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 | Oliver E. Williamson |
Education
SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MBA, Stanford University
PhD, Economics, Carnegie Mellon University
Positions Held
At Haas since 1988
2004 - present, Professor Emeritus of the Graduate School (Economics and Law) and Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus of Business, Haas School of Business
1998 - 2004, Edgar F. Kaiser Professor of Business, Haas School of Business
1988-1998, Professor, Haas School of Business
1988-2004, Professor of the Graduate School (Economics and Law), UC Berkeley
1983 - 1988, Gordon B. Tweedy Professor of Economics of Law and Organization, Yale University
1977 - 1983, Charles and William L. Day Professor of Economics and Social Science, University of Pennsylvania:
1976 - 1983, Director, Center for the Study of Organizational Innovation, University of Pennsylvania
1976 - 1977, Chairperson, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
1971 - 1972, Chairperson, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
1968 - 1983, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
1965 - 1968, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
1963 - 1965, Assistant Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley
External Service and Assignments
- Member: National Academy of Sciences
- Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Econometrics Society
- Former co-editor, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization
- Former president, International Society of New Institutional Economics, Western Economic Association
- Former president and member, American Law and Economics Association
- Former editor, Bell Journal of Economics
- Former Special Economic Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, US Department of Justice
Current Research and Interests
- Economic theories of firms, markets, hybrids, and public agencies
- Applications to public policy and to business strategy
Selected Papers and Publications
- "The Economics of Governance." American Economic Review (2005).
- "The Theory of the Firm as Governance Structure." Journal of Economic Perspectives (2002).
- The Mechanisms of Governance. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 1996. (Translated into Italian by Margherita Turvani, and reprinted by Franco Angeli.)
- The Economic Institutions of Capitalism: Firms, Markets, Relational Contracting. New York: The Free Press, 1985. (Translated into Spanish by Eduardo L. Suarez, reprinted by Cultura Economica, 1989; translated into Italian by Margherita Turvani, 1987; translated into German and reprinted by J.C.B. Mohr, 1990; translated into Russian by Valery Katkalo et al., published by Lenizdat, 1995; translated into French by Regis Coeurderoy and Emmanuelle Mainant, published by InterEditions, 1994; translated into Polish and published by Polish Scientific Publishers, 1998.)
- Markets and Hierarchies: Analysis and Antitrust Implications. New York: The Free Press, 1975. (Translated into Japanese and reprinted by Nippon Hyoronsha Publishing Company, 1980; translated into Spanish by Evangelina Nino de la Silva, reprinted by Cultura Economica; chapter 2 translated into Italian and reprinted in Organizzazione and Mercato, edited by Raoul C.D. Nacamulli and Andrea Rugiadini, 161-186, Bologna, 1985.)
- Corporate Control and Business Behavior: An Inquiry into the Effects of Organization Form on Enterprise Behavior. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1970. (Translated into Japanese and reprinted by Maruzen Co., Ltd., 1974.)
- The Economics of Discretionary Behavior: Managerial Objectives in a Theory of the Firm. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Press, 1964. (Reprinted by Markham Publishing Co., Chicago, 1967; reprinted by Eurospan Ltd., 1974; translated into Japanese and reprinted by Chikura, 1981; chapter 4 reprinted in Readings of Industrial Economics: Theoretical Foundations, edited by C.K. Rowley, London, 1971.
Honors and Awards
- Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, 2009
- Doctoris Honoris Causa in Economics, Nice University, 2005
- Horst Claus Recktenwald Prize in Economics, 2004
- Doctoris Honoris Causa in Economics, Valencia University, 2004
- Honorary Editor, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2002
- Eminent Scholar of the Fellows of the Academy of International Business, 2002
- Doctoris Honoris Causa in Economics, University of Chile, 2000
- Honorary Doctorate in Economics and Business Administration, Copenhagen Business School, 2000
- John von Neumann Prize, 1999
- Fulbright Distinguished Chair, Siena, Spring 1999
- Doctoris Honoris Causa, Groupe HEC (Paris), 1997
- Doctoris Honoris Causa in Business Administration, St. Petersburg University, Russia, 1997
- Doctoris Honoris Causa in Economics, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, 1995
- Elected to U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1994
- Doctoris Honoris Causa in Economic Science, Groningen University, 1989
- Doctoris Honoris Causa in Economic Science, Hochschule St. Gallen, 1987
- Distinguished Senior US Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, 1987
- Oeconomiae Doctorem Honoris Causa, Ph.D., Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Jubilee Celebration, 1986
- Irwin Award for Scholarly Contributions to Management, Academy of Management, 1988
- 1983 Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in Law and Economics, Miami University
- Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1977-1978
- Guggenheim Fellow, 1977-1978
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