Download or read book Transaction Cost Economics and Beyond written by Michael Dietrich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-01-28 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years transaction cost economics have come to dominate the discussion of the nature and organization of firms. In Transaction Costs Economics and Beyond Michael Dietrich offers a critical exploration of transaction costs. He argues that whilst they have much to offer, they are still an inadequate basis for a general theory of the firm. Drawing on theories of organizational behaviour as well as economics, he concludes by offering a theory of the firm that allows for both hierarchical and creative decision making.