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Can contractual theories of the firm ecplain the existence of knowledge-intensive firms?
Mahnke, Volker - Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy, …
This paper argues that the existence of knowledge-intensive firms pose puzzelments for the contractual theories of the … firm. For example, in knowledge-intensive firms physical assets are widely absent, the nature of employment relations and … asset-ownership are much less clear compared to industrial firms. Although knowledge-intensive firms account for a growing …
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Governing Agrarian Risks
Bachev, Hrabrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Risks management studies in the agri-food sector predominately focus on the technical methods and the capability to perceive, prevent, mitigate, and recover from diverse risks. In most economic publications the risks are usually studied as other commodity regulated by the market supply and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260720
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Inclusive and Exclusive Social Capital in the Small-Firm Sector in Developing Countries
Annen, Kurt - In: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) 157 (2001) 2, pp. 319-319
This article explores the role of social capital created by social network membership in the small-firm sector in developing countries. Some empirical studies find that social capital hampers economic performance by creating market segmentation and inducing rent-seeking activities. Other studies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005241806
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Governing of Agro-Ecosystem Services
Bachev, Hrabrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper we incorporate interdisciplinary New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics (combining Economics, Organization, Law, Sociology, Behavioral and Political Sciences), and suggest a framework for analysis of mechanisms of governance of agro-ecosystem services. Firstly, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025716
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The Strawberry Growth Underneath the Nettle: the emergence of entrepreneurs in China
Krug, Krug, B.; Polos, Polos, L. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000
Chinese entrepreneurs innovatively manage organisations in the absence of strong economic institutions, under conditions of high environmental and technological uncertainty. This paper presents the findings of an empirical study designed to investigate how Chinese entrepreneurs can be successful...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837487
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Transformaciones sociales y fuentes de poder del empresariado chileno (1975-2010)
Undurraga, Tomás - UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA SEDE MEDELLIN - 2012
El empresariado local goza de un capital económico, influencia política y prestigio social impensados en Chile tres décadas atrás. A comienzos del régimen de Pinochet (1973-1990), los empresarios eran un sector desarticulado, debilitado por el embate del Estado y de los actores sindicales,...
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Mechanisms of Governance of Sustainable Development
Bachev, Hrabrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper we incorporate the interdisciplinary New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics (combining Economics, Organization, Law, Sociology, Behavioral and Political Sciences), and suggest a framework for analyzing the mechanisms of governance of sustainable development. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004961514
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Caveat venditor: The conditional effect of relationship-specific investment on contractual behavior
Murrell, Peter; Paun, Radu - University of Maryland, Department of Economics - 2008
We offer a new perspective on the effect of relationship-specific investment on contract complexity, which has broad implications because complex contracts and vertical integration are substitutes. A simple model using transaction cost economics (TCE) predicts that buyer and seller...
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Understanding efficiency of agrarian organisation
Bachev, Hrabrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper we incorporate achievements of interdisciplinary New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics (combining Economics, Organization, Law, Sociology, Behavioral and Political Sciences) into analysis of agrarian organizations and suggest a framework for evaluating efficiency of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502729
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Framework for Analysis of Agrarian Contracts
Bachev, Hrabrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper incorporates the interdisciplinary New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics (combining Economics, Organization, Law, Sociology, Behavioral and Political Sciences) and suggests a holistic framework for analysis of agrarian contracts. First, it specifies type and importance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008545954