(Wednesday, 1st January 2003)
The aim of the workshop is to analyze different governance mechanisms. Starting from vertical integration as a reference point, we will discuss other organizational forms (quasi-integration, franchising and alliances, whose common peculiarity is the introduction of market features into the classical firm (hierarchy). This yields hybrid forms that economize transaction cost, given a particular institutional environment.
Bibliographical references :
Must read reference : Poppo, Laura & Zenger, Todd (1998), "Testing alternative theories of the firm: Transaction cost, knowledge-based, and measurement explanations for make-or-buy decisions in information services" Strategic Management Journal 19 (9), pp.: 853-877.
Menard, Claude (2002), "The Economics of Hybrid Organizations", paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference of International Society for New Institutional Economics, Boston, September.
Contractor, F.J. & Kundu, S.K. (1998) "Modal choice in a world of alliances: Analyzing organizational forms in the international hotel sector", Journal of International Business Studies, 29, 2: 325-358.
Kalnins, Arturs & Lafontaine, Francine (2001), "Multi-Unit Ownership in Franchising: Evidence from the Texan Fast-food Industry", University of Michigan Business School Working Paper, University of Michigan.
(Thursday, 1st January 2004)
The aim of the workshop is to analyze different governance mechanisms. Starting from vertical integration as a reference point, we will discuss other organizational forms (quasi-integration, franchising and alliances, whose common peculiarity is the introduction of market features into the classical firm (hierarchy). This yields hybrid forms that economize transaction cost, given a particular institutional environment.
Bibliographical references :
Must read reference : Baker, G. P. and T. N. Hubbard (2003),“Make Versus Buy in Trucking: Asset Ownership, Job Design, and Information”, American Economic Review 93 (3), 551-572.
Poppo, Laura and Zenger, Todd (1998), "Testing alternative theories of the firm: Transaction cost, knowledge-based, and measurement explanations for make-or-buy decisions in information services" Strategic Management Journal 19 (9), pp.: 853-877.
(Saturday, 1st January 2005)
The aim of the workshop is to analyze different governance mechanisms. Starting from vertical integration as a reference point, we will discuss other organizational forms (quasi-integration, franchising and alliances, whose common peculiarity is the introduction of market features into the classical firm (hierarchy). This yields hybrid forms that economize transaction cost, given a particular institutional environment.
Bibliographical references :
Arruñada, B., M. González-Díaz and A. Fernández (2004) “Determinants of Organizacional Form: Transaction Costs and Institutions in the European Trucking Industry”, Industrial and Corporate Change, 13 (6), 867-882.
Kalnins, A. and K. Mayer (2004) “Relationships and Hybrid Contracts: An Analysis of Contract Choice in Information Technology” Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 20 (1), pp.: 207-229.
Must read reference : Klein, P. G. (2004) “The Make-or-Buy Decision: Lessons from Empirical Studies”, Contracting and Organizations Research Institute, Working Paper No. 2004-07, University of Missouri. Also in Claude Menard and Mary Shirley (eds) (2004): Handbook of New Institutional Economics, Kluwer.
