不确定性、知识创新与企业的性质——对科斯“企业的性质”理论逻辑的再审视

Uncertainty, Knowledge Innovation andthe Nature of the Firm:——A Logical Review of Coase's Theory of the Firm Nature

根据科斯主张的从不确定性出发探讨企业本质的思路,对不确定性作出了新的三类别区分,并重新审视了科斯企业理论在该三类不确定性下的逻辑。研究显示,在第一、二类不确定性即奈特区分的风险与不确定性下,科斯企业理论存有逻辑漏洞,而在对未来完全无知的第三类不确定性下,行为人为实现知识创新能力的动态最大化而选择在亚经济体规模上共享知识时,也将导致企业组织形态的出现。逻辑分析还表明,后一种非交易成本逻辑的企业理论较科斯的企业理论更具根本性。

Following Coase＇s thought of constructing theory of the firm from uncertainty, this paper differentiates three types of uncertainty and respectively examines the logical of Coase＇s theory. Research shows that Coase＇s theory has a logical flaw under the first and the second kinds of uncertainty, and under the third kind, firm is the optimal organization form of maximizing the dynamic knowledge innovation ability. The logic analysis also indicates that the last theory of the firm without transaction cost idea is more foundamental than Coase＇s theory.