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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"transaction cost theory"”.
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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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Property rights, internal labor markets and the organizational form of the firm
The current economic theory of the role of the organization of the firm is based in the traditional transaction cost theory of the firm as well as discretionary theories of managerial behavior. According to the transaction cost theory, the firm serves as an administrative substitute for costly …
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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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Analysis of impacts for the subject of information technology due diligence in mergers and acquisitions.
… explains the contribution of the Principal Agent Theory, Transaction Cost Theory and Theory of Incomplete Contract for the design of Information Technology (IT) due diligence in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to support acquisition decision effectively from buyer`s perspective. Effectively, means …
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Ownership, Control, and Performance of International Joint Ventures: The Case of the People's Republic of China
… Theoretical progress has been made by applying transaction cost theory and bargaining power theory to explain multinational firms' choice between whole and joint ownership in foreign subsidiaries. In this thesis we propose an integrated conceptual framework of international equity joint ventures …
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Antecedents and consequences of market orientation : an examination in the joint ventures' relational context
… accordance with the perspective offered by the transaction cost theory, a system of hypotheses about the effects of these antecedent factors on JV’s market oriented behaviours was developed. In order to test these hypotheses, empirical evidence was collected by means of a mail survey to …
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International Joint Venture (IJV) Control Design: A Case Study of an Emerging Market IJV
… prior research by incorporating insights from transaction cost theory, resource dependency theory, social exchange theory, institutional theory and organisational lerning perspective to provide a more integrative explanation of IJV control design. Specifically, it explains how one partner …
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Antecedents Of Information Systems Backsourcing
… theoretical backsourcing factors is derived from transaction cost theory, agency theory, core competency perspective, IOR theory and marketing channels literature. To identify factors salient in IS backsourcing and to examine the process of backsourcing this dissertation employs exploratory case …
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The impact of asset specificity on outsourcing performance : a disaggregated analysis by buyer-supplier asset specificity dimensions
… in question developed from the twin lenses of transaction cost theory (TCT) and the strategy-based literature were tested. The results suggest that whilst all dimensions of buyers' asset specificity have a negative impact on outsourcing performance, the effect of suppliers' asset specific …
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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 Inclusion of Land Within a Personal Property Security Act (PPSA) Framework in Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Ghana
… Security Act (PPSA) framework of modern secured transactions in Ghana, as an example in Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa. This consideration is in the broader context of the main intellectual debates about secured transactions law reform, namely; (i) whether and how secured transactions reform …
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Sourcing by design : product architecture and the supply chain
… that a firm seeking to minimize the coordination costs associated with developing a complex part will internalize production. This proposition is consistent with transaction cost theory regarding asset specificity. Product architectural complexity is proposed as a better proxy for asset …
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Governance in global value chains: Exploring multiple layers of lead-firm orchestration
… Furthermore, it contributes to the economic theory of governance by presenting evidence of forms of influence outside the realm of supplier-buyer contracts. The thesis further extends the global value chain framework by introduction a fine-tuned approach to ‘power’ as a determinant of …
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The efficacy of procurement management in enhancing municipal service delivery: A case of Capricorn District Municipality
… management processes. Principal- agent theory, Stewardship Theory and Transaction Cost Theory/economics were used in this study. This study adopted a pragmatist research paradigm because it used multiple research methods. Mixed methods research were applied, with both qualitative and …
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Three essays on the dynamic ownership and governance of U.S. farmer cooperatives /
… and improved via the application of economic theory to each of its five phases. Specifically, transaction cost theory, property rights theory, and agency theory help explain the birth-to-death trajectory of farmer cooperatives, which tinker and reinvent to remain optimal in the competitive …
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Developing SMEs through large firm-small firm linkages
… Kenyan environment, contrary to the arguments of transaction cost theory, outsourcing decisions are predicated on the need to comply with compulsory regulations in order to gain access to resources and m.arlcets, rather -than primarily on cost minimisation. Consequently, strategies which assure …
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Northeast Asian containerised maritime logistics: supply chain collaboration, collaborative advantage and performance
… port performance. This thesis synthesises transaction cost theory, resource based theory and a relational view to explain how supply chain collaboration influences collaborative advantage and port performance. Its theoretical contribution expands the concept of supply chain collaboration …
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Postgång på växlande villkor : det svenska postväsendets organisation under stormaktstiden
… inspired by economist Oliver E. Williamson’s transaction cost theory, modified to function for a study of seventeenth-century Swedish society. The concepts “market” and “hierarchy” is central to this theory. They denote the ways in which enterprises and agencies can be organized. How choices …
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An investigation of the drivers of sustainable market development for high-nutrient staple crops – the case of vitamin A-rich sweet potato in Zambézia, Mozambique
… children from rural households and are not cost-effective. A previous pilot project in 2002 in Zambézia province showed that introducing biofortified orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) into the farming system and diet could alleviate VAD. It concluded that the incorporation of a marketing …
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