Oliver E. Williamson is a Professor Emeritus of Business, Economics, and Law, Hass Business and Public Policy group, University of California, Berkeley. He focus mainly in Economic theories of firms, markets, hybrids, and public agencies.
See below some recent awards:
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
And some recent 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.)
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