Managerial diseconomies of scale: Literature survey and hypotheses anchored in transaction cost economics [PDF]
This working paper tests Oliver Williamson’s proposition that transaction cost economics can explain the limits of firm size. A review of the relevant literature corroborates Williamson’s theoretical framework and five hypotheses are formulated: (1 ...
Staffan Canback
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Applying Transaction Cost Economics: A Note on Biomass Supply Chains [PDF]
Agricultural supply chains, especially those from producer to first handler, are relatively mature institutions. While agricultural economists often observe the evolution of marketing structures in developing nations, it is a rare opportunity to research
Altman, Ira J. +2 more
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Negotiating Transaction Cost Economics: Oliver Williamson and his audiences [PDF]
The article studies the interaction between Oliver Williamson and his audiences in the construction of Transaction Cost Economics (TCE). His attentiveness to the feedback from different groups has played a major role in the success of TCE.
Huáscar Fialho Pessali +1 more
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Governance structure and transaction cost: relationship between strategy and asset specificity
Nova Economia, 2007 This article presents a theoretical discussion of the determining factors of governance structures, using the transaction cost approach. The coexistence of distinct structures in the same production chain, whose assets show no difference in terms of ...
Christian Luiz da Silva +1 more
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Transaction Cost Regulation [PDF]
This paper discusses the fundamental underpinnings and some implications of transaction cost regulation (TCR), a framework to analyze the interaction between governments and investors fundamentally, but not exclusively, in utility industries.
Pablo T. Spiller
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Quality and governance mode choice: a transaction cost approach to the wine industry [PDF]
We analyze the relationship between product quality and governance mode choice using the results of a survey of DOC Rioja wineries. Wineries that produce high-quality wines are more likely to vertically integrate than are wineries that produce low ...
Espitia-Escuer, Manuel Antonio +2 more
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International equity portfolio allocations and transaction costs [PDF]
, 2010 In spite of the critical role of transaction cost, there are not many papers that explicitly examine its influence on international equity portfolio allocation decisions.
Thapa, Chandra +2 more
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The Buy-back Development Contract for Phases 2&3 of South Pars Gas Field and Incomplete Contract [PDF]
Pizhūhishnāmah-i Iqtiṣād-i Inirzhī-i Īrān, 2015 An incomplete contract is an exchange in which some aspects of a transaction is unspecified. Contractual incompleteness decrease contract effectiveness.
Mahdi Akhavan
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Traceability in the U.S. Food Supply: An Application of Transaction Cost Analysis [PDF]
Suboptimal supply of food and agricultural traceability is framed in a transaction cost analysis. We propose a model that considers the variables of opportunism potential, agency costs, uncertainty, asset specificity, frequency, and transaction costs ...
Wang, Chao-shih, Bravo, Jesus
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Scale as a Transaction Cost Variable in the U.S. Biopower Industry [PDF]
With increasing interest in renewable energy from agriculture, including biopower and cellulose ethanol, several aspects of the industry must be understood.
Altman, Ira J. +2 more
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