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Title: Internal and external factors on firms’ transfer pricing decisions: insights from organization studies
Authors: Li, Dan
Ferreira, Manuel Portugal
Keywords: theory;value;transfer pricing;intra-firm flows;multidivisional firm
Issue Date: 2008
Publisher: Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra
Abstract: Bem compreendidos em economia, contabilidade, finanças e direito, os preços de transferência raramente foram explorados na literatura de gestão. Este artigo explora algumas explicações teóricas sobre os preços de tranferência pelas empresas multidivisionais, captando elementos de vários teorias organizacionais – principalmente, teoria institucional, teoria dos custos de transacção, e redes relacionais – para desenvolver um modelo conceptual sobre os preços de transferência. Este modelo foca a natureza das transferências internas das empresas multidivisionais, e os ambientes sociais interno e externo. Realçamos a importânica dos preços de transferência como uma dimensão estratégica essencial para compreender os fluxos internos à empresa e os custos lhes associados.
Si les prix de transfert ont bien été interprétés en économie, comptabilité, finances et droit, ils n’ont été que très rarement exploités dans la littérature de gestion. Cet article exploite quelques explications théoriques sur les prix de transfert de la part des entreprises multidivisionnaires, en empruntant des éléments de plusieurs théories organisationnelles – notamment, la théorie institutionnelle, la théorie des coûts de transaction et les réseaux relationnels – pour développer un modèle conceptuel concernant les prix de transfert. Ce modèle se focalise sur la nature des transferts internes des entreprises multidivionnaires ainsi que sur le climat social tant sur le plan interne que sur le plan externe. Nous soulignons l’importance des prix de transfert comme une dimension stratégique essentielle afin de comprendre les flux internes au sein de l’entreprise ainsi que les coûts qui en résultent.
Well understood in economics, accounting, finance, and legal research, transfer pricing has rarely been comprehensively explored in organization management literature. This paper explores some theoretical explanations of transfer pricing within multidivisional firms drawing insights from various organizational theories – primarily institutional theory, transaction cost economics, and social networks – to develop a conceptual model of transfer pricing. This model focuses on the nature of multidivisional firms’ internal transfers, internal and external technological environments, and internal and external social environments. We highlight the importance of transfer pricing as a key strategic dimension to understand intra-firm flows and their associated costs. Keywords: theory, value, transfer pricing; intra-firm flows, multidivisional firm.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/26050
ISSN: 2183-203X
DOI: 10.14195/2183-203X_27_2
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