The Strategy and Transaction Cost Nexus Past Debates, Central Questions, and Future Research Possibilities
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Transaction costs; firm strategy; industrial organization.;All these keywords.
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- D4 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design
- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
- L1 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
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