Oliver Williamson

Education
PhD, Economics, Carnegie Mellon University
MBA, Stanford University
SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Positions Held
At Haas since 1988
2004 – present,  Professor Emeritus of the Graduate School (Economics and Law) and Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus of Business, Haas School of Business
1998 – 2004, Edgar F. Kaiser Professor of Business, Haas School of Business
1988-1998, Professor, Haas School of Business
1988-2004, Professor of the Graduate School (Economics and Law), UC Berkeley
1983 – 1988, Gordon B. Tweedy Professor of Economics of Law and Organization, Yale University
1977 – 1983, Charles and William L. Day Professor of Economics and Social Science, University of Pennsylvania:
1976 – 1983, Director, Center for the Study of Organizational Innovation, University of Pennsylvania
1976 – 1977, Chairperson, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
1971 – 1972, Chairperson, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
1968 – 1983, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
1965 – 1968, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
1963 – 1965, Assistant Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley
External Service and Assignments
- Member: National Academy of Sciences - Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Econometrics Society - Former co-editor, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization - Former president, International Society of New Institutional Economics, Western Economic Association - Former president and member, American Law and Economics Association - Former editor, Bell Journal of Economics - Former Special Economic Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, US Department of Justice

Current Research and Interests
- Economic theories of firms, markets, hybrids, and public agencies - Applications to public policy and to business strategy

Selected Papers and Publications
- “The Economics of Governance.” American Economic Review (2005). - “The Theory of the Firm as Governance Structure.” Journal of Economic Perspectives(2002). - The Mechanisms of Governance. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 1996. (Translated into Italian by Margherita Turvani, and reprinted by Franco Angeli.) - The Economic Institutions of Capitalism: Firms, Markets, Relational Contracting. New York: The Free Press, 1985. (Translated into Spanish by Eduardo L. Suarez, reprinted by Cultura Economica, 1989; translated into Italian by Margherita Turvani, 1987; translated into German and reprinted by J.C.B. Mohr, 1990; translated into Russian by Valery Katkalo et al., published by Lenizdat, 1995; translated into French by Regis Coeurderoy and Emmanuelle Mainant, published by InterEditions, 1994; translated into Polish and published by Polish Scientific Publishers, 1998.) - Markets and Hierarchies: Analysis and Antitrust Implications. New York: The Free Press, 1975. (Translated into Japanese and reprinted by Nippon Hyoronsha Publishing Company, 1980; translated into Spanish by Evangelina Nino de la Silva, reprinted by Cultura Economica; chapter 2 translated into Italian and reprinted in Organizzazione and Mercato, edited by Raoul C.D. Nacamulli and Andrea Rugiadini, 161-186, Bologna, 1985.) - Corporate Control and Business Behavior: An Inquiry into the Effects of Organization Form on Enterprise Behavior. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1970. (Translated into Japanese and reprinted by Maruzen Co., Ltd., 1974.) - The Economics of Discretionary Behavior: Managerial Objectives in a Theory of the Firm. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Press, 1964. (Reprinted by Markham Publishing Co., Chicago, 1967; reprinted by Eurospan Ltd., 1974; translated into Japanese and reprinted by Chikura, 1981; chapter 4 reprinted in Readings of Industrial Economics: Theoretical Foundations, edited by C.K. Rowley, London, 1971.

Honors and Awards
- Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, 2009 - Doctoris Honoris Causa in Economics, Nice University, 2005 - Horst Claus Recktenwald Prize in Economics, 2004 - Doctoris Honoris Causa in Economics, Valencia University, 2004 - Honorary Editor, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2002 - Eminent Scholar of the Fellows of the Academy of International Business, 2002 - Doctoris Honoris Causa in Economics, University of Chile, 2000 - Honorary Doctorate in Economics and Business Administration, Copenhagen Business School, 2000 - John von Neumann Prize, 1999 - Fulbright Distinguished Chair, Siena, Spring 1999 - Doctoris Honoris Causa, Groupe HEC (Paris), 1997 - Doctoris Honoris Causa in Business Administration, St. Petersburg University, Russia, 1997 - Doctoris Honoris Causa in Economics, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, 1995 - Elected to U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1994 - Doctoris Honoris Causa in Economic Science, Groningen University, 1989 - Doctoris Honoris Causa in Economic Science, Hochschule St. Gallen, 1987 - Distinguished Senior US Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, 1987 - Oeconomiae Doctorem Honoris Causa, Ph.D., Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Jubilee Celebration, 1986 - Irwin Award for Scholarly Contributions to Management, Academy of Management, 1988 - 1983 Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in Law and Economics, Miami University - Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1977-1978 - Guggenheim Fellow, 1977-1978