The origin and the evolution of firms : information as a driving force

Laws, theories and models -- Macroscopic thermodynamics -- Macroscopic and microscopic models : statistical thermodynamics -- A general theory of transformations and economic transactions -- Systems theory of evolution -- The firm and information processing -- Some concepts of economic theory -- The evolution of the universe -- The co-evolution of earth and life -- Human evolution -- History of science -- The evolution of technology -- The Industrial Revolution -- The development of some of the leading firms -- Tracing the source and the direction of evolution : a summary -- Epilogue