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Showing 1 to 20 of 122 for “"transaction cost"”.
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An evaluation of defense contracting based on transaction cost theory
This study investigates the use of the transaction cost paradigm, as a framework, for evaluating defense contracts and exploring problems related to defense contracting. The study shows that defense contracting is beleaguered with bounded rationality and uncertainty problems, and furthermore, that …
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Transaction cost determinants of credit governance structures of commercial banks in Tanzania
… general objective of this research was to assess transaction cost determinants of credit governance structure of commercial banks in Tanzania. Structured questionnaires for survey were administered and sufficient data was obtained for analysis. A quantitative descriptive design was adopted by the …
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Marketing channels and transaction cost analysis: the role of transaction specific investment
Researchers have theorized that Transaction Cost Analysis paradigm draws a connection between transaction specific investment and opportunism with guile. This dissertation investigated this relationship during and after the negotiation process with a focus on contractual safeguarding. It was …
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Transaction Cost Economics of Rice Irrigation Systems in Tanzania: Implications for Collective Action
… of this study is the focus of analysis on the transaction costs (TC) of collective action and the factors, which influence the institutional quality based on individual resource user incentives. The study combined cross sectional and panel data designs to address the different objectives. Using …
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Contract designs in the German piggyback transport industry : a transaction cost economics analysis
… transport by relating them to the theory of transaction cost economics (TCE). The qualitative case study approach adopted here derives from the tradition of Oliver Williamson’s research. The hypothesis of the thesis relates the different contract designs to the type of transport service: the …
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A Transaction Cost Economics and Property Rights Theory Approach to Farmland and Lease Preferences
In short, a combined transaction costs and property rights model, that includes both transactional and certain producer characteristics, has substantial explanatory power to address leasing preferences in the Cornbelt.
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Power, conflict, norms, and transaction costs: A synthetic transaction cost analysis of discrete and relational exchange behavior between channel members
Transaction cost analysis (TCA) is used to identify characteristics of distributor and manufacturer transaction costs within an MRO channel that are correlated with particular types of exchange behavior. Asset specificity, frequency of transactions, bounded rationality, and the number of viable …
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Transaction Cost Economics: An Analysis of Commitment in Asymmetrical Insurer-Broker Dyads. An Exploratory Case Study of ING Canada and its Distribution Counterparties
… assist in furthering the knowledge in this area, transaction cost theory is examined and applied to insurance company and broker relationships. In seeking a greater understanding of the underlying drivers of commitment, this thesis investigates the theoretical contribution of transaction cost …
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The Structure and Nature of Vertical Co-ordination and Regulation Systems in the Kenyan Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Export Value Chain: Transaction Cost Approach
… To explore these questions, Oliver Williamson transaction costs economics and John Braithwaite and Valerie Braithwaite motivational postures theory were applied to respectively analyse the structure and nature of vertical coordination and the regulatory and compliance systems in the value …
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Transaction Costs and the Political Economy of Trade Policy
The third paper provides a transaction cost explanation to the pattern of industrial expansion in the ready-made garment sector of Bangladesh. It shows how economic policies through their effect on property rights can change transaction cost and thereby affect economic outcome. The paper argued …
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Monopolistic insider trading in a stationary market
… we assume that the insider bears a quadratic transaction cost. We find that the trading intensity of the insider is inversely related to transaction cost and that the market maker's uncertainty about private signals is positively related to transaction cost. As transaction cost approaches …
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Governance Structure Choices in Supply Chain Management Evidence from Spanish and Chinese Pork Chain Cases
… rules/institutions/constraints structuring the transactions between the various stakeholders. Based on the overview on literatures closely related with governance structure, such as transaction cost economics, transaction value analysis and resource-based view theories, seven hypotheses are …
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Factors that affect the electronic distribution channel structure
… that explain such channel structure, based on transaction cost economics theoretical framework. A survey was conducted among Canadian and US firms from the semiconductor and electronic components manufacturing industrial sector (NAICS 33441). The results of the multiple regression analysis …
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Evaluating airline-transit cooperation in airport rail and remote check-in services : a strategic approach for increased ridership
… Stakeholder Theory, Systems Theory, and Transaction Cost Economics, have been incorporated to complement lean thinking and create a strategic management framework for studying airport rail and remote check-in (ARRCI) systems as enterprises. The purpose of using lean and elements of these …
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Corporate Governance and Water Crisis: A Study of Water Boards in South Africa
… were, namely, asymmetric information; transaction cost; and Capability, Accountability and Responsiveness (CAR) including transparency which are the measurements of water crisis. A pragmatism research paradigm, which request simultaneous gathering and analysis of both qualitative and …
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Toward Effective Management of Public-Private Partnership for Infrastructure in the Sultanate of Oman
… framework, which includes the principal-agent, transaction cost, new public management, institutional, and stakeholder theories, is reviewed. These theories outline the management dimensions regarding PPP for successfully delivering infrastructure projects. The relevant dimensions underlie …
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Supply Chain Network Evolution: Demand-based Drivers of Interfirm Governance Evolution
… This remains an unanswered question in the transaction cost analysis (TCA) and relational exchange literatures. Some researchers purport that transactional governance provides superior performance by providing firms the flexibility to change suppliers. Others suggest that relational …
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The make-or-and-buy decision for in-house legal department : a concurrent sourcing approach
… a comprehensive academic framework, utilising Transaction Cost economics, Neoclassical economics and Capabilities economics to determine the economic drivers of a concurrent sourcing choice where In-house legal departments both make-and-buy legal services. Mixed methodology research included 12 …
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