Chandler's Living History: The Visible Hand of Vertical Integration in Nineteenth Century America Viewed Under a Twenty-First Century Transaction Costs Economics Lens

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 859-883

  Bucheli, Marcelo ^a   Mahoney, Joseph T ^a   Vaaler, Paul M ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 77953965884     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00927.x     Document Type: Article

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