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July 1999
Comment

Commentary: Finance Theory and Future Trends: The Shift to Integration

By: Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Theory; Finance; Trends; Change; Integration

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Article

Reflections: Toward a Normative and Actionable Theory of Planned Organizational Change and Development

By: Michael Beer

A normative and actionable theory of planned organizational change and development is proposed based on fifty years of engagement by the author as a scholar-consultant. Five principles are central features of the theory and practice proposed: 1) Organizations are... View Details

Keywords: Consultant; Process; Systems; Silence; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Learning; Management Teams

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2020
Working Paper

To Infinity and Beyond: Scaling Economic Theories via Logical Compactness

By: Yannai A. Gonczarowski, Scott Duke Kominers and Ran I. Shorrer

Many economic-theoretic models incorporate finiteness assumptions that, while introduced for simplicity, play a real role in the analysis. Such assumptions introduce a conceptual problem, as results that rely on finiteness are often implicitly nonrobust; for example,... View Details

Keywords: Markets; Analysis; Game Theory

1969
Other Unpublished Work

An Empirical Investigation of the Samuelson Rational Warrant Pricing Theory

By: Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Price

1995
Book

Resource-Based and Evolutionary Theories of the Firm: Towards a Synthesis

By: C. A. Montgomery

Keywords: Business History

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September 1991
Article

A Theory of Workouts and the Effects of Reorganization Law

By: David S. Scharfstein and Robert Gertner

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November 1983
Article

Subjective Probability and the Theory of Games: Some Further Comment

By: A. E. Roth and F. Schoumaker

Keywords: Theory; Games, Gaming, and Gambling

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2017
Article

Making Transparency Transparent: The Evolution of Observation in Management Theory

By: Ethan Bernstein

Observation is key to management scholarship and practice. Yet a holistic view of its role in management has been elusive, in part due to shifting terminology. The current popularity of the term “transparency” provides the occasion for a thorough review, which finds... 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

1999
Chapter

Theory for Practice: Making Sense of Race Relations in Organizations

By: D. A. Thomas and Karen Proudford

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Race

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

2019
Article

Creativity from Paradoxical Experience: A Theory of How Individuals Achieve Creativity while Adopting Paradoxical Frames

By: Goran Calic, Sébastien Hélie, Nick Bontis and Elaine Mosakowski

Purpose: Extant paradox theory suggests that adopting paradoxical frames, which are mental templates adopted by individuals in order to embrace contradictions, will result in superior firm performance. Superior performance is achieved through learning and creativity,... View Details

Keywords: Cognition and Thinking; Creativity; Learning

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October 9, 2014
Article

Clay Christensen's Theories Are Great for Entrepreneurs, but Not Executives

By: Amar Bhidé and Pankaj Ghemawat

Article

Learning Through Noticing: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment

By: Rema Hanna, Sendhil Mullainathan and Joshua Schwartzstein

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

Keywords: Perception; Behavior; Learning

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27 Jan 2014 - 28 Jan 2014
Conference Presentation

Deciding What to Leave Out: Pragmatic Philosophy in Design Theory

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

2011
Other Unpublished Work

Toward a Theory of Overlapping Cultural Repertoires in Global Collaboration

By: Tsedal Neeley, Ryann Elizabeth Manning and Mark Mortensen

1996
Dictionary Entry

Role; Role Ambiguity; Role Distancing; Role Set; and Role Theory

Keywords: Managerial Roles

2002
Report

Technology Strategy: The Theory and Application of the Christensen Model

By: C. M. Christensen and Steven Milunovich

Keywords: Technology; Business Strategy; Disruptive Innovation

21 Dec 2018
Podcast

25. Getting the Categories Right: Applying theories to Venture Capital

Just what is the job of an investor? Forum member Curtis Arledge talks to Nate Redmond, Managing Partner at Alpha Edison, about adapting to changes within Venture Capital and the role of the investor. Nate explains his application of BSSE theories to locating and... View Details

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