Les théories de la firme entre « contrats » et « compétences ». Une revue critique des développements contemporains

Benjamin Coriat and Olivier Weinstein

Revue d'économie industrielle, 2010, vol. n° 129-130, issue 1, 57-86

Abstract: The paper surveys in a critical manner the recent development in firms theories. It is organized around two directions. The first one analyses the contributions recently proposed around the vision of the firm envisaged as a ?nexus of contracts?, focusing on the different recent variants of the theories of property rights and of imperfect contracts applied to the firm. The second ? starting from Cyert, March and Simon ? passing by the contributions of Edith Penrose, Chandler and evolutionary theorists, analyses the theories of the firm conceived as a processor of information and knowledge and finally as a ?nexus of competencies?. The strength but also the limits of both approaches are highlighted.

Keywords: Firm; Contract; Transaction Costs; Agency Costs; Competencies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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