What Can Management Scholars and Economists Teach Each Other About Interorganizational Governance?

Abstract

Management scholars and economists have a common interest in the governance of interorganizational relationships. However, the literatures on the subject in each field are largely siloed. While the management literature has drawn on transaction cost economics, it has not drawn on the economics literature on relational contracts. Similarly, the economics literature has largely ignored the management literature on interorganizational relationships. While such silos are of course common, this symposium is an effort at cross fertilization. It brings together prominent scholars from management and economics who are familiar with literatures in both areas, and are interested in exploring ways in which scholars in the two areas can learn from the other.