Publications

Educators

Purchase

11 Jan 2014
Conference Presentation

Towards a Contingency Theory of Enterprise Risk Management

By: Anette Mikes

April 2006
Teaching Note

The Capital Structure Decision - Underlying Theory (TN)

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Keywords: Capital Structure

Purchase

2005
Working Paper

The Cycles of Theory Building in Management Research

By: Paul R. Carlile and Clayton M. Christensen

2000
Working Paper

Future Possibilities in Finance Theory and Finance Practice

By: Robert C. Merton

12 Jul 2016
News

Prof. Howard Raiffa, Giant in Game Theory and Decision Analysis, Dies at 92

March 2005
Article

What Theories Do Audiences Want? Exploring the Demand Side

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Keywords: Theory

2021
Working Paper

Impact Investing: A Theory of Financing Social Enterprises

By: Benjamin N. Roth

I present a model of financing social enterprises to delineate the role of impact investors relative to “pure” philanthropists. I characterize the optimal scale and structure of a social enterprise when financed by grants, and when financed by investments. Impact... View Details

Keywords: Impact Investing; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Investment; Mathematical Methods

Video

Victor Ray presents "A Theory of Racialized Organizations"

2015
Working Paper

Coactive Vicarious Learning: Towards a Relational Theory of Vicarious Learning in Organizations

By: Christopher G. Myers

Vicarious learning—a process of individual belief and behavior change that occurs through being exposed to, and making meaning of, another's experience—has long been recognized as a key driver of individual, team and organizational success. Yet existing perspectives on... View Details

Keywords: Organizations; Learning

November 2000
Article

A Buy-Side Model of M&A Lockups: Theory and Evidence

By: Guhan Subramanian and John C. Coates

Keywords: Theory; Mergers and Acquisitions

1972
Chapter

The Foundation and Current State of Capital Market Theory

By: Michael C. Jensen

Keywords: Capital Markets; Theory

2014
Working Paper

The Unfairness Trap: A Key Missing Factor in the Economic Theory of Discrimination

By: Jordan I. Siegel, Naomi Kodama and Hanna Halaburda

Prior evidence linking increased female representation in management to corporate performance has been surprisingly mixed, due in part to data limitations and methodological difficulties, and possibly to omission of a fairness factor in the economic theory of... View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Fairness; Performance Productivity; Gender; Japan

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

Educators

January 2006
Article

The Ongoing Process of Building a Theory of Disruption

By: Clayton M. Christensen

Keywords: Theory; Disruption

September/December 1994
Article

Management Accounting (1984-1994): Development of New Practice and Theory

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Keywords: History; Practice; Theory; Accounting

Article

Power Imbalance, Mutual Dependence and Constraint Absorption: A Closer Look at Resource Dependence Theory

By: Tiziana Casciaro and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski

Despite ubiquitous references to Pfeffer and Salancik's classic volume, The External Control of Organizations, resource dependence theory is more of an appealing metaphor than a foundation for testable empirical research. We argue that several ambiguities in the... View Details

Keywords: Power and Influence; Theory