The paper presents a reconstruction of theories of firm behavior on the grounds of J. B. Say, H. Gossen, J. H. von Thünen, A. Cournot celebrated works. It helps to recognize elements of formal econometric models that ...

Theories of firms describe formation of firms, their development, and decline, firms behavior in business cycles, and means and goals at firm’s level. In each theory it is included a touch of history, culture and author’s ...