Practical applications of the cost transactions theory

This article aims at bridging two dimensions that have been often addressed separately by the sociology of professional groups: intra-professional divisions and the governance of professionals. Taking professional accountants as an example, the attempt by the Institute of Chartered Accountants...

In this paper, the authors derive a typology of five parental altruistic archetypes that exhausts the possible altruistic influences in the governance at family firms. They argue that when taken in concert, these five types comprise a more balanced explanation of the cross-sectional variance in...

This paper investigates why firms choose to undertake product expansion through alliances with competitors rather than on their own.

This paper investigates the performance impact of undertaking activities through scale alliances with competitors rather than undertaking these activities autonomously.