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The preceding analyses have established that the development of firms and their strategies must be interpreted essentially in terms of information. The crucial issue for a firm under a variety-based system becomes the mastery or even reduction of complexity, not only in its market relations but also in its own internal skills and production network.
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Cf. P. COHENDET and P. LLERENA “Productics and new representation of the production process”, in P. COHENDET, P. LLERENA and P. PECQUET, Economica, 1987.
Cf. J. CLARK and M. FLEMINGS in “Advanced materials and the economy”, American Scientific, October 1986, p.46.
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Cohendet, P., Ledoux, M.J., Zuscovitch, E. (1988). Reducing of Complexity through Integration. In: New Advanced Materials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73809-8_10
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