The business governance of localized knowledge: An information economics approach for the economics of knowledge

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-261

  Antonelli, Cristiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Information economics; Knowledge agency costs; Knowledge asymmetries; Knowledge governance mechanisms; Knowledge transaction costs; Localized knowledge; Nested transactions

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 33748105266     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662710600858118     Document Type: Article

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