We use an original database of 5000 French local public authorities to explore the impact of
organizational choice and performance as measured by consumer prices. In quantifying the …

This paper integrates the role of corporate social capital in the resource-based view of the
firm. In the resource-based view, the firm is seen as a pool of resources, including vital …

Business firms are ubiquitous in modern society, but an appreciation of how they are formed
and for what purposes requires an understanding of their legal foundations. This book …

Liberal egalitarianism has been criticized for paying insufficient attention to what justice
requires for the institutions that structure economic production. In the light of such criticism …

This study proposes and tests a model of the information technology (IT) outsourcing
decision that includes antecedents of both transaction costs and production costs …

Markets and firms offer contrasting methods to arrange production. In markets, contracts
govern the purchase of parts and services. In firms, the shared values, customs and norms …

Despite the numerous economic works on the nature of the firm, only a few studies have
clearly taken into account the legal and institutional contexts of the employer-employee …

Is it a requirement of justice to democratize private companies? This question has received
renewed attention in the wake of the financial crisis, as part of a larger debate about the role …

Using an original database concerning 1102 French local public authorities in 2001, we
explore the relationships between prices charged by private operators in water contracts …

An important conversation in entrepreneurship focuses on the question of whether
entrepreneurial opportunities are objective or subjective. The discovery view suggests that …