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Book SynopsisThere has been increasing interest and debate in recent years on the instituted nature of economic processes in general and the related ideas of the market, in particular the competitive process. This debate lies at the interface between two largely independent disciplines, economics and sociology, and reflects an attempt to bring the two fields of discourse more closely together.This book, newly available in paperback, explores this interface in a number of ways, looking at the competitive process and market relations from a number of different perspectives. It includes a wide range of contributors, most of whom are leading writers and thinkers in the field.The book considers the social role of economic institutions in society and examines the various meanings embedded in the word ''markets'', as well as developing arguments on the nature of competition as an instituted economic process, rather than as competition being something that disturbs norms or institutions. It goes on to cons
Table of Contents1. On the complexities and limits of market organisation - R. R. Nelson
2. Markets, embeddedness and trust: Problems of polysemy and idealism - A. Sayer
3. Cognition and markets - B. J. Loasby
4. Competition as economic instituted process - M. Harvey
5. Markets, materiality and the ‘new economy’ - D. Slater
6. Between markets, firms and networks: Constituting the cultural economy - F. Tonkiss
7. Regulatory issues and industrial policy in football - J. Michie and C. Oughton
8. The evolution of the UK software market: Scale of demand and role of competencies - S. Athreye
9. Open systems and regional innovation: The resurgence of Route 128 in Massachusetts - M. H. Best
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