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Science Watch Fast Breaking Paper
By: Julie Battilana
“How Actors Change Institutions: Towards a Theory of Institutional Entrepreneurship” with Bernard Leca and Eva Boxenbaum (Academy of Management Annals, 2009) was named by Science Watch as the August 2011 “Fast Breaking Paper” in Economics and Business. A... View Details
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Economic Theory
By: Jerry R. Green
Topics include social choice theory, signaling, mechanism design, general equilibrium, the core, externalities, and public goods. View Details
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Economics
Instructor, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, MPA Mid-Career Summer Program View Details
- June 1996 (Revised November 1996)
- Background Note
Economic Gains from Trade, The: Theories of Strategic Trade
The theory of competitive advantage is one of the most widely accepted economic principles among economists. The theory, as well as substantial historical evidence, suggest that free trade raises national income, while government intervention in trade relations... View Details
Kennedy, Robert E. "Economic Gains from Trade, The: Theories of Strategic Trade." Harvard Business School Background Note 796-184, June 1996. (Revised November 1996.)
- June 23, 2003
- Article
Economic Theory on Media Markets is Flawed
By: David A. Moss and Michael Fein
Moss, David A., and Michael Fein. "Economic Theory on Media Markets is Flawed." Financial Times (June 23, 2003), p. 13.
- January 1991
- Article
Game Theory as a Part of Empirical Economics
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "Game Theory as a Part of Empirical Economics." Economic Journal 101 (January 1991): 107–114.
- 18 Nov 2015
- HBS Conference
The Crisis in the Economic Theory of the Firm
- 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.)
- 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
Gonczarowski, Yannai A., Scott Duke Kominers, and Ran I. Shorrer. "To Infinity and Beyond: Scaling Economic Theories via Logical Compactness." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-127, June 2019. (Revised November 2020.)
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Towards a Theory of Bargaining: An Experimental Study in Economics
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "Towards a Theory of Bargaining: An Experimental Study in Economics." Science 220, no. 4598 (May 13, 1983): 687–691.
- 1995
- Book
Microeconomic Theory
By: J. R. Green, A. Mas-Colell and M. Whinston
Green, J. R., A. Mas-Colell, and M. Whinston. Microeconomic Theory. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
- 1970
- Dissertation
Analytical Optimal Control Theory as Applied to Stochastic and Non-Stochastic Economics
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Analytical Optimal Control Theory as Applied to Stochastic and Non-Stochastic Economics." Diss., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1970.
- 12 Oct 2020
- News
MBA/DBA Alum Wins Nobel Prize in Economics
news: He and fellow Stanford professor Paul Milgrom had won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics for their improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats. Milgrom had his phone in Do Not... View Details
- May 2025
- Article
Transaction Cost Economics in the Digital Economy: A Research Agenda
By: Frank Nagle, Robert Seamans and Steve Tadelis
Transaction cost economics theory explains when it is more efficient for a transaction between two parties to occur across the market or within an organization. How does transaction cost economics apply in the digital economy, which relies on digital transactions? In... View Details
Keywords: Transaction Cost Economics; Digital Economy; Economics; Cost; Markets; Research; Digital Transformation
Nagle, Frank, Robert Seamans, and Steve Tadelis. "Transaction Cost Economics in the Digital Economy: A Research Agenda." Strategic Organization 23, no. 2 (May 2025): 351–365.
- July 1989 (Revised August 1990)
- Background Note
New Theories of International Trade
By: David B. Yoffie and Heather A. Hazard
Explores the "new" theories of international trade--also called strategic trade policy--which were developed in the 1980s. Examines why economists and policy makers thought new approaches were necessary to explain international trade, the contributions of industrial... View Details
Yoffie, David B., and Heather A. Hazard. "New Theories of International Trade." Harvard Business School Background Note 390-001, July 1989. (Revised August 1990.)
- 04 Jun 2012
- News
Applying Business Theories to Your Life
- 2020
- Working Paper
Transaction Cost Economics in the Digital Economy: A Research Agenda
By: Frank Nagle, Robert Seamans and Steve Tadelis
Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) theory has played an important role in understanding when it is more efficient for a transaction between two parties to occur within the market or within an organization. However, as more transactions occur in a digitally-mediated... View Details
Keywords: Transaction Cost Economics; Digital Economy; Economics; Cost; Markets; Research; Digital Transformation
Nagle, Frank, Robert Seamans, and Steve Tadelis. "Transaction Cost Economics in the Digital Economy: A Research Agenda." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-009, July 2020.
- 19 Aug 2009
- Working Paper Summaries