Self-Management and Efficiency - Large Corporations in Yugoslavia

The book, first published in 1983, examined whether the Yugoslavs' extensive implementation of their principle of self-management by small work units was costly in terms of economic efficiency. The author applies to large firms in former Yugoslavia the transactions cost analysis developed by the economist Oliver Williamson.

List of contents

Foreword; Introduction; 1. Divisionalization in Yugoslav Corporations 2. Giant Corporations in Yugoslavia 3. The Theory of Transfer Prices 4. The Efficiency of Divisionalized Corporations 5. Investment Decisions in the Devisionalized Firm 6. Case Studies 7. Divisionalization in Other Socialist Countries 8. Summary; References; Index

About the author

Stephen R. Sacks

Summary

The book, first published in 1983, examined whether the Yugoslavs’ extensive implementation of their principle of self-management by small work units was costly in terms of economic efficiency. The author applies to large firms in former Yugoslavia the transactions cost analysis developed by the economist Oliver Williamson.

Product details

• Authors: Sacks, Stephen R Sacks, Stephen R. Sacks, Sacks Stephen R.
• Assisted by: Stephen R. Sacks (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138309838
• ISBN: 978-1-138-30983-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Employee Ownership and Economic Democracy; Routledge Library Editions: Employee Ownership and Economic Democracy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General