Archive for 20 March 2007
Syllabus Exchange II
| Peter Klein |
More material for our syllabus exchange:
- Steve Bainbridge’s Business Organizations (UCLA)
- Dick Langlois’s Economics of Organization and Controversial Social Issues (Connecticut)
- Anne Miner’s Entrepreneurship Theory and Research (Wisconsin)
- Peter Lewin’s Social and Political Environment of Business (UT-Dallas)
If you have a syllabus to share, let us know.
Pomo Periscope IX: Pomo in the US Campaign Season
| Nicolai Foss |
The first major viral video of the campaign season appears to be this one. Perhaps the most disturbing fact about Hillary is her continued use of the pomo lingo of “getting the conversation started.”
Economies of Scope?
| Nicolai Foss |
Yesterday’s WSJ features an article on economists’ consulting jobs with (UC Berkeley Professor — and CBS Honorary Doctor) David Teece playing the main role. The article notes that Teece “… doesn’t dispute estimates that his career earnings from expert consulting amount to at least USD 50 million.” Teece has done important work on the role that economies of scope play in explaining diversification (here and here). Is he living his own theory?
HT to Marginal Revolution.
Brayden King, Fabio Rojas at Missouri
| Peter Klein |
If you’re within driving distance of the University of Missouri campus in Columbia please join us for two upcoming seminars. Brayden King of BYU and orgtheory.net will present his paper with Gordon Smith, “Contracts as Organizations,” in the CORI seminar series April 11. Indiana University’s Fabio Rojas (also blogging at orgtheory.net) will present work on social movements and networks in an April 16 seminar jointly sponsored by McCEL and the Division of Applied Social Sciences. Visitors are welcome. (Contact me for details.)
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