Why organizations matter: A journey away from the fairy tale |
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Authors: | Claude Menard |
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Institution: | (1) Universite de Paris I, France |
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Abstract: | This paper contends that a major breakthrough has occurred in economics, that this breakthrough is related to the matching
of economics and organization theory, and that this breakthrough is already remodeling our understanding of how economic systems
work. Section I comes back to the problem of the existence of organizations and to its generalization through the concept
of "governance" structures. Section II develops the explanation provided by transaction cost economics of the trade-off among
these structures. Section III compares recent contributions of agency theory and of transaction cost economics to the analysis
of the structuring mechanism of formal organizations. Section IV explores some properties of the government of organizations.
Section V argues that what precedes may have major consequences on public policies and regulations.
Distinguished Address presented at the Forty-First International Atlantic Economic Conference, Paris, France, March 12–19,
1996. |
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