Knowledge that Transforms

Journal Article The Production function and the Theory of Capital Get access Robert M. Solow Robert M. Solow Cambridge, Mass. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 2, 1955, Pages 101–108, https://doi.org/10.2307/2296293 Published: 01 January 1955

Journal Article Safety First and Hedging Get access Lester G. Telser Lester G. Telser Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 1, 1955, Pages 1–16, https://doi.org/10.2307/2296146 Published: 01 April 1955

Journal Article The Pareto Distribution and the Cobb-Douglas Production Function in Activity Analysis Get access H. S. Houthakker H. S. Houthakker Stanford, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 1, 1955, Pages 27–31, https://doi.org/10.2307/2296148 Published: 01 April 1955

Journal Article Alternative Theories of Distribution Get access Nicholas Kaldor Nicholas Kaldor Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 2, 1955, Pages 83–100, https://doi.org/10.2307/2296292 Published: 01 January 1955

Journal Article Myopia and Inconsistency in Dynamic Utility Maximization Get access R. H. Strotz R. H. Strotz Evanston, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 3, 1955, Pages 165–180, https://doi.org/10.2307/2295722 Published: 01 December 1955

There are two approaches to the question of the size of firms. the traditional approsch attempts to explain size in terms of the balance of advantages and disadvantages of being a particular size. Another approach emphasizes the process of growth and treats size as a more or less incidental result of a continuous on -going or unfolding process. The author wants here to suggest an alternative growth approach which, in common with the biological variant, insists that a predisposition to grow is inherent in the very nature firms, but which, in contrast, makes growth depend on human motivation.