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dc.contributor.author | Cordes, Christian | en |
dc.contributor.author | Richerson, Peter J. | en |
dc.contributor.author | McElreath, Richard | en |
dc.contributor.author | Strimling, Pontus | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-01-15 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-05-14T11:16:46Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-05-14T11:16:46Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/31856 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper relates firm size and opportunism by showing that, given certain behavioral dispositions of humans, the size of a profit-maximizing firm can be determined by cognitive aspects underlying firm-internal cultural transmission processes. We argue that what firms do better than markets - besides economizing on transaction costs - is to establish a cooperative regime among its employees that keeps in check opportunism. A model depicts the outstanding role of the entrepreneur or business leader in firm-internal socialization processes and the evolution of corporate cultures. We show that high opportunism-related costs are a reason for keeping firms' size small. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aMax Planck Institute of Economics |cJena | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aPapers on Economics and Evolution |x0618 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D21 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D23 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D01 | en |
dc.subject.jel | M14 | en |
dc.subject.jel | C61 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Theory of the Firm | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Transaction Cost Economics | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Cultural Evolution | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Opportunism | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Cooperation | en |
dc.title | How does opportunistic behavior influence firm size? | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 522545262 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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