%0 Report
        %A Schlicht, Ekkehart
        %T Consistency in Organization
        %D 2003
        %8 2003 Feb
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 718
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp718
        %X Recent thinking has emphasized the importance of consistency in a firm’s compensation
policy. By starting from Williamson’s ideas about idiosyncratic exchange, this view can be
supplied with some theoretical foundation. At the same time, the consistency view can be
applied to a number of organizational issues. It sheds new light on some Williamsonian
themes, like the boundaries of the firm or the attenuation of incentives within firms.
        %K attenuation of incentives
%K Williamson's puzzle
%K theory of the firm
%K command
%K routines
%K centralization paradox