Plural forms of organization: where do we stand?

Claude Menard

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Abstract: This paper addresses a puzzling problem: why do parties often choose to combine alternative modes of organizations simultaneously while dealing with identical or almost identical transactions? I propose a model to capture these so-called 'plural forms' and to explain the choice of such non-standard arrangements. Three determinants are identified as playing the major role: ambiguity surrounding the fitness of a mode of organization to the transaction at stake; complexity of a transaction or a set of transactions; and strategic behavior. Propositions are derived that are confronted to empirical data coming out of the agro-food industry.

Keywords: Food; Food Industry; Organization; Transactions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-04
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Published in Managerial and Decision Economics, 2013, 34 (3-5), pp.124-139

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Working Paper: PLURAL FORMS OF ORGANIZATION: WHERE DO WE STAND (2013)
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