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Firms, markets, and hierarchies : the transaction cost economics perspective

This book examines transaction cost economics, the influential theoretical perspective on organizations and industry that was the subject of Oliver Williamson's seminal book, Markets and Hierarchies (1975). Written by leading economists, sociologists, and political scientists, the essays collected here reflect the fruitful intellectual exchange that is occurring across the major social science disciplines. They examine transaction cost economics' general conceptual orientation, its specific theoretical propositions, its applications to policy, and its use in systematic empirical research. The c
eBook, English, 1999
Oxford University Press, New York, 1999
Conference papers and proceedings
1 online resource (xv, 542 pages)
9780195353198, 9781280761706, 0195353196, 1280761709
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Contributors; CHAPTER ONE: Firms, Markets, and Hierarchies: Introduction and Overview; PART I: Background; PART II: Conceptual Uses; PART III: Industrial Applications; PART IV: Microanalytics; Author Index; Subject Index
English