How Does Opportunistic Behavior Influence Firm Size?
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Keywords
Theory of the Firm; Transaction Cost Economics; Cultural Evolution; Opportunism; Cooperation Length 21 pages;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
- M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
- C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2006-12-01 (Business Economics)
- NEP-CBE-2006-12-01 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-ENT-2006-12-01 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-SOC-2006-12-01 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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