TY - BOOK AU - Lazega,Emmanuel AU - Favereau,Olivier TI - Conventions and structures in economic organization: markets, networks, and hierarchies SN - 1840645105 AV - HB99.5 .C655 2002 U1 - 330 22 PY - 2002/// CY - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, Mass. PB - Edward Elgar KW - Evolutionary economics KW - Economics KW - Sociological aspects KW - Institutional economics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This book contributes to the current rapprochement between economics and sociology. It examines the fact that individuals use rules and interdependencies to forward their own interests, while living in social environments where everyone does the same. The authors argue that to construct durable organizations and viable markets, they need to be able to handle both. However, thus far, economists and sociologists have not been able to reconcile the relationship between these two types of constraints on economic activity ER -