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Empirical Research in Transaction Cost Economics: A Review and Assessment
(Yale University Press, 1995-09)
This Article summarizes and assesses the growing body of empirical research in transaction cost economics (TCE). Originally an explanation for the scale and scope of the firm, TCE is used to study a variety of economic relationships, ranging from...
Missouri's economy : MU's impact on Missouri's economy
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1992)
"Beyond teaching, research and service, MU is a vital economic force."--Table of contents for issue....
Economic Calculation and the Limits of Organization
(Ludwig Von Mises Institute, 1996)
This paper highlights some distinctive Austrian contributions to the theory of the firm, contributions that have been largely neglected, both inside and outside the Austrian literature. In particular, Mises's concept of economic calculation...
MU Alumni Association honors faculty and alumni
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1994)
"In recognition of outstanding service and accomplishments, the MU Alumni Association honored recipients of the 26th annual Faculty-Alumni Awards Oct. 22 at the Donald W. Reynolds Alumni and Visitor Center."--Page 54...
Our role and scope : cover story
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1990)
"The University of Missouri-Columbia is Missouri's premier public research institution--bolstering the state's economy, enhancing the citizenry's quality of life and offering superior undergraduate, graduate and professional education to high...
Designing a Farm Résumé
(University Extension, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1999-05)
A farm resume is much like a resume for employment in that it highlights your qualifications to do a job. A farm resume can help tenants to be creative in selling their services. Young farmers, in particular, can benefit ...
Beginning to Inform the Theory of the Cooperative Firm: Emergence of the New Generation Cooperative
(Association for Business Administration Studies, 1999-04)
The objective of this paper is threefold: 1) to introduce the recent emergence of a nontraditional form of collective action in rural United States, 2) to explore the path-dependent institutional environment from which ...
Contracts and the Institutional Environment for Electricity Reform
(Elsevier, 1999-12)
Recent law and economics literature suggests that courts and administrative agencies should allow utilities to renegotiate supply contracts signed prior to restructuring, as an attractive alternative to continued regulatory oversight or possible...
Entrepreneurship and Corporate Governance
(Transaction Publishers, 1999)
research on the firm. The subsequent section proposes entrepreneurship and economic calculation as building blocks for an Austrian theory of the firm. Finally, after a brief review of capital-market behavior and the disciplinary role of takeovers, I outline...
Big business benefits from MU CEOs
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1991)
"Top corporations profit from leaders who got their start at MU. Here's a profile of some of the best CEOs around the nation who account for their companies' success."--Table of contents for issue....
For kids' sake : researchers at MU tackle family issues.
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1994)
"Missouri ranks 34th in overall child well-being, but MU's record of working on children's issues leads the way in trying to solve family concerns."--Table of contents for issue....
Extension Education and Unbiased Research
(1994-10)
Discusses an Extension educator's role in the community, especially when faced with the situation that research conflicts with grassroots beliefs.
Pulling of big changes
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1995)
Higher education is resistant to change, you say? Maybe elsewhere, but not here. Fast and focused change is setting MU apart from other public research universities....
Father knew best
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1998)
This story is about MU's new chancellor as of Nov. 14, 1997: Richard Wallace. (Supplied by cataloger)...
The Role of Management Behavior in Agricultural Cooperatives
(American Institute of Cooperation, 1994)
Mintzburg's managerial working role model is used to explore the ways roles and behavior of the general manager of a user-oriented firm differ from those of the manager of an investor-owned firm (lOF). It is argued that, ...
Still truckin'
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1998)
Instead of truckin' to Columbia for treatment, infant Beau Hoover's Milan, MO., physicians consulted MU experts long distance by telecommunications hookup in order to treat him. This telecommunication shows how rural medicine is changing. (Supplied...
Alumni group sponsors celebration highlighting the silver anniversary of black student leadership
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1993)
"For 25 years, the Legion of Black Collegians has helped create a multicultural atmosphere at MU. To commemorate LBC's achievements, the Black Alumni Organization is sponsoring a yearlong celebration of the black experience at MU." --Page 14...
World class : the art of the July monarchy
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1990)
"The most ambitious exhibit ever staged by MU's Museum of Art and Archaeology, the collection is the first in the world to showcase French art during the same time period the University of Missouri was being founded."--Table of contents for issue....
The Effect of the Designated Hitter Rule on Hit Batsmen: Pitcher's Moral Hazard or the Team's Cost-Benefit Calculation?: A Comment
(Oxford University Press, 1998-10)
Goff, Shughart and Tollison [1997] attribute the American League's higher hit-batsman rate since 1973 to moral hazard: pitchers who no longer bat no longer face retaliation. We argue that retaliation is more efficiently ...
Missouri Crop-Share Leasing Patterns
(University Extension, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1999-07)
This guide focuses on one specific rental agreement, the crop-share lease. This guide uses producer survey information to determine how tenants and landowners share the costs of production under 50-50 and 2/3-1/3 lease ...