...Vighneswara Swamy Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the macroeconomic significance of transaction costs in microfinance intermediation and explain how the deposit mobilization and micro lending impact the microfinance transaction costs. It presents some empirical evidence as building...

...Cher‐Hung Tseng; Liang‐Tu Chen Purpose This study aims to investigate the influence of transaction cost (TC) factors and the moderating influence of firm capability factors on the extent of domestic outsourcing of a multinational corporation (MNC) subsidiary. Design/methodology/approach A new...

...David Lamond; Rocky Dwyer; Savita Shankar Purpose Existing literature indicates that transaction costs are a major contributor to high interest rates on microcredit loans. The purpose of the study was to examine the composition of transaction costs to be able to draw implications on how lending...

... as variables that can be influenced by the transaction parties, instead of treating them as data. Design/methodology/approach Transaction cost economics provides the main theoretical foundations. Focusing on seller‐initiated strategy, the paper develops a conceptual framework for shifts between business...