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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458558603321

Autore

Williamson Oliver E

Titolo

The mechanisms of governance [[electronic resource] /] / Oliver E. Williamson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1996

ISBN

1-280-44313-8

1-4237-6482-X

0-19-536014-1

1-60129-902-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (442 p.)

Disciplina

658.4

Soggetti

Corporate governance

Industrial organization (Economic theory)

Transaction costs

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-410) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prologue: The Mechanisms of Governance; I. Overview; II. Concepts and Applications; III. Organizations; IV. Public Policy; V. Controversy and Perspectives; Glossary; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Offering a new economic perspective to organizational studies, this work shows that decision-makers in firms respond to economic factors that affect both the structure of the individual firm and the structure of the industry within which the organization operates.