Associated Scholar Per Bylund writes:
I just got a paper accepted for publication in the journal Managerial and Decision Economics. “Explaining Firm Emergence: Specialization, Transaction Costs, and the Integration Process”
Abstract: This article explains firm emergence and the role of firms in the market structure using the productive power of specialization. Based on productivity efficiencies through technological specialization, a model for firm emergence is drafted alongside Coasean transaction cost theory. I find that transaction costs cannot explain firm emergence but the entrepreneurial specialization perspective here adopted provides a promising approach to understanding the firm’s function to the entrepreneur and its internal organization and capabilities. It suggests a foundational framework for studying the creation of capabilities and the interplay between markets, firms, and entrepreneurs.
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