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cional (ou <strong>de</strong> Pareto), mas estaria <strong>em</strong> acordo com o exercício <strong>de</strong> po<strong>de</strong>r. Se assim o foi,<br />

"both costs and benefits of resource allocation will have increased with the shift from<br />

putting-out to factory, but the latter to a greater extent than the former. [...] Transaction<br />

cost reasoning, by itself, is only relevant to the ex post situation when the <strong>em</strong>bezzl<strong>em</strong>ent<br />

probl<strong>em</strong> (the previously stolen materials) has been r<strong>em</strong>oved" (ibid.). 139<br />

Não obstante, vale notar que Dietrich, na maior parte <strong>de</strong> seu trabalho, parece<br />

preocupar-se com o uso do po<strong>de</strong>r principalmente numa instância <strong>de</strong> troca, ou seja, po<strong>de</strong>r<br />

monopólico nas relações entre firmas (DIETRICH, 1993, p. 184, e 1994, p. 42). 140 Já<br />

WILLIAMSON (1994) parece voltar-se para as instâncias <strong>de</strong> produção e distribuição ao<br />

rechaçar o conhecido argumento <strong>de</strong> ALCHIAN e DEMSETZ (1972) 141 pelo qual as<br />

relações <strong>de</strong>ntro <strong>de</strong> uma hierarquia não são diferentes daquelas presentes no mercado.<br />

Williamson afirma (p. 325): "The argument that the firm 'has no power of fiat, no<br />

authority, no disciplinary action any different in the slightest <strong>de</strong>gree from ordinary market<br />

contracting' (A. Alchian and H. D<strong>em</strong>setz, 1972, p. 777) is exactly wrong: firms can and do<br />

exercise fiat that markets cannot." 142 Isso, entretanto, não exime Williamson das críticas<br />

quanto à <strong>de</strong>sconsi<strong>de</strong>ração do po<strong>de</strong>r <strong>em</strong> qualquer instância por motivos "operacionais."<br />

139 Vale também apresentar o que diz MARGLIN (1974, p. 29 - grifo no original):<br />

"discipline and supervision could and did reduce costs without being technologicaly superior." Isso<br />

é obtido da seguinte forma (p. 36): "Disciplining the work force meant a larger output in return for<br />

a greater input of labour, not more output for the same input. Supervising - insofar as it meant<br />

something different from disciplining - the work force simply reduced the real wage; an end to<br />

<strong>em</strong>bezzl<strong>em</strong>ent and like <strong>de</strong>ceits changed the division of the pie in favour of capitalist".<br />

140 Embora não seja sinônimo <strong>de</strong> relações <strong>de</strong> autorida<strong>de</strong>, hierarquia ou influência, e sim, no<br />

aspecto econômico, uma certa habilida<strong>de</strong> <strong>de</strong> um indivíduo ou grupo <strong>em</strong> dirigir recursos <strong>de</strong> uma<br />

certa forma, mesmo diante <strong>de</strong> interesses contrários ou mesmo oposição <strong>de</strong> outros (DIETRICH,<br />

1994, p. 184).<br />

141 "Telling an <strong>em</strong>ployee to type this letter rather than to file that document is like my telling<br />

a grocer to sell me this brand of tuna rather than that brand of bread" (ALCHIAN e DEMSETZ,<br />

1972, p. 777).<br />

142 Neste ponto é interessante notar que HODGSON (1988, p. 199) vê <strong>em</strong> tal afirmação um<br />

avanço da TCT com relação à idéia do nexo <strong>de</strong> contratos: "One reason why the work of Oliver<br />

Williamson and his followers is superior do that of Alchian and D<strong>em</strong>setz is that a distinction<br />

between market and non-market institutions is firmly upheld. Instead of the firm being, in essence,<br />

a market, there is a 'creative tension' between markets and hierarchic organizations such as the<br />

capitalist firm [...]. The <strong>em</strong>ployment relation is said to be different from the grocer-consumer<br />

relation because <strong>em</strong>ployees have unique personal skills which are not completely known in<br />

advance".<br />

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