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The Organizational Nature of Agricultural Cooperatives: A Perspective from the Farm Problem Theory

Valentinov, Vladislav - In: Journal of Rural Cooperation 33 (2005) 2

This article uses the farm problem theory as the framework for a comparative analysis of cooperative, market and … approach, the farm problem is the outcome of inappropriateness of hierarchical and market organization for effective … hierarchical and market types of economic organization. …

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The Organizational Nature of Agricultural Cooperatives: A Perspective from the Farm Problem Theory

Valentinov, Vladislav. - 2005

This article uses the farm problem theory as the framework for a comparativeanalysis of cooperative, market and …, the farm problem is the outcomeof inappropriateness of hierarchical and market organization for effective coordinationof … perform the coordinationfunctions not effectively delivered in agriculture by theconventional hierarchical and market types of …

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Optimal limited authority for principal

Kolotilin, Anton; Li, Hao; Li, Wei - In: Journal of Economic Theory 148 (2013) 6, pp. 2344-2382

This article studies a principal-agent problem where the only commitment for the uninformed principal is to restrict the set of decisions she makes following a report by the informed agent. We show that an ex ante optimal equilibrium for the principal corresponds to a finite partition of the...

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On the Information-Gathering Role of Firm-Sponsored Training for New Hires

Kim, Doyoung; Lawarrée, Jacques - In: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) 165 (2009) 2, pp. 281-306

According to Becker´s human-capital theory, employers tend to underinvest in general training relative to specific training because it increases their existing employees´ outside opportunities. We show that this is not necessarily true if training has an information-gathering function that...

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La relevancia de la gestión del conocimiento en las empresas Mary Luz López Sánchez

Sánchez, Mary Luz López - In: REVISTA APUNTES DEL CENES (2010)

En el presente artículo se reflexiona sobre la importancia que tiene la gestión del conocimiento (tácito y explícito) en las empresas -en donde la información es un insumo relevante-, destacándose cómo puede ser identificado y aprovechado, según el novedoso enfoque Japonés basado en el...

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The formation of networks with local spillovers and limited observability

König, Michael David - In: Theoretical Economics 11 (2016) 3, pp. 813-863

This paper analyzes the formation of networks in which each agent is assumed to possess some information of value to the other agents in the network. Agents derive payoff from having access to the information of others through communication or spillovers via the links between them. Linking...

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original papers : Project evaluation and organizational form

Gehrig, Thomas; Regibeau, Pierre; Rockett, Kate - In: Review of Economic Design 5 (2000) 2, pp. 177-199

screening units. This allows us to derive sufficient conditions for a polyarchy to dominate a hierarchy. We also find conditions … organizational form will depend on product market conditions and on the "lumpiness" of cost-reducing R&D. …

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DEFINING MANAGEMENT FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Toma, Sorin George - In: The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal 8 (2006) 19, pp. 122-125

Globalization has brought a new economy, an economy based on a Digital Revolution. Due to the enormous progress of the information technology, the business environment of the twenty-first century is changing rapidly. That is why this turbulent environment requires a new management of...

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Countervailing conflicts of interest in delegation games

Chiba, Saori; Leong, Kaiwen - In: Games 14 (2023) 6, pp. 1-20

In this paper, we investigate optimal delegation mechanisms in the presence of countervailing conflicts of interest in the context of principal-agent problems. We introduce two dimensions of conflict of interest-pandering incentives related to the outside option and project biases. We compare...

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The importance of knowledge management processes for the creation of competitive advantage by companies of varying size

Soniewicki, Marcin; Paliszkiewicz, Joanna - In: Entrepreneurial business and economics review : EBER 7 (2019) 3, pp. 43-63

Objective: This article analyses the intensity of knowledge management processes in companies of different size. It also examines the role of these processes in the formation of competitive advantage by these businesses. Company size is defined as the number of employees. Research Design &...

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