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Experience Benefits and Firm Organization

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  • Ingela Alger

    (Economics Department, Carleton University)

  • Ching-to Albert Ma

    (Economics Department, Boston University)

  • Regis Renault

    (Universite de Cergy-Pontoise, THEMA)

Abstract

A principal requires a manager for production. He can use an internal manager, or contracts with an external manger. In each case, the manager obtains experience benefits from production. When the principal uses an internal manager, both parties share cost information. When the principal contracts with an external manager, only the external manager acquires cost information. The internal manager has limited access to the credit market; he has a minimum income constraint. The external manager has adequate access and has no minimum income constraint. The principal faces a tradeoff. Hiring an internal manager eliminates asymmetric information, but extracting experience rent is more difficult due to the minimum income constraint. Hiring an external manager means giving up information rent, but extracting experience rent is feasible. Whether the principal uses an internal or an external manager depends on the tightness of the minimum income constraint and the magnitude of the experience benefit. The principal's optimal choice may not be socially efficient.

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  • Ingela Alger & Ching-to Albert Ma & Regis Renault, "undated". "Experience Benefits and Firm Organization," Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series wp2009-007, Boston University - Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:bos:wpaper:wp2009-007
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    Cited by:

    1. Ildefe T. Villanueva, 2018. "Utilization of Information Technology of Negros Oriental State University towards Total Quality Management," Indian Journal of Commerce and Management Studies, Educational Research Multimedia & Publications,India, vol. 9(3), pages 50-65, September.
    2. Nicolas Klein, 2009. "Free-Riding And Delegation In Research Teams," 2009 Meeting Papers 253, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    3. Alger Ingela & Ma Ching-to Albert & Renault Regis, 2012. "Experience Benefits and Firm Organization," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 12(1), pages 1-35, September.
    4. Shields, Michael D. & Zhang, Jiaxin, 2016. "The generalization of Latin hypercube sampling," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 148(C), pages 96-108.

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    JEL classification:

    • D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
    • L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure

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