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On the Firm’s Raison d’Être and Competence-based Nature of the Firm

verfasst von : Professor Dr. Jörg Freiling

Erschienen in: Kompetenz, Interdisziplinarität und Komplexität in der Betriebswirtschaftslehre

Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden

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Abstract

Transaction cost theory tells us that firms are an integral part of the market process for they help economic agents to cope with highest degrees of uncertainty and specificity (Williamson, 1985). There is no point to question this understanding.

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Metadaten
Titel
On the Firm’s Raison d’Être and Competence-based Nature of the Firm
verfasst von
Professor Dr. Jörg Freiling
Copyright-Jahr
2013
Verlag
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-03462-7_3

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