Revue économique - Année 1956 - Volume 7 - Numéro 1 - Pages 68-91SUMMARY Tlie modern theory on the firm tends analyze the functional role of inventories Before economists studied inventories on their global and cyclical aspects J.M Clark Keynes Metzler) From now on the modern methods of inventory management are one of the elements of the general policy of the firm Problems inventory classification their cost orders coat technics of management turnover The inventory management lias its own caracteristics it supposes to consider the situation of the firm on the market 24 pages Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.