Author: Oliver E. Williamson

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My initial thoughts of becoming a lawyer changed in high school as I became more attracted to math and science and began talking about being an engineer.

My initial thoughts of becoming a lawyer changed in high school as I became more attracted to math and science and began talking about being an engineer.

- Oliver E. Williamson

My first jobs after graduation in 1955 were as a project engineer for G.E. and later with the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., where I met and married my wife, Dolores Celini.

My first jobs after graduation in 1955 were as a project engineer for G.E. and later with the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., where I met and married my wife, Dolores Celini.

- Oliver E. Williamson

Teaching can be learning, especially if student curiosity with the question 'What's going on here?' can be elicited.

Teaching can be learning, especially if student curiosity with the question 'What's going on here?' can be elicited.

- Oliver E. Williamson

Ronald Coase, in his classic 1937 paper on 'The Nature of the Firm,' was the first to bring the concept of transaction costs to bear on the study of firm and market organization.

Ronald Coase, in his classic 1937 paper on 'The Nature of the Firm,' was the first to bring the concept of transaction costs to bear on the study of firm and market organization.

- Oliver E. Williamson

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