A theory of the firm only a microeconomist could love

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-216

  Lubatkin, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Corporate governance; Principal agent model

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444479538     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492605275352     Document Type: Review

References (4)

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2. Jensen, M. C., & Meckling, W. F. (1976). Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs, and ownership structure. Journal of Financial Economics, 3, 305-360.
3. Lubatkin, M., Lane, P., Collin, S., & Very, P. (in press-a). An embeddedness framing of governance and opportunism: Towards a cross-nationally accommodating theory of agency. Journal of Organization Behavior.
4. Lubatkin, M., Lane, P., Collin, S., & Very, P. (in press-b). The origins of a nationally-bounded governance heritage: A historical institutional analysis of principal-agent relations in the U.S., Sweden and France. Organization Studies.