The division of labor, coordination costs, and knowledge

Becker, G. S., & Murphy, K. M. (1992). The division of labor, coordination costs, and knowledge. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 107(4), 1137-1160.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1992

Volume

107

Issue

4

Pages

1137-1160

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https://doi.org/10.2307/2118383matched

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• Specialization
  • Becker and Murphy (1992) made this precise by arguing that the division of labor is limited not only by the extent of the market but by the cost of coordinating specialists, so that specialization and coordination scale together as a coupled pair.

    This sourceArgues that the division of labor is limited not only by market extent but by the cost of coordinating specialists, so specialization and coordination scale together.

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