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Fall 2014
MANAGEMENT 6381
Organizational Economics
Seminar in Advanced Management Topics

Instructor: Dr. Ron Mitchell

Welcome to MANAGEMENT 6381 - DOCTORAL SEMINAR IN ORGANIZATIONAL ECONOMICS:

Course Documents:

• MGMT 6381 Syllabus-Fall 2014.

• MGMT 6381 9-12-14 UPDATED Syllabus-Fall 2014.

• Other Materials Forthcoming as Needed



Assignment Support Materials (PLEASE SEE SYLLABUS FOR ASSIGNMENT DETAILS):

• Tuchman Quote Assignment due September 8, 2014: Exercise using Tuchman Quote from "March of Folly.

• Supplemental Readings I to broaden critical thinking skills: Krueger & Dunning, 1999.

• Supplemental Readings II to assist with theory-development skills: Suddaby, 2012.

• Proposition Development Guide. Proposition Development Guide Downloadable Format .

• AMR Best Paper Examples. AMR Best Paper Examples List.

• Theory development exemplar article. Hambrick et al (2005)

• Sample Discussion Outline. Session 4 Sample Discussion Outline .

• Transparency International, 2005. (CPI) Corruption Perceptions Index Analysis .

• Davis, 1971 "That's Interesting." Davis (1971) That's Interesting . That's Interesting!: Towards a Phenomenology of Sociology and a Sociology of Phenomenology "Philosophy of the Social Sciences," 1971 1: 309-344.

• Other Materials Forthcoming as Needed



Writing Support Materials:

• Types of Writing.

• Standard Essay Format and Content

• Essay Outline (summary of Format and Content)

• Handout describing the format and content of theory papers in Management Literary and Logical Ordering in Textual Analysis

• Composition of a paragraph

• Sample Writing Standards for reference and self-checking Sample Writing Standards



Readings:

2. September 8, 2014

• 2.2 Radford, 1945.

• 2.3 Hesterly & Zenger, 1993.

• 2.4 Felin & Foss, 2009 .

• 2.5 Durant 1934.

  3. September 15, 2014: Please read North and Durant Handouts, read Demsetz (Ch 10 WW), and articles below:

• 3.2 Donaldson, 1990 .

• 3.3.1 North 1981 Chapter 3.

• 3.3.2 North 1981 Chapter 4.

• 3.3.3 North 1981 Chapter 5.

• 3.3.4 North 1981 Chapter 6.

• 3.5 Williamson_2009_Pragmatic methodology- A sketch, with applications to transaction cost economics .

  4. September 22, 2014: Please read assigned WW Chapters and Roberts reading

• 4.3 Roberts Chapter 3.

• 4.4 Mitchell et al., 2003.

• Class Discussion PowerPoint Slides: An Explanation of Systematic Concepts Underlying OE: The Role of Transactions.

  5. September 29, 2014 (substitution at the margin [transaction costs]): Please read assigned WW Chapters and articles (below)

• 5.2 Geyskens et al, 2006 .

• 5.3 Mitchell & Cohen, 2006.

• 5.4 Nickerson & Zenger, 2008.

  6. October 6, 2014 (Power [industrial organization/ resource dependence]): Please read articles below:

• 6.1 Pearce, 1974 (It's a mess, but we need it) .

• 6.2 March, 1962.

• 6.3 Caves, 1980 .

• 6.4 Milgrom & Roberts, 1988.

• 6.5 Ulrich & Barney, 1984 .

• 6.6 Dean & McMullen, 2007 .

  7. October 13, 2014 (resources [RBV]): Please read articles below:

• 7.1 Penrose, 1959.

• 7.2 Kogut & Zander, 1992.

• 7.3 Foss, 1996a.

• 7.4 Foss, 1996b .

• 7.5 Felin & Zenger, 2009.

• 7.6 Hansen, McDonald & Mitchell, 2012.

  8. October 20, 2014 (incentives[agency theory]; corruption): Please read articles below:

• 8.1 Jensen & Meckling, 1976.

• 8.2 Jensen, 1986.

• 8.3 Eisenhardt, 1989 .

• 8.4 Holmstsrom & Milgrom, 1994.

• 8.5 Lambsdorff, 2007.

  9. October 27, 2014 (Knightian uncertainty; risk): Please read articles below:

• 9.1 Knight, 1921: Ch. 8 & 9.

• 9.2 Godfrey, 2005.

• 9.3 Dickson & Gigilerano, 1986.

• 9.4 Alvarez & Barney, 2005.

  10. November 3, 2014 (asset specificity [transaction cost economics]): Please read assigned OEW Chapters and articles (below):

• 10.2 Williamson, 1981 .

• 10.3 Williamson, 1991 .

• 10.4 Tadelis, 2010 .

• 10.5 Williamson, 2011 .

  11. November 10, 2014 (legitimacy [institutions and organization]): Please read articles below:

• 11.1 DiMaggio & Powell, 1983.

• 11.2 Aldrich & Fiol, 1994.

• 11.3 Roberts & Greenwood, 1997.

  12. November 17, 2014 (information): Please read the articles below:

• 12.1 Excerpt from Hayek, 1937.

• 12.2 Malmgren, 1961.

• 12.3 Arthur, 1996.

• 12.4 Stiglitz, 2000.

• 12.5 Foss 2005, Ch. 5-6.

• 12.6 Dushnitsky & Kleuter, 2011 .

• 12.7 MMM+Alvarez, 2012.

• 12.8 MMRZ-SIMULATING SSC-2015 forthcoming.

• Supplemental reading: Mitchell, 2003.

  13. November 24, 2014 (Reexamine Davis, 1971 in light of your course experiences)

• 13.1 Davis (1971) That's Interesting .
  
  

• Other Readings Forthcoming as Needed