Bringing the market inside the firm?

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 212-218

  Baker, George ^a   Gibbons, Robert ^b   Murphy, Kevin J ^c  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000181163     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.2.212     Document Type: Article

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