Revisiting agency and transaction costs theory predictions on vertical financial ownership and contracting: Electronic integration as an organizational form choice

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 573-586

  Lajili, Kaouthar ^a   Mahoney, Joseph T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 33845261180     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1275     Document Type: Article

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