Communication Research: Transaction Cost Theory

Transaction Cost Theory ¶

Different forms of economics organizations such as
- market
- hierarchical
- clans
are the result of transaction costs.
Transaction costs generally refers to costs involving other than manufacturing products. For example,
- gathering information
- evaluating alternative options
- negotiating
- contracting
- physical transactions of objects
These costs occur due to the complexity and uncertainty of economic system, which is a big argument against "rational choice" model of economic system.
Such statuses are consequences of unequal distribution of information between economic actors involved in the transaction.
Therefore, organizational forms are the result of managing uncertainties.

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Software Development Strategy: A Practical Application of Transaction Cost Economics

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