Managerial and Decision Economics

1997 - 2009

Edited by Paul H. Rubin

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Volume 24, issue 8, 2003

A real options perspective on entrepreneurial entry in the face of uncertainty pp. 515-533

Jonathan P. O'Brien, Timothy B. Folta and Douglas R. Johnson

Business portfolio restructuring, prior diversification posture and investor reactions pp. 535-548

Robin T. Byerly, Bruce T. Lamont and Terrill Keasler

The derived demand for faculty research pp. 549-567

Elizabeth Becker, Cotton M. Lindsay and Gary Grizzle

The limits to the growth of multinational firms in a foreign market pp. 569-582

Danchi Tan

Volume 24, issue 6-7, 2003

Guest editor's introduction pp. 417-418

Jonathan Crook

The trade credit decision: evidence of UK firms pp. 419-438

Nam Sang Cheng and Richard Pike

Trade credit and customer relationships pp. 439-455

Barbara Summers and Nicholas Wilson

The product differentiation hypothesis for corporate trade credit pp. 457-469

George W. Blazenko and Kirk Vandezande

Habitual late payment of trade credit: an empirical examination of UK small firms pp. 471-482

Carole Howorth and Beat Reber

Determinants of the collateralization of credit by small firms pp. 483-501

Heather M. Hulburt and Frederick C. Scherr

Bank borrowing constraints and the demand for trade credit: evidence from panel data pp. 503-514

Christina V. Atanasova and Nicholas Wilson

Volume 24, issue 5, 2003

The causes of mergers: tests based on the gains to acquiring firms' shareholders and the size of premia pp. 373-391

Dennis C. Mueller and Mark L. Sirower

The profitability-risk tradeoff of just-in-time manufacturing technologies pp. 393-402

Jeffrey L. Callen, Mindy Morel and Chris Fader

Productive efficiency of English football teams-a data envelopment analysis approach pp. 403-410

Dieter J. Haas

An economic analysis of Japanese distribution systems pp. 411-416

Atsuo Utaka

Volume 24, issue 4, 2003

Introduction pp. 241-243

J. Rajendran Pandian and Paul L. Robertson

The emergent knowledge-based theory of competitive advantage: an evolutionary approach to integrating economics and management pp. 245-251

Russell W. Coff

The intermediation theory of the firm: integrating economic and management approaches to strategy pp. 253-266

Daniel F. Spulber

Integrating transaction costs theory and real options theory pp. 267-282

Ron Sanchez

Strategy as economics versus economics as strategy pp. 283-290

Richard N. Langlois

The resource-based tangle: towards a sustainable explanation of competitive advantage pp. 291-307

Nicolai Foss and Thorbjørn Knudsen

Unraveling the resource-based tangle pp. 309-323

Margaret A. Peteraf and Jay B. Barney

Why look for a mirage when you already have an oasis? pp. 325-334

J. Rajendran Pandian and Paul L. Robertson

A subjectivist approach to strategic management pp. 335-345

Tony Fu-Lai Yu

External management succession, human capital, and firm performance: an integrative analysis pp. 347-369

Elizabeth E. Bailey and Constance E. Helfat

Volume 24, issue 2-3, 2003

Research alliances and collaborations: Introduction to the special issue pp. 47-49

Masao Nakamura and Masao Nakamura

Measuring the impact of US research consortia pp. 51-69

Masao Nakamura, Mariko Sakakibara and Lee Branstetter

Joint patenting amongst companies - exploring the effects of inter-firm R&D partnering and experience pp. 71-84

Masao Nakamura, John Hagedoorn, Hans van Kranenburg and Richard N. Osborn

The performance of research partnerships pp. 85-99

Masao Nakamura, Yannis Caloghirou, George Hondroyiannis and Nicholas S. Vonortas

Explaining the growth of international R&D alliances in China pp. 101-115

Masao Nakamura, Jiatao Li and Jing Zhong

Knowledge sharing in cooperative research and development pp. 117-132

Masao Nakamura and Mariko Sakakibara

What type of enterprise forges close links with universities and government labs? Evidence from CIS 2 pp. 133-145

Masao Nakamura, Pierre Mohnen and Cathy Hoareau

Cooperative R&D and the Canadian forest products industry pp. 147-169

Masao Nakamura, Masao Nakamura, Harry Nelson and Ilan Vertinsky

Interaction between public research organizations and industry in biotechnology pp. 171-185

