Allocating decision rights on the shop floor: A perspective from transaction cost economics and organization theory

Organization Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Vázquez, Xosé H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attributes of labor transactions; Organization theory; Shop floor operators; Specialization and teamwork; Strategic and operating decisions; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344609709     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1040.0082     Document Type: Review

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