme gift of leadership , the gift of choosing your subordinates rightly and of trusting ...
... decision . Loss of touch with detail is the price which all but the greatest must pay for freedom to concentrate upon broad issues . Even the supreme gift of leadership , the gift of choosing your subordinates rightly and of trusting ...
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... decision of the manufacturer to expand or contract its output . It is the merchant rather than the maker who is the hub of ... decisions and places the orders which guide the productive forces of society , though with much creaking The ...
... decision of the manufacturer to expand or contract its output . It is the merchant rather than the maker who is the hub of ... decisions and places the orders which guide the productive forces of society , though with much creaking The ...
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... decisions , but not of the ultimate risk of being deposited on the ground . § 2. Specialization among Traders . - Produce Exchanges . We have alluded so far to the middleman in somewhat general terms : but there is of course a ...
... decisions , but not of the ultimate risk of being deposited on the ground . § 2. Specialization among Traders . - Produce Exchanges . We have alluded so far to the middleman in somewhat general terms : but there is of course a ...
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