The Information Costs of Organization: NLP Measures of Decision Making Capacity
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https://doi.org/10.33423/jabe.v23i2.4105Keywords:
business, economics, Decision Making Capacity, NLP Measures, Coase’s puzzle, economic organizationAbstract
Coase’s puzzle of economic organization asks why can’t a larger firm do everything a smaller firm can do and more. Most studies underrepresent problems in decision making capacities which have been difficult to quantify. This study corroborates a more complete theory of firm using applications from natural language processing and information theory. Probit models regress an explanatory variable from textual analysis over annual reports against a discrete measure of organizational boundaries from financial disclosures. These estimates provide a cost calculus for organizing a marginal transaction internally or through markets, offering further implications for policy and managerial practice.
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2021-05-11
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Histen , M. . (2021). The Information Costs of Organization: NLP Measures of Decision Making Capacity . Journal of Applied Business and Economics, 23(2). https://doi.org/10.33423/jabe.v23i2.4105
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