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- 14 Jun 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Evolution Analysis of Large-Scale Software Systems Using Design Structure Matrices and Design Rule Theory
- Article
Corporate Finance, the Theory of the Firm, and Organizations
By: David S. Scharfstein and Patrick Bolton
Scharfstein, David S., and Patrick Bolton. "Corporate Finance, the Theory of the Firm, and Organizations." Journal of Economic Perspectives 12, no. 4 (Fall 1998): 95–114.
- 1984
- Chapter
Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
By: Michael Jensen and William H. Meckling
Jensen, Michael, and William H. Meckling. "Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure." In The Modern Theory of Corporate Finance, edited by Michael C. Jensen and Clifford H. Smith Jr.. McGraw-Hill, 1984. (Also in Economics of Corporation Law & Securities Regulation, Posner & Scott, Eds, (Little Brown,1980); Jensen, Foundations of Organizational Strategy, (HUP, 1998); & Theory of the Firm. . . (HUP, 2000) and JFE.)
- September/December 1994
- Article
Management Accounting (1984-1994): Development of New Practice and Theory
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Management Accounting (1984-1994): Development of New Practice and Theory." Management Accounting Research 5, nos. 3-4 (September/December 1994): 247–260.
- 1996
- Other Unpublished Work
Tradeoffs, Activity Systems, and the Theory of Competitive Strategy
By: M. E. Porter
Keywords: Competitive Strategy
- 2012
- Working Paper
When Do User Innovators Start Firms? A Theory of User Entrepreneurship
A rich and distinguished body of research has documented the importance of user innovations. For the most part, this literature has found that users innovate but do not commercialize their innovations. Instead, users benefit from using their innovations and allow... View Details
Keywords: Customers; Commercialization; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention
Shah, Sonali, and Mary Tripsas. "When Do User Innovators Start Firms? A Theory of User Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-078, March 2012.
- 1985
- Chapter
Stockholder, Manager, and Creditor Interests: Applications of Agency Theory
By: Michael Jensen and Clifford W. Smith Jr.
Keywords: Agency Theory; Business and Shareholder Relations; Financing and Loans; Credit; Borrowing and Debt
Jensen, Michael, and Clifford W. Smith Jr. "Stockholder, Manager, and Creditor Interests: Applications of Agency Theory." In Recent Advances in Corporate Finance, edited by E. I. Altman and M. G. Subrahmanyam. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1985. (Reprinted in Theory of the Firm: Governance, Residual Claims, and Organizational Forms, (Harvard University Press, 2000).)
- 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
Siegel, Jordan I., Naomi Kodama, and Hanna Halaburda. "The Unfairness Trap: A Key Missing Factor in the Economic Theory of Discrimination." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-082, March 2013. (Revised January 2014, June 2014.)
- July–September 2007
- Article
A Dynamic Theory of China-US Trade: Making Sense of the Imbalances
By: Amar Bhidé and Edmund S. Phelps
Bhidé, Amar, and Edmund S. Phelps. "A Dynamic Theory of China-US Trade: Making Sense of the Imbalances." World Economics 8, no. 3 (July–September 2007): 7–25.
- 1969
- Other Unpublished Work
An Empirical Investigation of the Samuelson Rational Warrant Pricing Theory
By: Robert C. Merton
- 1995
- Book
Resource-Based and Evolutionary Theories of the Firm: Towards a Synthesis
By: C. A. Montgomery
Keywords: Business History
Montgomery, C. A., ed. Resource-Based and Evolutionary Theories of the Firm: Towards a Synthesis. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995.
- Article
Uncovering Mechanisms of Theory Development in an Academic Field: Lessons from Leadership Research
By: Mary Ann Glynn and Ryan Raffaelli
A long-standing debate in organization studies has centered on the tension between paradigmatic consensus and theoretical pluralism in an academic field, but little attention has been paid to the underlying processes of field development that account for this. Using a... View Details
Glynn, Mary Ann, and Ryan Raffaelli. "Uncovering Mechanisms of Theory Development in an Academic Field: Lessons from Leadership Research." Academy of Management Annals 4 (2010): 359–401.
- Article
Contextualizing Patterns of Work Group Interaction: Toward a Nested Theory of Structuration.
By: Leslie Perlow, Jody Hoffer Gittell and Nancy R. Katz
Perlow, Leslie, Jody Hoffer Gittell, and Nancy R. Katz. "Contextualizing Patterns of Work Group Interaction: Toward a Nested Theory of Structuration." Organization Science 15, no. 5 (September–October 2004): 520–536.
- 1976
- Working Paper
Continuous-Time Portfolio Theory and the Pricing of Contingent Claims
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Continuous-Time Portfolio Theory and the Pricing of Contingent Claims." Sloan School of Management Working Paper, No. 881-76, November 1976.
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Note on the Theory of Optimal Capital Structure TN
Teaching Note for (9-279-069). View Details
- Article
Game Theory and the Legal Analysis of Tacit Collusion
By: Dennis Yao and Susan DeSanti
Yao, Dennis, and Susan DeSanti. "Game Theory and the Legal Analysis of Tacit Collusion." Antitrust Bulletin 38, no. 1 (Spring 1993): 113–141.
- Research Summary
The Equilibrium Concept in Game Theory
By: Elon Kohlberg
Elon Kohlberg is studying the foundations of the equilibrium concept in game theory, which is to the study of economic systems what the notion of "equilibrium of forces" is to the study of mechanical systems. Although much of economic theory can be viewed in... View Details
- 2015
- Working Paper
A Normative Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategy, Know-How, and Competition
By: Gary P. Pisano
The field of strategy has mounted an enormous effort to understand, define, predict, and measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971), attempts to... View Details
Pisano, Gary P. "A Normative Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategy, Know-How, and Competition." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-036, September 2015.
- Apr 2004 - 2004
- Conference Presentation
Foundations for a Theory of Institutional Entrepreneurship: Solving the Paradox of Embedded Agency
By: Julie Battilana