Governance structure and transaction cost: relationship between strategy and asset specificity

• Main Authors: Christian Luiz da Silva, Maria Sylvia M. Saes
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2007-12-01
• Series: Nova Economia
• Subjects: governance structure; transaction cost; strategies
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-63512007000300004&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt

This article presents a theoretical discussion of the determining factors of governance structures, using the transaction cost approach. The coexistence of distinct structures in the same production chain, whose assets show no difference in terms of specificity, is a problematic challenge for transaction cost economics, since it predicts a convergence towards the most efficient structures. The research is pure and explanatory and seeks to identify the determining or contributing variables to the occurrence of the phenomena. Thus, the research source is documental, encompassing the literature discussing the relation between governance structure and transaction cost.