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Markets, hierarchies and the impact of information technology

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  • Brynjolfsson, Erik.
  • Gurbaxani, Vijay Chandur, 1958-
  • Malone, Thomas W.

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  • Brynjolfsson, Erik. & Gurbaxani, Vijay Chandur, 1958- & Malone, Thomas W., 1988. "Markets, hierarchies and the impact of information technology," Working papers 2113-88., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
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    1. Hart, Oliver & Moore, John, 1990. "Property Rights and the Nature of the Firm," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 98(6), pages 1119-1158, December.
    2. Grossman, Sanford J & Hart, Oliver D, 1986. "The Costs and Benefits of Ownership: A Theory of Vertical and Lateral Integration," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 94(4), pages 691-719, August.
    3. Caves, Richard E. & Bradburd, Ralph M., 1988. "The empirical determinants of vertical integration," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 9(3), pages 265-279, April.
    4. George J. Stigler, 1961. "The Economics of Information," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 69(3), pages 213-213.
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    2. Erik Brynjolffson, 1991. "An Incomplete Contracts Theory of Information, Technology and Organization," Working Paper Series 126, MIT Center for Coordination Science.
    3. Glazer, Amihai, 2004. "Motivating devoted workers," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 22(3), pages 427-440, March.

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