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Causal Ambiguity as a Source of Sustained Capability-Based Advantages, Management Science (forthcoming) (2008)
This paper presents the first formal examination of role of causal ambiguity as a barrier...
 

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Empirical Implications of Information Structure in Finite-Length Extensive-Form Games. (with Jose Penalva-Zuasti), The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics (2008)
We analyze what can be inferred about a game's information structure solely from the probability...
 

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Formal Contracts in the Presence of Relational Enforcement Mechanisms: Evidence from Technology Development Projects (with Rachelle C. Samspson), Management Science (forthcoming) (2008)
Formal contracting addresses the moral hazard problems inherent in inter-firm deals via explicit terms designed...
 

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Brokers and Competitive Advantage (with Olav Sorenson), Management Science (2007)
The broker profits by intermediating between two (or more) parties. Using a biform game, we...
 

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How Do Value Creation and Competition Determine Whether a Firm Appropriates Value? (with Glenn MacDonald), Management Science (2004)
How does competition among economic actors determine the value that each is able to appropriate?...
 

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Subjective Rationality, Self-Confirming Equilibrium and Corporate Strategy, Management Science (2003)
This paper presents a formal theory of subjective rationality and demonstrates its applica- tion to...
 

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Review of Barriers and Bounds to Rationality: Essays on Economic Complexity and Dynamics in Interactive Systems, Journal of Economic Literature (1999)
 

Contributions to Books

Do Prior Alliances Influence Alliance Contract Structure? (with Rachelle C. Sampson), Strategic Alliances (2006)
 

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Does Strategy Need Computer Experimentation? (with Scott Page), Advances in Strategic Management (1998)
The method of computer experimentation, which explores complex social phenomena using artificial adaptive agents, has...
 

Unpublished Papers

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The Two Sides of Competition and Their Implications for Strategy (with Joshua S. Gans and Glenn MacDonald), Unpublished manuscript (2008)
We analyze value appropriation under competition using cooperative game theory and demonstrate that competition embodies...
 

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Do New Competitors, New Customers, New Suppliers, ... Sustain, Destroy or Create Competitive Advantage? (with Glenn MacDonald) (2006)

A new player, e.g., an entrant, joining an existing game generally allows more value to...

 

Projects Under Way

Cheap Talk in Productive Social Networks (with Olav Sorenson) (2007)
 

Contract Design for R&D Alliances under Ambiguity (with Rachelle C. Sampson) (2007)
 

Strategic Experimentation under Ambiguity (with Jerker Denrell) (2007)