Overview

Transaction cost economics (TCE) is at the heart of the new theory of the firm. While it is an established research tradition with a well-developed theoretical framework and good empirical results, critics consider TCE too limited to understand the essential characteristics of complex organizations like the firm. The criticism is that we need to go beyond the original TCE framework and develop a more pluralistic approach towards issues of economic organization. This book provides a debate on these issues. It aims to contribute to our further understanding of the theory of the firm and provides a better knowledge of the complexities of economic organization.

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Author:   John Groenewegen
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1996 ed.
Volume:   48
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.640kg
ISBN:  

9780792396116

ISBN 10:   0792396111
Pages:   390
Publication Date:   31 December 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Transaction Cost Economics and Beyond: Why and How?.- 2 Efficiency, Power, Authority and Economic Organization.- 3 Empirical Research in Transaction Cost Economics: Challenges, Progress, Directions.- 4 Transaction Cost Analysis and Marketing.- 5 Regulatory Issues with Vertically Disintegrated Public Utilities: A Transaction Cost Analysis.- 6 Opportunism and Trust in Transaction Cost Economics.- 7 Short-Term Prevalence, Social Approval, and the Governance of Employment Relations.- 8 Inside the Black Box: The Variety of Hierarchical Forms.- 9 Authority Relations in the Firm: Review and Agenda for Research.- 10 The Core of the Firm: The Issue of the Employer-Employee Relationship.- 11 Transaction Cost Analysis — Is It Being Used Out of Context?.- 12 Opportunism, Learning, and Organizational Evolution.- 13 Corporate Culture and the Nature of the Firm.- 14 Seven Reasons Why “Beyond” Transaction Costs Economics to Thesmoeconomics.- 15 After the Special Nature of the Firm: Beyond the Critics of Orthodox Neoclassical Economics.- 16 Transaction Costs and Technological Learning.- 17 Towards a Learning Based Model of Transactions.- 18 Transaction Costs and Institutional Change.- 19 A Case for Theoretical Pluralism.- List of Contributors.- List of Tables and Figures.

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