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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"transaction cost economics"”.
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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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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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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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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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Informing the theory of collective entrepreneurship: investment choice
… under certain conditions. This work utilizes transaction cost economics, an ownership cost framework, and the concept of entrepreneurial spawning to analyze the conditions that lead to the emergence of collective ventures. A deviant research case approach is utilized to direct the intensive …
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Finding the Right Balance: Antecedents and Consequences of Making, Buying, or Concurrently Sourcing Human Capital
… of these choices on performance outcomes. Using transaction cost economics and the organizational capabilities literatures I develop hypotheses to determine and explain the relevant antecedents to these strategic decisions. I then determine how the decision to make or buy (or both) human capital …
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Strategy, flexibility and human resource management: a study of the outsourcing of maintenance in UK petrochemicals
… formal plan, and the rational economism of Transaction Cost Economics. It also casts doubt on the existence of distinct strategic levels. The multinationals in the industry have been exposed as not using a sophisticated rationale to underpin their strategy, relying instead on institutional …
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Levels of asset specificity in relational contracting
… are good reasons to doubt the universality of transaction cost economics’ prediction that the more specific the asset, the more likely is vertical integration to be optimal, this is an issue that cannot be addressed within the existing property rights framework. In this paper the level of asset …
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The Impact of Cloud Computing in Supply Chain Collaborative Relationships, Collaborative Advantage and Relational Outcomes
… combines the relational view of the firm, the transaction cost economics and the task technology fit theories. This study demonstrates that maintaining collaborative relationships provide value added capabilities that logistics organizations require in order to remain competitive and be …
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A case of uncertainty in the vertical integration decision
… these important questions by utilizing the transaction cost economics (TCE) framework to study the influential factors in the producers' decision to horizontally and vertically coordinate.
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Social value and procurement phases: a study of municipal procurement in London boroughs
… across councils. The theoretical frameworks of transaction cost economics and diffusion of innovation inform the examination of SV procurement practices. Findings highlight some factors relevant to understanding the SV concept, and a comparison of academic and case definitions of SV confirmed …
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The intersection of geopolitics and strategic procurement: an exploration of sourcing in the defense industry from a six sigma perspective
… qualitative design, the research integrated Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) and the Six Sigma DMAIC framework to evaluate governance constraints and operational control gaps. Study 1 analyzed the F-35 program as a critical case using semi-structured interviews and documentary analysis of …
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Revisiting cooperation dynamics: implications for opportunism and value creation when firms compete and cooperate simultaneously.
… opportunism, a core behavioral assumption of transaction cost economics, hinders value creation and requires formal safeguards in coopetition. The assumption of heightened opportunism in coopetition is at odds with rising adoption in practice, which often proceeds without formal safeguards. …
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Bad Apples, Bad Barrels, and the Structure of Marketing Channel Relationships: Analyses of the Propensity for Opportunism and Opportunistic Behaviors
The theoretical frameworks of transaction cost economics and agency theory are widely used to design appropriate governance structure for constraining opportunism within marketing channels. These approaches generally assume that marketing channel managers are opportunistic, and only economic …
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Risk transfer in operational public private partnerships in the education sector
… on Principal Agent Theory, Lonsdale’s modified Transaction Cost Economics framework, relational contracting and the relational theory of risk this research sought to address this gap by examining whether risks have been transferred as intended. Planned levels of risk allocation were identified …
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Social sustainability implementation in global supply chains
… institutional environment. By using the Transaction Cost Economics and Institutional Theory lenses, the thesis offers rich insights into the pressures, enablers and barriers to implementing social sustainability initiatives, including the reasons for the disconnect between formal adoption …
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