Théories institutionnelles et gouvernance

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B.Klein, R. G. Crawford, and A.Alchian, "Vertical Integration, Appropriable Rents, and the Competitive Contracting Process," Journal of Law and Economics 21(2): 297-326 (1978).

O. E. Williamson, The Economic Institutions of Capitalism. New York: The Free Press, 1985, chapters 7 and 8.

B.Klein, "Vertical Integration as Organizational Ownership: The Fisher Body-General Motors Relationship Revisited," Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 4(1): 199-213 (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.)

R. N. Langlois and P. L. Robertson, "Explaining Vertical Integration: Lessons from the American Automobile Industry," Journal of Economic History 49(2): 361-375 (June 1989). (Langlois and Robertson, chapter 4.)

S. Helper, J. P.MacDuffie, and C. Sabel, "Pragmatic Collaborations: Advancing Knowledge while Controlling Opportunism," Industrial and Corporate Change 9(3): 443-488 (2000).

Symposium on the General Motors-Fisher Body case, Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 43, No. 1, April 2000.

O.E. Williamson, “The Economics of Organization: The Transaction Cost Approach,” American Journal of Sociology 87(3): 548-577 (November 1981).

O.E. Williamson, “Credible Commitments: Using Hostages to Support Exchange,” The American Economic Review 73(4): 519-540 (September 1983).