Transactions cost economics and the multinational enterprise An Assessment Export

@article{citeulike:6055167, abstract = {This paper applies transactions cost principles to the multinational enterprise in order to ascertain its distinctive properties as a mode of economic organization. The analysis helps identify just when and where contractual alternatives to the multinational firm are likely to be viable. This turns out to depend upon the nature of the technology, the regime of appropriability within which the firm operates, and the characteristics of the markets in question. Transactions cost analysis is also extended to the multinational enterprise-host country relationship. Implications for management and public policy are derived.}, author = {Teece, David J.}, citeulike-article-id = {6055167}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-2681(86)90020-X}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0167-2681(86)90020-X}, doi = {10.1016/0167-2681(86)90020-X}, issn = {01672681}, journal = {Journal of Economic Behavior \& Organization}, keywords = {assessment, cost, economics, enterprise, multinational, transactions}, month = {March}, number = {1}, pages = {21--45}, posted-at = {2009-11-02 04:26:59}, priority = {3}, title = {Transactions cost economics and the multinational enterprise An Assessment}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-2681(86)90020-X}, volume = {7}, year = {1986} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6055167 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6055167 N2 - This paper applies transactions cost principles to the multinational enterprise in order to ascertain its distinctive properties as a mode of economic organization. The analysis helps identify just when and where contractual alternatives to the multinational firm are likely to be viable. This turns out to depend upon the nature of the technology, the regime of appropriability within which the firm operates, and the characteristics of the markets in question. Transactions cost analysis is also extended to the multinational enterprise-host country relationship. Implications for management and public policy are derived. IS - 1 JF - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization SN - 01672681 EP - 45 TI - Transactions cost economics and the multinational enterprise An Assessment VL - 7 SP - 21 KW - assessment KW - cost KW - economics KW - enterprise KW - multinational KW - transactions AU - Teece, David PY - 1986/03// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-2681(86)90020-X ER -