The Legal Nature of the Firm and the Myth of the Firm-Market Hybrid

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Corporate social responsibility and employee engagement: The moderating role of CSR‐specific relative autonomy and individualism (2018, background): “Consistent with past research (Hodgson, 2002), we interpret the term “firm” in a broad manner to encompass any type of business organization, be it for‐profit or not‐for‐profit.”
Legal Institutionalism: Capitalism and the Constitutive Role of Law (2017, background): “7 The importance of the legal nature of the firm is recognized by Masten (1991), Phillips (1994), Blair (1999, 2003), Iwai (1999), Hodgson (2002), Hansmann, Kraakman and Squire (2006), Gindis (2007, 2009), Iacobucci and Triantis (2007), Spulber (2009), Robé (2011), and Deakin (2012).”
Hybrid Modes of Organization. Alliances, Joint Ventures, Networks, and Other 'Strange' Animals (2013, background): “…from markets (asset specificity, uncertainty, frequncy) provide adequate tools to understand the existence and properties of hybrids (Powell, 1996; Hodgson, 2002).17 Nevertheless, TCE has inspired a huge empirical literature (see the next sub-section), partly oriented towards enriching the…”
The Economics of Hybrid Organizations (2004, background): “From the opposite side of the fence, Hodgson (2002) reached a similar conclusion, emphasizing the confusion that the concept of hybrid would generate.”