Consistency in Organization

Ekkehart Schlicht ()

No 718, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Abstract: Recent thinking has emphasized the importance of consistency in a firm’s compensation policy. By starting from Williamson’s ideas about idiosyncratic exchange, this view can be supplied with some theoretical foundation. At the same time, the consistency view can be applied to a number of organizational issues. It sheds new light on some Williamsonian themes, like the boundaries of the firm or the attenuation of incentives within firms.

Keywords: attenuation of incentives; Williamson's puzzle; theory of the firm; command; routines; centralization paradox (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L22 L25 J33 J53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2003-02
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