Firms, markets, and hierarchies [[electronic resource] ] : the transaction cost economics perspective / / edited by Glenn R. Carroll and David J. Teece

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910825155503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999
• ISBN: 0-19-771019-0; 1-280-76170-9; 0-19-535319-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (561 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): CarrollGlenn; TeeceDavid J
• Disciplina: 338.7
• Soggetti: Industrial management; Industrial organization (Economic theory); Institutional economics; Trusts, Industrial
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "This book represents the outgrowth of a conference organized for the Haas School of Business and the Institute of Management, Innovation and Organization at the University of California, Berkeley"--Pref.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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