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Oliver Eaton Williamson (September 27, 1932 – May 21, 2020) was an American economist, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, which he shared with Elinor Ostrom. [1]
Oliver E. Williamson The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2009 . Born: 27 September 1932, Superior, WI, USA . Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA . Prize motivation: “for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm” Prize share ...
My dissertation on “The Economics of Discretionary Behavior: Managerial Objectives in a Theory of the Firm” was completed in 1963 and, as a winner in the Ford Foundation dissertation competition, was published by Prentice-Hall the following year.
Oliver E. Williamson. Nobel 2009 | Transaction cost theory: How should firms organize their transactions? Oliver Williamson revolutionized the way economists look at organizations by opening the “black boxes,” a name he gave to the inner working of firms.
May 23, 2020 · Oliver Williamson, a UC Berkeley and Haas School of Business professor for nearly three decades whose elegant framework for analyzing the structure of organizations won him a Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, passed away on May 21, 2020 in Oakland, Calif. at the age of 87. His death followed a period of failing health.
Oliver E. Williamson Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus of Business, Economics, and Organization; Nobel Laureate 2009 (In Memoriam)
PRESENT POSITION. Professor of the Graduate School and Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus of Business, Economics and Law, University of California, Berkeley. EDUCATION. achusetts Institute of Technology, M.B.A., Stanford University, 1960. Ph.D., Carnegie-Mellon University (Economics), 1963. AWARDS, PRIZES, AND FELLOWSHIPS. Honorary Societies.
Oliver E. Williamson, American social scientist who, with Elinor Ostrom, was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences ’for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm.’. Learn more about Williamson’s life and career.
May 27, 2020 · Oliver E. Williamson, an economist whose groundbreaking work on analyzing the structure of organizations was honored with the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, died on May 21 in...
Oliver E. Williamson. Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus of Business, Economics, and Organization, Nobel Laureate 2009. Fields: Economics of institutions, law & economics. Research interests: The lens of contract (private ordering), economics in real time; transaction cost economics, the governance of contractual relations, bureaucracy ...
