...Herman Belgraver; Ernst Verwaal; Antonio J. Verdú‐Jover Purpose Prior research from transaction costs economics argued that central firms perform better because they have superior access to information to discipline their alliance partners. Central firms may also, however, face higher costs...

... Business process outsourcing Efficiency Absorptive capacity Exploitation Transaction cost economics The traditional “make or buy” decision has given way to a more complex strategic decision in which firms have a myriad of alternatives from which to choose. Business process outsourcing (BPO) has...

... length. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only The purpose of this paper is to adapt research conducted on subclinical psychopaths and Machiavellians to conceptualise false agents in transaction cost economics (TCE). Both opportunism...