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Homewood / University of Chicago Press / /
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Assumption / /
IndustryTerm
retail store / search processes / satisfactory solution / information processing requirements / optimum search / deci sion maker / untenable systems / search proce dure / /
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Brookings Institution / Econometric SOciety / Harvard University / University of Chicago Press / The University of Chicago / American Economic Association / YALE / /
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SIDNEY G. WINTER / JR. / Karl R. Popper / SIDNEY G. WINTER / Milton Friedman / A. A. Berle / Jr. / Edith T. Penrose / Machlup / Armen Alchian / Stephen Enke / /
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vice presidents / Professor / president / manager / vice president / owner-manager / executive / /
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Illinois / California / /
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Review of Economic Studies / Journal of Political Economy / Quarterly Journal of Economics / /
ECONOMIC "NATURAL SELECTION" AND THE THEORY OF THE FIRM Sidney G. Winter, Jr. 1. INTRODUCTION In discussions of the role of the assumption of profit maximization in the economic theory of the firm, reference is often ma