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Managerial Authority in the Coasean Firm : An Entrepreneurial Perspective
Foss, Kirsten - 2016
economics and management research on intrafirm coordination. To do so, we make use of work by Coase that is relatively little …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999896
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The Make-or-Buy Decision : Lessons from Empirical Studies
Klein, Peter G. - 2004
Should a firm make its own inputs, buy them on the spot market, or maintain an ongoing relationship with a particular supplier? The emergence of the transaction cost approach to vertical integration in the 1970s and 1980s generated a substantial body of empirical research on vertical firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014029374
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The Elgar companion to transaction cost economics
Klein, Peter G. (ed.) - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661391
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The Elgar companion to transaction cost economics
Klein, Peter G. (ed.); Sykuta, Michael Earl (ed.) - 2010
Since its emergence in the 1970s, transaction cost economics (TCE) has become a leading approach in the research on … contributions by leading scholars in economics, law and business administration - including Oliver E. Williamson, recipient of the … 2009 Nobel Prize in economics for his development of the transaction cost approach - this volume reviews the latest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852103
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The Theory of the Firm and its Critics : A Stocktaking and Assessment
Foss, Nicolai J.; Klein, Peter G. - 2005
Since its emergence in the 1970s the modern economic or Coasian theory of the firm has been discussed and challenged by sociologists, heterodox economists, management scholars, and other critics. This chapter reviews and assesses these critiques, focusing on behavioral issues (bounded...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014065964
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The Theory of the Firm and Its Critics A Stocktaking and Assessment
Foss, Nicolai J.; Klein, Peter G. - DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of … - 2005
Ever since its emergence in the 1970s the modern economic or Coasian theory of the firm has been discussed and challenged by sociologists, heterodox economists, management scholars, and other critics. This chapter reviews and assesses these critiques, focusing on behavioral issues (bounded...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627318
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Uncovering the Hidden Transaction Costs of Market Power : A Property Rights Approach to Strategic Positioning
Foss, Kirsten - 2017
costs. We build on property-rights economics to explain how transaction costs affect positioning and offer propositions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946708
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Economizing and Strategizing : How Coalitions and Transaction Costs Shape Value Creation and Appropriation
Asmussen, Christian Geisler - 2020
Research has examined how “economizing” and “strategizing” mechanisms interact in driving competitive outcomes, but the role of coalitions in this process has received little attention. Coalitions between players are established to increase value creation (i.e., economizing), as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826968
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Avoiding Digitalization Traps : Tools For Top Managers
Nell, Phillip C.; Foss, Nicolai J.; Klein, Peter G.; … - 2020
Digital transformation is fundamentally changing the business landscape. It is also affecting the role of top managers within firms. Our survey of more than 160 senior managers in Europe suggests that digitalization, rather than encouraging more decentralized forms of management, will lead to an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014099168
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The Adoption, Diffusion, and Evolution of Organizational Form : Insights from the Agrifood Sector
James, Jr., Harvey S. - 2012
The rise of contract farming and vertical integration is one of the most important changes in modern agriculture. Yet the adoption and diffusion of these new forms of organization has varied widely across regions, commodities, or farm types. Transaction cost theories have done much in helping us...
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