This paper provides a comprehensive review of the empirical literature in transaction cost
economics (TCE) across multiple social science disciplines and business fields. We show …

The “transaction cost” theory of the firm introduced by Coase (1937) has become a standard
framework for the study of institutional arrangements. The Coasian framework helps explain …

Transaction cost economics (TCE), and more specifically the version of TCE that has been
developed by Oliver,,), has become an increasingly important anchor for the analysis of a …

Over the past decade, transaction cost analysis (TCA) has received considerable attention in
the marketing literature. Marketing scholars have made important contributions in extending …

Is a country's ability to enforce contracts an important determinant of comparative
advantage? To answer this question, I construct a variable that measures, for each good, the …

This new edition of the successful textbook Organization Theories discusses various
approaches to theory formation in organization research, offers a critical presentation of the …

Since the publication of Williamson's Markets and Hierarchies, many empirical articles have
investigated the tenets of transaction cost theory. Using meta-analytic techniques, we …

In this article we assess, from a critical realist perspective, the role played by replication in
theory development. We first present a concise review of critical realism and then reply to the …

Moderne Managementkonzepte konzentrieren sich nicht nur auf interne Stärken von
Unternehmen, sondern schließen die Gestaltung zwischenbetrieblicher Beziehungen als …

Business firms around the world are experimenting with new organizational designs,
changing their formal architectures, their routines and processes, and their corporate …