Nature of the Firm Origins, Evolution, and Development

Name: Nature of the Firm Origins, Evolution, and Development
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ISBN: 9780195083569

ISBN-10: 0195083563

ISBN-13: 9780195083569

Edition: 1991 (Reprint)

Authors: Oliver E. Williamson, Sidney G. Winter

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In 1937, Ronald H. Coase published The Nature of the Firm, a ground-breaking paper which raised fundamental questions about the concept of the firm in economic theory. In this volume, leading business economists commemorate Coase's classic article and consider its relevance to economic theory today. The book includes a reprint of The Nature of the Firm, together will three lectures by Coase from 1987, which provide an account of the origins and development of his thought. The new paperback includes the first publication of the lecture which Coase delivered on winning the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1991. Contributors: Ronald H. Coase, Sherwin Rosen, Paul Joskow, Oliver Hart, Harold…

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List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/6/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 9.25" wide x 6.14" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.792



Contributors



Introduction




The Nature of the Firm (1937)




The Nature of the Firm: Origin




The Nature of the Firm: Meaning




The Nature of the Firm: Influence




Transactions Costs and Internal Labor Markets




The Logic of Economic Organization




Asset Specificity and the Structure of Vertical Relationships: Empirical Evidence




Incomplete Contracts and the Theory of the Firm




The Theory of the Firm Revisited




On Coase, Competence, and the Corporation




A Legal Basis for the Firm




Vertical Integration as Organizational Ownership: The Fisher Body-General Motors Relationship Revisited



1991 Nobel Lecture: The Institutional Structure of Production



Index