Jack A. Nickerson
Washington University in St. Louis
20 Papers
170 Citations
Jack A. Nickerson is an academic researcher from Washington University in St. Louis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Transaction cost & Knowledge transfer. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 20 publications. Previous affiliations of Jack A. Nickerson include University of Washington.
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Papers
Empirical evidence regarding the tension between knowledge sharing and knowledge expropriation in collaborations
Bruce Heiman,Jack A. Nickerson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a joint knowledge-based view/transaction cost economics framework to examine the effects of knowledge attributes of collaborations on governance choice, first directly and then indirectly through the intervening linkages.
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Antecedents and Performance Implications of Contracting for Knowledge Workers: Evidence from Information Technology Services
Kyle J. Mayer,Jack A. Nickerson +1 more
TL;DR: Using a two-stage switching regression model, this analysis shows that projects aligned according to the theory are on average more profitable than misaligned projects and that firm capability impacts organizational choice but not profitability.
Profitability, transactional alignment, and organizational mortality in the u.s. trucking industry
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an analysis of mortality of large motor carriers in the U.S. interstate for-hire trucking industry after deregulation and show increased mortality when firms do not adhere to operating policies consistent with transaction cost minimization principles.
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Market position, resource profile, and governance: linking Porter and Williamson in the context of international courier and small package services in Japan
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a three-stage, reduced-form, endogenous self-selection model to predict a fit among three strategic choices: market position, resource profile, and organizational structure.
Towards Reconciling Transaction Cost Economics and the Knowledge-based View of the Firm: The Context of Interfirm Collaborations
Bruce Heiman,Jack A. Nickerson +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a set of relationships between the knowledge-based view of the firm (KBV) and transaction cost economics (TCE) is presented, which have the potential to reconcile the dispute between the KBV and TCE, where TCE scholars maintain that both behavioural assumptions are needed to explain governance choice.