企业起源理论:若干企业史检验

Theories of Firm Origin:Testing Based on Historise of the Firm

本文根据现代工商企业史和有关“分包制”的史料 ,对两种理论进行了检验。结果表明 ,企业起源的交易费用决定论得不到历史证据的支持 ;企业是利用分工合作利益与节约交易费用的组织的假说 ,与企业史提供的证据一致。

In this paper theories of firm origin based on the histories of modern business firms and the “Putting out” will be tested. The results show that (1) the theory that firm aims at economizing transaction costs has not been supported by the histories of the firm and (2) the theory that firm is an organization that can both exploit benefits from division of labor and cooperation and economize tansaction costs is in accord with the histories of the firm.