Masao Nakamura and Robert Dalpé

Transaction costs and capabilities as determinants of the R&D boundaries of the firm: a case study of the ten largest pharmaceutical firms in Japan pp. 187-211

Masao Nakamura and Hiroyuki Odagiri

A joint Japan-China research project for reducing pollution in China in the context of the Kyoto Protocol clean development mechanism (CDM): case study of the desulfurdized bio-coal briquette experiments in Shenyang and Chengdu pp. 213-229

Masao Nakamura, Hitoshi Hayami, Masao Nakamura and Kanji Yoshioka

Information failure as an alternative explanation of under investment in R&D pp. 231-239

Masao Nakamura, Alice O. Nakamura, Peter Tiessen and Walter Erwin Diewert

Volume 24, issue 1, 2003

An economic analysis of the use of student evaluations: implications for universities pp. 1-13

Kiridaran Kanagaretnam, Robert Mathieu and Alex Thevaranjan

Explaining the profitability of foreign banks in Shanghai pp. 15-24

M.K. Leung, T. Young and D. Rigby

An analysis of UK franchise contracting 1989-1999 pp. 25-34

Jonathan S. Seaton

The demand for game day attendance in college football: an analysis of the 1997 Division 1-A season pp. 35-46

Donald I. Price and Kabir C. Sen

Volume 23, issue 8, 2002

Macroeconomic news and the returns of financial companies pp. 439-446

Bradley T. Ewing

The existence of gender-specific promotion standards in the U.S pp. 447-459

Kathy A. Paulson Gjerde

Delegation and strategic incentives for managers in contests pp. 461-470

Matthias Kräkel

Managerial efficiency and human capital: an application to English association football pp. 471-486

Peter Michael Dawson and Stephen Dobson

The Economics of Football, by Dobson, S. and Goddard, J. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xviii + 458 pp., £24.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-521-66158-7 pp. 487-488

Michael Reksulak

Privacy and the Commercial Use of Personal Information, by Rubin, P. H. and Lenard, T. M. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002, xxiii + 100 pp., USD 75.00; GBP 52.00 (cloth) pp. 488-490

Bruce Harold Kobayashi

Volume 23, issue 7, 2002

Assessing academic department efficiency at a public university pp. 385-397

Antonio Moreno and Raghu Tadepalli

Beyond profitability: effects of acquisitions on technical efficiency in the Italian pasta industry pp. 399-415

Luigi Benfratello

Tax-loss carryforward and futures hedging pp. 417-425

Donald Lien and Michael Metz

Equity and arbitration in major league baseball pp. 427-435

John Fizel, Anthony C. Krautmann and Lawrence Hadley

Markets for Technology: The Economics of Innovation and Corporate Strategy, by Arora, A., Fosfuri, A. and Gambardella, A. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2001, xi+338 pp., USD 35.00 (cloth) pp. 437-438

Tuomas Takalo

Volume 23, issue 6, 2002

Economics and operations management: towards a theory of endogenous production speed pp. 331-342

Philip T. Powell and Roger W. Schmenner

What makes a blockbuster? Economic analysis of film success in the United Kingdom pp. 343-354

Alan Collins, Chris Hand and Martin C. Snell

Outlet ownership in franchising systems: an agency based approach pp. 355-369

Sudhindra Seshadri

Time-to-market, window of opportunity, and salvageability of a new product development pp. 371-378

A. Messica and A. Mehrez

Cost-Benefit Analysis: Legal, Economic, and Philosophical Perspectives, by Posner, E.A. and Adler, M.D. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2001, v + 351 pp., $39.00 (cloth); $20.00 (paper) pp. 379-380

Francois Melese

The Effects of Competition: Cartel Policy and the Evolution of Strategy and Structure in British Industry, by Symeonidis, G. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2002, x+542 pp., $55.00; £37.95 (cloth) pp. 381-382

Paul A. Pautler

Volume 23, issue 4-5, 2002

Conversations on the dynamics, context, and consequences of strategy: introduction to the special issue pp. 149-156

Margaret A. Peteraf and Walter J. Ferrier

Competitor identification and competitor analysis: a broad-based managerial approach pp. 157-169

