Table of Contents:
Editor’s Introduction pp. 004 - 005
Foreword pp. 006 - 008
Preface p. 009
Overview pp. 010 - 011
Chapter 1    Behavioral Theory of the Firm pp. 012 - 014
    • Barnard (1938) pp. 015 - 019
    • Simon (1947) pp. 020 - 041
    • March and Simon (1958) pp. 042 - 057
    • Cyert and March (1963) pp. 058 - 065
       Application: Cuban Missile Crisis pp. 066 - 067
    • Simon (1982) pp. 068 - 085
Chapter 2    Transaction Costs Theory pp. 086 - 088
    • Arrow (1974) pp. 089 - 105
    • Coase (1988) pp. 106 - 109
      Application: The Fable of the Bees p. 110
    • Williamson (1975) pp. 111 - 131
    • Williamson (1985) pp. 132 - 144
      Application: Aerospace Industry p. 145
    • Williamson (1996) pp. 146 - 154
      Appendix: Mutual (Sunk-cost Commitment) pp. 155 - 157
Chapter 3    Property Rights Theory pp. 158 - 160
    • Libecap (1989) pp. 161 - 171
    • North (1990) pp. 172 - 179
    • Barzel (1989) pp. 180 - 182
    • Eggertsson (1990) pp. 183 - 186
    • Hart (1995) pp. 187 - 197
      Application: Automobile Industry pp. 198 - 199
Chapter 4    Agency Theory pp. 200 – 205
    • Berle and Means (1932) pp. 206 - 208
    • Pratt and Zeckhauser (1985) pp. 209 - 214
    • Arrow (1985) pp. 215 - 221
      Application: Oil and Gas Industry pp. 222 - 223
    • Appendix: Levinthal (1988) pp. 224 - 233
    • Appendix: Jensen and Meckling (1976) pp. 234 - 236
Chapter 5    Resource-based/Dynamic Capabilities pp. 237 - 239
    • Penrose (1959) pp. 240 - 252
    • Chandler (1990) pp. 253 - 259
    • Itami and Roehl (1987) pp. 260 - 262 
    • Nelson and Winter (1982) pp. 263 – 276
       Applications: RBV and Dynamic Capabilities pp. 277 - 286
    • Trigeorgis (1997) pp. 287 - 295
Applications: Real Options pp. 296 - 298
Chapter 6    The Theoretic Building Blocks of pp. 299 - 306
    Organizational Economics
References: pp. 307 – 329
Biographical Sketch: p. 330