Managing Business Transactions: Controlling the Cost of Coordinating, Communicating, and Decision MakingFree Press, 1990 - 181 oldal Every day managers perform thousands of transactions without closely calculating their cost. Such costs can easily become a burden if left unmanaged. Using such examples as the decision over whether to manufacture inputs or contract them out, this book aims to show managers how to incorporate all costs into the decision-making process. |
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... HOSTAGES " One method of assuring performance is to offer a ' bostage ” —a valuable asset which will be forfeit if a contract or agreement is not honored . If the hostage is chosen correctly , then it is possible to obtain efficient ...
... HOSTAGES " One method of assuring performance is to offer a ' bostage ” —a valuable asset which will be forfeit if a contract or agreement is not honored . If the hostage is chosen correctly , then it is possible to obtain efficient ...
32. oldal
... hostage for guaranteeing performance is a stream of quasirents associated with some fixed investment in a transac- tion . This stream of quasirents will be lost if the relationship between the two firms is broken , so it serves as a hostage ...
... hostage for guaranteeing performance is a stream of quasirents associated with some fixed investment in a transac- tion . This stream of quasirents will be lost if the relationship between the two firms is broken , so it serves as a hostage ...
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... hostages of just this sort is common when firms want to convince consumers of the quality of their products . Mandatory ... hostage , the license . Buyers of computer chips sometimes impose this requirement . It is aimed at preventing a ...
... hostages of just this sort is common when firms want to convince consumers of the quality of their products . Mandatory ... hostage , the license . Buyers of computer chips sometimes impose this requirement . It is aimed at preventing a ...
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Make or Buy? | 3 |
Buying Complex Products | 23 |
Structuring Employment Agreements | 47 |
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