Teoria da firma sob a perspectiva pós-Keynesiana

Abstract

The purpose of this work is conceiving theoretically a firm in the post-Keynesian perspective, which is able to contribute to the heterodox microeconomic literature, especially the theory of the firm. In particular, Keynes criticism to the neoclassical is a forerunner in the search of elements that are able to outline the post-Keynesian firm. It starts with the notion of monetary production economy, the way in which Keynes conceptualized capitalist economies, through the non-neutrality of money, the active role that the business man has on the economy and thus the firm in which it operates, without forgetting to highlight the epistemological and environmental uncertainty. It is on this basis that the post-Keynesian turn to the microeconomic approach, highlighting, albeit in a diffuse way, elements such as pricing and production assets and investment market, competitiveness, technological performance, among others, meeting, will serve as constituents of the firm outlined in this paper. Without a particular firm defined, the strategy of this work was guided to seek a mirror to what is meant by firm in literature elsewhere, as namely the Resource Based View (RBV). From a concept of a firm already formed, the RBV provides guidance for the elements to get noticed amidst the diverse and scattered contributions developed by Keynes and the Post Keynesians.