Mark Bergen and Margaret A. Peteraf

Why do gas prices vary, or towards understanding the micro-structure of competition pp. 171-186

Philip Bromiley, Chris Papenhausen and Patricia Borchert

The role of irreversibilities in competitive interaction: behavioral considerations from organization theory pp. 187-207

Ming-Jer Chen, S. Venkataraman, Sylvia Sloan Black and Ian C. MacMillan

The performance effects of unintended and purposive multimarket contact pp. 209-224

Javier Gimeno

Resource-based and property rights perspectives on value creation: the case of oil field unitization pp. 225-245

Jongwook Kim and Joseph T. Mahoney

Altruism, agency, and the competitiveness of family firms pp. 247-259

William S. Schulze, Michael H. Lubatkin and Richard N. Dino

The rise of human service chains: antecedents to acquisitions and their effects on the quality of care in US nursing homes pp. 261-282

Jane Banaszak-Holl, Whitney B. Berta, Dilys M. Bowman, Joel A.C. Baum and Will Mitchell

Turnarounds pp. 283-300

Jeffrey L. Furman and Anita M. McGahan

The impact of performance distress on aggressive competitive behavior: a reconciliation of conflicting views pp. 301-316

Walter J. Ferrier, Cormac Mac Fhionnlaoich, Ken G. Smith and Curtis M. Grimm

Five strategies for rapid firm growth and how to implement them pp. 317-330

Briance Mascarenhas, Arun Kumaraswamy, Diana Day and Alok Baveja

Volume 23, issue 3, 2002

A comparison of two voting models to forecast election into The National Baseball Hall of Fame pp. 99-113

David W. Findlay and Clifford E. Reid

The European single market and the regulation of the legal profession: an economic analysis pp. 115-125

Frank H. Stephen

An econometric study of the decisions of a town planning authority: complementary & substitute uses of industrial activities in Hong Kong pp. 127-135

Lawrence W.C. Lai and Winky K.O. Ho

Vertical externality and strategic delegation pp. 137-141

Eun-Soo Park

Famous First Bubbles: The Fundamentals of Early Manias, by Garber, P.M. Cambridge, New York: MIT Press, 2000, 175 pp., $24.95 (cloth) pp. 143-144

Atin Basuchoudhary

The Twenty-First Century Firm: Changing Economic Organization in International Perspective edited by DiMaggio, P., Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001, viii + 275 pp., $35.00|£24.95 (cloth) pp. 144-145

David Flath

The Dark Side of the Force: Economic Foundations of Conflict Theory, by Hirshleifer, J. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, 366 pp., USD 90|GBP 60 (cloth); USD 29.95|GBP 20.95 (paper) pp. 145-147

Roger D. Congleton

Volume 23, issue 2, 2002

Relative performance as a strategic commitment mechanism pp. 51-68

Nolan Miller and Amit Pazgal

Strategic behavior in a service industry pp. 69-82

Pekka Ilmakunnas

Lancaster's characteristics approach revisited: product selection using non-parametric methods pp. 83-91

Angel S. Fernandez-Castro and Peter C. Smith

The Economics of Network Industries, by Shy, O. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xiii +315 pp., $64.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper) pp. 93-94

William F. Shughart

Corporate Governance: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives, edited by Vives, X. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, viii+238 pp., $49.95 (cloth) pp. 94-96

J. Harold Mulherin

Volume 23, issue 1, 2002

China's entry to the WTO: managerial implications for foreign banks pp. 1-8

M.K. Leung and T. Young

The Hopkinson tariff alternative to TOU rates in the Israel Electric Corporation pp. 9-19

C.K. Woo, Brian Horii and Ira Horowitz

The decision to finance account receivables: the factoring option pp. 21-32

Khaled Soufani

Recognizing large donations to public goods: an experimental test pp. 33-44

Jeremy Edmund Clark

The Informant: A True Story, by Eichenwald, K. New York: Broadway Books, 2000, xv+606 pp., $26.00 (cloth), $14.95 (paper) pp. 45-47

William F. Shughart

Investing for Sustainability: The Management of Mineral Wealth, by Hannesson, R. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001, ix+109 pp., $66.50 (cloth) pp. 47-48

David N. Laband

The Economics of Sports, by Leeds, M. and von Allmen, P., Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2002, xviii +446 pp., $88.00 (cloth) pp. 48-49

Brian Goff