Size Determinism of Enterprises: An Interpretation Based on Information and Knowledge

Author: Wang Jing'an
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book attempts to answer the question of the scale determination of enterprises from the perspective of the generation, acquisition, processing, and utilization of information and knowledge. It views enterprises as a system of arrangements for producing, collecting, processing, and utilizing information, with the core issue being how to effectively collect, process, and utilize information. In enterprises, on one hand, the production and operation activities require and generate a certain amount of information, and the generation and flow of enterprise information are constrained by material laws. On the other hand, enterprises must promptly collect, process this information, and use it to make decisions. In enterprises, the collection, processing, and utilization of information are completed through a bureaucratic structure, and the efficiency of information acquisition, processing, and utilization is determined by the compatibility of the enterprise's organizational structure, incentive structure, and information characteristics. Therefore, under certain environmental conditions, a certain scale and technological level of enterprises always imply a certain amount of information, and to support a certain enterprise scale, it is necessary to possess the ability to acquire, process, and utilize the information contained within the enterprise. The scale of the enterprise is ultimately determined by the information capacity of the enterprise and its ability to acquire, process, and utilize information.