The Economics Of Organization And Coordination

An Introduction

Peter-J Jost

Peter-J. Jost, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Germany

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Description
This book provides a comprehensive economic approach for the analysis of organizational structure. It considers the parallels of coordination within firms, coordination between firms and market coordination and offers an economic analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of various instruments of coordination. Looking at examples in the practical world, it provides individual concepts and insights on an economic approach to organization.

Contents
Contents: Preface Part I: Organizations and the Role of Coordination 1. Economic Organizations and their Architecture 2. The Analysis of the Coordination Problem Part II: Coordinating Economic Activities: From Markets to Hierarchies 3. The Efficiency of Markets 4. The Analysis of Transactions Part III: Hierarchies as a Coordination Mechanism 5. Basic Forms of Hierarchical Coordination 6. Organizational Structures Bibliography Index