Theory - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Mar 2019
Podcast

31. Integrating Theory into Your Organization: Black Duck by Synopsys

The Disruptive Voice hits the road, heading to BlackDuck by Synopsys headquarters in Burlington, MA. We sit down with Lou Shipley (CEO), Patrick Carey (Director of Product Marketing), and Tim Kenny (VP of Culture) to hear how Competing Against Luck became a company... View Details

November 2006
Background Note

Technical Game Theory Note #5: Private Information and Signaling Models

By: Dennis A. Yao

Discusses private information and signaling. View Details

Keywords: Information; Game Theory

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Educators

1999
Chapter

Theory for Practice: Making Sense of Race Relations in Organizations

By: D. A. Thomas and Karen Proudford

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Race

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February 1994
Article

A Tale of Two Cities: Distinctiveness Theory and Advertising Effectiveness

By: Rohit Deshpandé and D. M. Stayman

Keywords: Advertising

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1997
Working Paper

Making Sense of Race Relations in Organizations: Theories for Practice

By: David A. Thomas and Karen L. Proudford

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Article

'Making Book Against Oneself,' the Independence Axiom, and Non-Linear Utility Theory

By: Jerry R. Green

An individual with known preferences over lotteries can be led to accept random wealth distributions different from his initial endowment by a sequential process in which some uncertainty is resolved and he is offered a new lottery in place of the remaining... View Details

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11 Sep 2023
News

Microsoft, Google and Antitrust: Similar Legal Theories in a Different Era

2004
Book

Seeing What's Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change

By: C. M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony and Erik A Roth

Keywords: Theory; Innovation and Invention; Change; Business Ventures

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2000
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Theories of Gender: A New Approach to Organizational Analysis and Change

By: R. J. Ely and D. E. Meyerson

Keywords: Organizations; Theory; Gender; Change

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A Theory of Predation Based on Agency Problems in Financial Contracting

By: David S. Scharfstein and Patrick Bolton

Keywords: Theory; Problems and Challenges; Finance; Contracts

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2000
Chapter

Resolving the Tension Between Theories E and O of Change

By: Michael Beer and Nitin Nohria

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1987
Chapter

Laboratory Experimentation in Economics, and Its Relation to Economic Theory

By: A. E. Roth

Keywords: Economics; Mathematical Methods

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12 Jul 2020
News

Banker Pay Theory Upended by Harvard Expert in Swedish Study

"Learning Through Noticing: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment"

We consider a model of technological learning under which people "learn through noticing": they choose which input dimensions to attend to and subsequently learn about from available data. Using this model, we show how people with a great deal of experience may... View Details