Determinants of organizational form: Transaction costs and institutions in the European trucking industry

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 867-882

  Arruñada, Benito ^a   González Díaz, Manuel ^b   Fernández, Alberto ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSACTION COST; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRUCKING;

EID: 11144261877     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dth033     Document Type: Article

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