Oliver Williamson:Professor Emeritus of Business, Economics, and Law
Haas Business and Public Policy Group
510-642-8697
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Academic Status: On duty
Office Hours: Thursdays 2-3 p.m. or by appointment, F434
Personal Homepage: http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/bpp/oew/
Curriculum Vitae
Education
SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MBA, Stanford University
PhD, Economics, Carnegie Mellon University
Positions Held
At Haas since 1988
2004 – present, Professor of the Graduate School and Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus of Business, Economics and Law
1998 – 2004, Edgar F. Kaiser Professor of Business, Economics and Law, Haas School of Business
1983 – 1988, Gordon B. Tweedy Professor of Economics of Law and Organization, Yale University
1977 – 1983, Charles and William L. Day Professor of Economics and Social Science, University of Pennsylvania:
1976 – 1983, Director, Center for the Study of Organizational Innovation, University of Pennsylvania
1976 – 1977, Chairperson, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
1971 – 1972, Chairperson, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
1968 – 1983, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
1965 – 1968, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
1963 – 1965, Assistant Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley
External Service and Assignments
* Member: National Academy of Sciences
* Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Econometrics Society
* Former co-editor, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization
* Former president, International Society of New Institutional Economics, Western Economic Association
* Former president and member, American Law and Economics Association
* Former editor, Bell Journal of Economics
* Former Special Economic Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, US Department of Justice
Current Research and Interests
* Economic theories of firms, markets, hybrids, and public agencies
* Applications to public policy and to business strategy
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.)
* Markets and Hierarchies: Analysis and Antitrust Implications. New York: The Free Press, 1975. (Translated into Japanese and reprinted by Nippon Hyoronsha Publishing Company, 1980; translated into Spanish by Evangelina Nino de la Silva, reprinted by Cultura Economica; chapter 2 translated into Italian and reprinted in Organizzazione and Mercato, edited by Raoul C.D. Nacamulli and Andrea Rugiadini, 161-186, Bologna, 1985.)
* Corporate Control and Business Behavior: An Inquiry into the Effects of Organization Form on Enterprise Behavior. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1970. (Translated into Japanese and reprinted by Maruzen Co., Ltd., 1974.)
* The Economics of Discretionary Behavior: Managerial Objectives in a Theory of the Firm. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Press, 1964. (Reprinted by Markham Publishing Co., Chicago, 1967; reprinted by Eurospan Ltd., 1974; translated into Japanese and reprinted by Chikura, 1981; chapter 4 reprinted in Readings of Industrial Economics: Theoretical Foundations, edited by C.K. Rowley, London, 1971.
Honors and 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
* Fulbright Distinguished Chair, Siena, Spring 1999
* Doctoris Honoris Causa, Groupe HEC (Paris), 1997
* Doctoris Honoris Causa in Business Administration, St. Petersburg University, Russia, 1997
* Doctoris Honoris Causa in Economics, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, 1995
* Elected to U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1994
* Doctoris Honoris Causa in Economic Science, Groningen University, 1989
* Doctoris Honoris Causa in Economic Science, Hochschule St. Gallen, 1987
* Distinguished Senior US Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, 1987
* Oeconomiae Doctorem Honoris Causa, Ph.D., Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Jubilee Celebration, 1986
* Irwin Award for Scholarly Contributions to Management, Academy of Management, 1988
* 1983 Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in Law and Economics, Miami University
* Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1977-1978
* Guggenheim Fellow, 197
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