15. Hierarchies and the Division of Labor

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Foundations
6. 1. Complementarity in Organizations 11
7. 2. Economic Theories of Incentives in Organizations 56
8. 3. Property Rights 100
9. 4. Transaction Cost Economics 159
10. Part II. Methods
11. 5. Clinical Papers in Organizational Economics 193
12. 6. Experimental Organizational Economics 213
13. 7. Insider Econometrics 263
14. Part III. Within Firms: Individuals and Groups
15. 8. Employment as an Economic and a Social Relationship 315
16. 9. Authority in Organizations 342
17. 10. Decisions in Organizations 373
18. 11. Leadership and Corporate Culture 432
19. 12. Personnel Economics 479
20. 13. Theory and Evidence in Internal Labor Markets 520
21. Part IV. Within Firms: Structures and Processes
22. 14. Technological Innovation and Organizations 575
23. 15. Hierarchies and the Division of Labor 604
24. 16. Internal Capital Markets 655
25. 17. What Do Managers Do? 680
26. 18. Corporate Governance 732
27. 19. Incentives in Hierarchies 764
28. 20. Strategy and Organization 799
29. Part V. Between Firms
30. 21. Vertical Integration and Market Structure 853
31. 22. Ownership and Organizational Form 891
32. 23. Contracts between Legal Persons 918
33. 24. Inter-Firm Contracts 958
34. 25. Relational Incentive Contracts 1014
35. 26. Hybrid Modes of Organization 1066
36. Part VI. Beyond Firms
37. 27. Corruption 1109
38. 28. Delegation, Control, and the Study of Public Bureaucracy 1148
39. Name Index 1183
40. Subject Index 1203