Publications

We formulate a complete bu analytically simple, equilibrium model of vertical mergers to evaluate the logic of standard vertical foreclosure claims and the criticisms made of those claims. The model includes incentives of the integrated firm and…

Just-in-time manufacturing and distribution processes, computer-aided design, and flexible manufacturing systems are now commonplace in the modern workplace, but antiquated accounting systems are unable to monitor accurately their operations,…

This paper analyzes the role played by brand loyalty in determining optimal price promotional strategies used by firms in a competitive setting. (Loyalty is operationalized as the minimum price differential needed before consumers who prefer one…

The use of a standard of social comparison by children to evaluate their classroom performance has been cited as an important determinant of their perceptions of both success and failure and their overall level of ability. This study examined…

Takes exception to a set of common assumptions that underlie recent work on organizational culture: that the culture serves the objectives of a firm’s top management team, that the primary function of culture is to unify the diverse elements in…

The growth in information systems budgets and in their primary components, hardware and software effort, are analyzed empirically. It is demonstrated that while a large component of the growth is due to technology related factors, these…

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The Theory and Philosophy of Organisations assesses and analyzes the assumptions upon which our understanding of organizations is based and in doing so aims to redirect the ways in which organizational research is conceived…

Four studies examined how people combine social concepts that have conflicting implications (e.g., Harvard-educated and carpenter). Several kinds of evidence indicated that such combinations are guided by causal reasoning that draws upon both…

Empirical examination of the relation between common stock prices and two major components of bank earnings shows that earnings before securities gains and losses play an important role in explaining bank stock prices. The market appears to…

This volume serves as an introduction to the field of positive political economy and the economic and political processes with which it is concerned. This new research tradition is distinct from both normative and historical approaches to…

The chapter examines the influence of norms dominated by postcomputed representations on perceptions of social events. The aim is to simply encourage consideration of the role that counterfactual thinking plays in the process. To accomplish this…

This paper begins with a story told by a corporation president to illustrate what his organization was doing to “help” women employees balance the demands of work and home. The paper deconstructs and reconstructs this story text from a feminist…