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14.282 Organizational Economics | Economics

This course in organizational economics prepares doctoral students for further study in the field. The course introduces the classic papers and some recent research. The material is organized into the following modules: boundaries of the firm, employment in organizations, decision-making in organizations, and structures and processes in organizations. Each class session covers a few leading papers. This course was joint-taught between faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. The Harvard course is Economics 2670 Organizational Economics.

Keywords:: business cases, classic evidence, job assignment, formal theories, evidence on contracts, Industrial Organization, contracting between firms, Organizational Behavior, corporate capital, authority, Microeconomics, skill development, politics, relational contracts, language, organizational structure, conglomerates, networks, employment systems, influence, organizational economics, firm, leadership, performance pay, decision processes, hierarchical models, corporate governance, power, incentives, corporate strategy

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Business / Economics

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
Author:: Gibbons, Robert
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: Graduate School
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Language:: English
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