This piece offers a fresh perspective on the upper-level employment law class based on the theme of employment as … transaction. Like much of law school, employment law is often taught from a public advocacy perspective in which the primary role … requisite contract formalities. At the same time, an evolving branch of employment law scholarship has recognized the role of …

We develop and estimate a model of supply response when transactions costs create a situation where some producers buy … supply elasticity and measures of the relative importance of factors determining both proportional and fixed transactions …

Purpose – Aims to prove that a firm's perception of the strategic nature of supply depends on how it defines its … hypothesised model. Findings – Firms defining their competitive advantage as being cost‐focused will generally consider supply as … differentiated will see supply as strategic, i.e. as a distinctive capability. Research limitations/implications – This study …