Publications

This paper introduces modal logics to a sociological audience. We first provide an overview of the formal properties of this family of models and outline key differences with classical first-order logic. We then build a model to represent…

An experiment was conducted to determine if the decision-making process for choosing between alternative job offers by Stanford MBA’s is affected by a task requiring an individual to evaluate hypothetical combinations of a limited number of job…

Research on minority influence over the years has revealed that although sources in the numerical majority tend to be very persuasive on an immediate, public, and direct level, sources in the numerical minority tend to be resisted on this level (…

Managerial bonus payments are frequently determined by both objective and subjective indicators of managerial performance. By its very nature, subjective information is not verifiable for contracting purposes. The inclusion of such information in…

Despite the very long history of research on heritable traits, we still know very little about genetic effects on judgment and choice, including consumer decision making. Building on recent advances in epigenetics, we hypothesize that people…

The authors propose that the content of certain sociopolitical ideologies can be shaped by individuals in ways that satisfy their social motivations. This notion was tested in the context of color-blind ideology. Color blindness, when construed…

The empirical evidence is that only a tiny fraction of organizations live to age 40. Why this should be is a puzzle, since when firms are doing well they have all the resources (financial, physical, and intellectual) to continue to be successful…

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between firm resources and performance. We divide firm resources into two types: primary resources and support resources. Primary resources include technological assets and…

According to what criteria do citizens make political decisions, and what do these criteria say about democratic competence? An impressive body of evidence suggests that voters competently evaluate diagnostic information such as macroeconomic…

This paper provides a theory of firm behavior motivated by moral duty, self-interest, and social pressure. A morally managed and a self-interested firm compete in a market in which their corporate social performance (CSP) provides product…

This paper offers a perspective on how Ilya Prigogine‘s theoretical ideas rooted in the physical sciences can inform and inspire organization theory and strategic management scholars. To that end, the next section of this paper provides a brief…

Online search, as well as keyword-based contextual advertising on third-party publishers, is primarily priced using pay-per-click: advertisers pay only when a consumer clicks on the advertisement. Slots for advertisements are auctioned, and…

The 4% rule is the advice many retirees follow for managing spending and investing. We examine this rule’s inefficiencies, the price paid for funding its unspent surpluses, and the overpayments made to purchase its spending policy. We show that a…

The paper reports the research done in the Stanford University Graduate School of Business 2008 Bass Seminar Strategic Thinking in Action - In Business and Beyond: The United States Quest for Energy Resilience, taught by Professors Robert A.…

This paper estimates a three-equation structural model based on a theory that relates corporate financial performance (CFP), corporate social performance (CSP), and social pressure. CFP is found to be independent of CSP and decreasing in social…