Archive for 7 March 2008
More on Property Rights and Strategic Management
| Nicolai Foss |
The economics of property rights in the tradition of Ronald Coase, Armen Alchian, Harold Demsetz, Steven Cheung, Winston Bush, Eirik Furubotn, Yoram Barzel, John Umbeck, Dean Lueck and Doug Allen is a very minor voice in the conversation of strategic management scholars. Although the EPR is basically generalized micro-economics (mostly done verbally), it does employ terminology and develops insights that lie outside the domain of economics knowledge of most strategy scholars. (more…)
MDE Special Issue, “Frontiers of Strategic Management Research”
| Peter Klein |
The March-April 2008 issue of Managerial and Decision Economics features a special issue on “Frontiers of Strategic Management Research,” edited by Catherine Maritan and Margaret Peteraf. Contributors include Mary Tripsas, Bill Hesterly, Jeff Dyer, Kyle Mayer, Janet Bercovitz, Ranjay Gulati, Bob Hoskisson, Jay Barney, Kathy Eisenhardt, Michael Jacobides, and many others. From the introduction:
Scholars working in the field of strategic management are fundamentally concerned with developing an understanding of how firms compete and how they can create competitive advantage. In addressing this overarching issue we ask questions about such diverse topics as the relationship between firms and industry conditions, the origins and consequences of heterogeneity among firms, how the scope of a firm’s activities affects how it competes, and factors that affect inter-organizational relationships. (more…)
Lesser-Known Counterparts of Common Words
| Peter Klein |
This week Anu Garg’s A.Word.A.Day is featuring lesser-known counterparts of common words, e.g.:
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prepone (v. tr.): to reschedule an event to an earlier time
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nocebo (n.): a substance producing harmful effects in someone because it is believed to be harmful, but which in reality is harmless
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dystopia (n.): an imaginary place where everything is very bad, as from oppression, disease, deprivation, etc.
- inhume (v. tr.): to bury
- prequel (n.): a book, movie, drama, etc. set in a time preceding that of an existing work
Can you think of more?
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