For information on events and activities, go to the committee’s website.
In their “Handbook of Organizational Economics”, Gibbons und Roberts (2013) define Organizational Economics as “… the use of economic logic and methods to understand the existence, nature, design, and performance of organizations, especially managed ones”.
Hence, the Committee for Organizational Economics (which is a joint undertaking of researcher from the fields of Economics and Business Administration) discusses and works on topics such as:
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Within firms: decision making, power, influence activities, culture, human resource management (incentives, recruitment, training), structures and processes (hierarchies, resource allocation, transfer prices)
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Between firms: vertical integration and supply chains, horizontal integration, conglomerates, strategy, contracts, hybrid organizations, alliances, and networks
The main aims of the Committee for Organizational Economics are:
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To develop and to discuss new topics in the field of Organizational Economics
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To reward excellent research in the field of Organizational Economics
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To foster scientific exchange and continuing education of its members in the field of Organizational Economics
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To support, to mentor, and to foster the academic development of young researchers in the field of Organizational Economics
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To support excellence and innovation in teaching as well as outreach to the general public on topics in the field of Organizational Economics