Plural Forms of Organization: Where Do We Stand?
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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. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Pantheon-Sorbonne University France
- University of Paris France
- University of Paris France
- Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne France
- French National Centre for Scientific Research France
hybrids, JEL: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q1 - Agriculture/Q.Q1.Q13 - Agricultural Markets and Marketing • Cooperatives • Agribusiness, 330, JEL: P - Economic Systems/P.P1 - Capitalist Systems/P.P1.P13 - Cooperative Enterprises, Organization Theories, JEL: L - Industrial Organization/L.L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing/L.L6.L66 - Food • Beverages • Cosmetics • Tobacco • Wine and Spirits, JEL: M - Business Administration and Business Economics • Marketing • Accounting • Personnel Economics/M.M1 - Business Administration/M.M1.M11 - Production Management, Transactions, JEL: D - Microeconomics/D.D2 - Production and Organizations/D.D2.D23 - Organizational Behavior • Transaction Costs • Property Rights, [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance, decision rights, transaction costs, micro-institutions, Food, Food Industry, property rights, OPRganization theory, [SHS.ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance, Organization
hybrids, JEL: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q1 - Agriculture/Q.Q1.Q13 - Agricultural Markets and Marketing • Cooperatives • Agribusiness, 330, JEL: P - Economic Systems/P.P1 - Capitalist Systems/P.P1.P13 - Cooperative Enterprises, Organization Theories, JEL: L - Industrial Organization/L.L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing/L.L6.L66 - Food • Beverages • Cosmetics • Tobacco • Wine and Spirits, JEL: M - Business Administration and Business Economics • Marketing • Accounting • Personnel Economics/M.M1 - Business Administration/M.M1.M11 - Production Management, Transactions, JEL: D - Microeconomics/D.D2 - Production and Organizations/D.D2.D23 - Organizational Behavior • Transaction Costs • Property Rights, [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance, decision rights, transaction costs, micro-institutions, Food, Food Industry, property rights, OPRganization theory, [SHS.ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance, Organization
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