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dc.contributor.authorCordes, Christianen
dc.contributor.authorRicherson, Peter J.en
dc.contributor.authorMcElreath, Richarden
dc.contributor.authorStrimling, Pontusen
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-15-
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-14T11:16:46Z-
dc.date.available2010-05-14T11:16:46Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/31856-
dc.description.abstractThis paper relates firm size and opportunism by showing that, given certain behavioral dispositions of humans, the size of a profit-maximizing firm can be determined by cognitive aspects underlying firm-internal cultural transmission processes. We argue that what firms do better than markets - besides economizing on transaction costs - is to establish a cooperative regime among its employees that keeps in check opportunism. A model depicts the outstanding role of the entrepreneur or business leader in firm-internal socialization processes and the evolution of corporate cultures. We show that high opportunism-related costs are a reason for keeping firms' size small.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aMax Planck Institute of Economics |cJenaen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aPapers on Economics and Evolution |x0618en
dc.subject.jelD21en
dc.subject.jelD23en
dc.subject.jelD01en
dc.subject.jelM14en
dc.subject.jelC61en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordTheory of the Firmen
dc.subject.keywordTransaction Cost Economicsen
dc.subject.keywordCultural Evolutionen
dc.subject.keywordOpportunismen
dc.subject.keywordCooperationen
dc.titleHow does opportunistic behavior influence firm size?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn522545262en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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