Managerial transfers to reduce transaction costs among affiliated firms: Case study of Japanese railway holding companies
| Autor: | Hiroki Sakai, Eri Nakamura, Kenichi Shoji |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Transaction cost
Sociology and Political Science business.industry 020209 energy 05 social sciences 02 engineering and technology Management Monitoring Policy and Law Development Transfer (computing) 0502 economics and business 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Organizational structure Business 050207 economics Business and International Management Human resources Industrial organization |
| Zdroj: | Utilities Policy. 53:102-110 |
| ISSN: | 0957-1787 |
| Popis: | We explore the impact of temporary transfer of managers on the transaction costs among unbundled business units and the important factors to consider while initiating transfers, through a case study of five Japanese railway corporations organized under a holding company structure. Our results suggest that there are very few conflicts and, thus, low transaction costs in the system, as the transferring managers engage in informal communications to align the related business units before the conflicts are actualised. However, there are cases in which other management characteristics such as human resource development programmes and organisational structures, can substitute for managerial transfers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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