Théories institutionnelles et gouvernance

Théorie des coûts de transaction

O.E. Williamson, The Economic Institutions of Capitalism. New York: The Free Press, 1985, chapters 1, 2, and 3.

A. Alchian and S.Woodward, "The Firm Is Dead; Long Live the Firm: A Review of Oliver E. Williamson's The Economic Institutions of Capitalism," Journal of Economic Literature 26(1): 65-79 (March 1988).

L’approche Coasienne

R. H. Coase, "The Nature of the Firm," Economica (N.S.) 4: 386-405 (November 1937).

R.H. Coase, "The Nature of the Firm: Origin, Meaning, Influence," Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 4(1), Spring 1988, reprinted in Oliver E. Williamson and Sidney G. Winter, eds., The Nature of the Firm. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. (W&W.)

S. N. S. Cheung, "The Contractual Nature of the Firm," Journal of Law and Economics 26: 122 (April 1983).

C. Dahlman, "The Problem of Externality," Journal of Law and Economics 22: 141-162 (1979).