Is there a role for transaction cost economics if we view firms as complex adaptive systems?

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 369-385

  Foster, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 23044523145     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2000.tb00034.x     Document Type: Article

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