“Make-or-buy” in movies: Integration and ex-post renegotiation

The Nature of the Firm

Ronald H. Coase · Economica · 1937 · 23.4K citations · Full text

Management, Strategic Management, Strategy +10

Transaction-Cost Economics: The Governance of Contractual Relations

Oliver E. Williamson · The Journal of Law and Economics · 1979 · 10.1K citations

Business, Contract Law, Economics +13

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Business, Business Economics, Contract Law +16

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Business, Business Economics, Economics +14

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Business, Business Economics, Economics +16