Publications

2017
Article

The Energizing Nature of Work Engagement: Toward a New Need-Based Theory of Work Motivation

By: Paul Green, Eli Finkel, Grainne Fitzsimons and Francesca Gino

We present theory suggesting that experiences at work that meet employees’ expectations of need fulfillment drive work engagement. Employees have needs (e.g., a desire to be authentic) and they also have expectations for how their job or their organization will fulfill... View Details

Keywords: Needs; Motivation; Work Engagement; Disengagement; Authenticity; Self-Expression; Employees; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Human Needs

1988
Book

The Essential Alfred Chandler: Essays Toward a Historical Theory of Big Business

Keywords: Business History

2001
Chapter

OLI and OIL: BP in the US in Theory and Practice, 1968–1998

2002
Working Paper

'Plata o Plomo?': Bribe and Punishment in a Theory of Political Influence

By: Ernesto Dal Bó, Pedro Dal Bó and Rafael Di Tella

March 1989
Article

Cheap Talk and the Fed: A Theory of Imprecise Policy Announcements

Keywords: Theory; Policy; Announcements; Central Banking; United States

February 2006
Article

'Plato o Plomo': Bribe and Punishment in a Theory of Political Influence

By: Rafael Di Tella, Ernesto Dal Bo and Pedro Dal Bo

Keywords: Theory; Government and Politics; Crime and Corruption

July – August 2005
Article

Prospects for Organizational Theory in the Early 21st Century: Institutional Fields and Mechanisms

By: Gerald F. Davis and Christopher Marquis

Keywords: Theory; Organizations

2001
Other Unpublished Work

Rationality, Plasticity, and Age: Toward a Grounded Theory of the Origins of Strategies

By: Giovanni Gavetti and Jan W. Rivkin

Keywords: Strategy; Theory

September 2004
Article

Relative Explanatory Power of Agency Theory and Transaction Cost Analysis in German Salesforces

By: Manfred Krafft, Sönke Albers and Rajiv Lal

Keywords: Theory; Cost; Sales; Employees; Germany

1970
Dissertation

Analytical Optimal Control Theory as Applied to Stochastic and Non-Stochastic Economics

By: Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Economics

May 5, 2022
Article

How to Build a Life: Ben Franklin’s Radical Theory of Happiness

By: Arthur C. Brooks

July–September 2007
Article

A Dynamic Theory of China-US Trade: Making Sense of the Imbalances

By: Amar Bhidé and Edmund S. Phelps

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2005
Chapter

Anomaly Seeking Research: Thirty Years of Development in Resource Allocation Theory

By: Clark Gilbert and Clayton M. Christensen

Keywords: Resource Allocation; Mathematical Methods

2005
Other Unpublished Work

A Normative Theory of Dynamic, Organizational Design: Lessons from project management

By: Steven Spear and Clayton M. Christensen

Keywords: Organizational Design

26 Oct 1997 - 29 Oct 1997
Conference Presentation

Different Strokes for Different Folks: Towards a Contingent Theory of Network Effects

By: Ranjay Gulati

December 2014
Article

When to Sell Your Idea: Theory and Evidence from the Movie Industry

By: Hong Luo

I study a model of investment and sale of ideas and test its empirical implications using a novel data set from the market for original movie ideas. Consistent with the theoretical results, I find that buyers are reluctant to meet unproven sellers for early-stage... View Details

Keywords: Market For Ideas; Information Asymmetry; Expropriation Risk; Intermediary; Intellectual Property Protection; Strategy; Intellectual Property; Film Entertainment; Sales; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

January 2008
Article

On the Pricing of Intermediated Risks: Theory and Application to Catastrophe Reinsurance

By: K. A. Froot and P. O'Connell

Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Banking And Insurance; Hedging; Banking; Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Cost of Capital; Asset Pricing; Insurance Industry