A lot has changed in the 37 years since that lament. The broader research effort for which Mr Coase called has fostered a richer understanding of how firms respond to customers and rivals.
在此悲叹发出后,37年的光阴已经使很多东西改变了,科斯先生所呼吁的更广泛的研究已经使人们对企业如何应对客户与竞争对手有了更加丰富的了解。
Mr Coase also pointed out that these little planned societies impose transaction costs of their own, which tend to rise as they grow bigger.
科斯同时指出,这些小型的计划经济社会也给自己施加了交易成本,而随着他们的发展壮大,其交易成本也会随之增长。
The young Mr Coase first grew interested in the workings of firms when he travelled around America's industrial heartland on a scholarship in 1931-32.
当年年轻的科斯是在1931- 1932年间旅行美国工业中心地带时对公司的运转发生兴趣的。