The Mechanisms of Governance

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Author: Oliver E. Williamson ISBN: 9780199879564
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Publication: January 18, 1996
Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA Language: English
Author: Oliver E. Williamson
ISBN: 9780199879564
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication: January 18, 1996
Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English

This book brings together in one place the work of one of our most respected economic theorists on a field in which he has played a large part in originating: the New Institutional Economics. Transaction cost economics which studies the governance of contractual relations is the branch of the New Institutional Economics with which Oliver Williamson is especially associated. Transaction cost economics takes issue with one of the fundamental building blocks in microeconomics: the theory of the firm. Whereas orthodox economics describes the firm in technological terms as a production function transaction cost economics describes the firm in organizational terms as a governance structure. Alternative feasible forms of organization--firms markets hybrids bureaus--are examined comparatively. The analytical action resides in the details of transactions and the mechanisms of governance. Transaction cost economics has had a pervasive influence on current economic thought about how and why institutions function as they do and it has become a practical framework for research in organizations by representatives of a variety of disciplines. Through a transaction cost analysis The Mechanisms of Governance shows how and why simple contracts give way to complex contracts and internal organization as the hazards of contracting build up. That complicates the study of economic organization but a richer and more relevant theory of organization is the result. Many testable implications and lessons for public policy accrue to this framework. Applications of both kinds are numerous and growing. Written by one of the leading economic theorists of our time The Mechanisms of Governance is sure to be an important work for years to come. It will be of interest to scholars and students of economics organization management and law.

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This book brings together in one place the work of one of our most respected economic theorists on a field in which he has played a large part in originating: the New Institutional Economics. Transaction cost economics which studies the governance of contractual relations is the branch of the New Institutional Economics with which Oliver Williamson is especially associated. Transaction cost economics takes issue with one of the fundamental building blocks in microeconomics: the theory of the firm. Whereas orthodox economics describes the firm in technological terms as a production function transaction cost economics describes the firm in organizational terms as a governance structure. Alternative feasible forms of organization--firms markets hybrids bureaus--are examined comparatively. The analytical action resides in the details of transactions and the mechanisms of governance. Transaction cost economics has had a pervasive influence on current economic thought about how and why institutions function as they do and it has become a practical framework for research in organizations by representatives of a variety of disciplines. Through a transaction cost analysis The Mechanisms of Governance shows how and why simple contracts give way to complex contracts and internal organization as the hazards of contracting build up. That complicates the study of economic organization but a richer and more relevant theory of organization is the result. Many testable implications and lessons for public policy accrue to this framework. Applications of both kinds are numerous and growing. Written by one of the leading economic theorists of our time The Mechanisms of Governance is sure to be an important work for years to come. It will be of interest to scholars and students of economics organization management and law.

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