“Opportunism is self interest seeking with guile often involving subtle forms of deceit, especially calculated efforts to mislead, distort, disguise, obfuscate, or otherwise confuse. This vastly complicates the problems of economic organisation. Plainly if it were not for opportunism all behaviour could be rule governed”
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Oliver E. Williamson
Oliver E. Williamson is a renowned economist known for his contributions to transaction cost economics and organizational theory. Born on September 27, 1932, he has had a profound impact on the field of economics. more
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