The secret life of mundane transaction costs

Organization Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1389-1410

  Langlois, Richard N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Division of labor; Modularity; Property rights; Standards; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748424523     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840606067769     Document Type: Article

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