Knowledge-based approaches to the theory of the firm: Some critical comments

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Foss, NJ
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.7.5.470
• 发表日期: 1996
• 页码: 470-476
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE; existence and boundaries of the firm

摘要

It is argued that Kogut and Zander (1992) and Conner (1991) erred in the specific way in which they claimed that a distinct theory of the multi-person firm can be constructed on the basis of a theory of organizational knowledge or from resource-based insights. It is not possible to tell very much of a story about why there should be firms in lieu of notions such as ''opportunism'' or ''moral hazard.'' However, properly interpreted, knowledge-based theories may help shed light on issues relating to the boundaries and internal organization of the firm.