Commemorating Oliver Williamson
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Commemorating Oliver Williamson
| Author | Esther-Mirjam Sent & Annelie L. J. Kroese |
|---|---|
| Published | 2022 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | A journal article, not a book: Sent and Kroese trace Oliver Williamson’s career from vertical integration through the building of transaction cost economics — why an activity ends up inside a firm rather than in a market at all — along with his influences (Hayek, Coase, Simon, Arrow) and the framework’s critics. |
Where I heard about it
- Brendan McCord — on his Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List, March 2026, in the section on Evolution of Institutions and Public Administration, next to Vincent Ostrom: the same governance question on two sides of the public/private line. Full transcription: The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List.
About this edition
The source list prints it as “Oliver Williamson Summary, Cambridge” and links to Commemorating Oliver Williamson, a founding father of transaction cost economics by Esther-Mirjam Sent and Annelie L. J. Kroese, Journal of Institutional Economics 18(2) (online August 2021; in print April 2022).
Connections
- The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List — the curriculum this card came from.
- Ronald Coase — one of the four influences named, and the origin of the transaction-cost question.
- Institutions — the field Williamson’s framework belongs to.
- Economics — transaction cost economics as a research programme.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.