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Homepage:	https://richard-langlois.uconn.edu/
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Workplace:	Department of Economics, University of Connecticut, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. Edith Penrose: Seeing into the “Insides” of the Firm
   Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics
2. Memes and Myths of Antitrust
   Working Papers, George Mason University, Mercatus Center

2023

3. Frank Knight and the Problem of the Twentieth Century
   Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics
4. Imprisoning Complexity in Modules
   Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

2022

5. Modularity, Identity, and the Constitutional Diagonal
   Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article Modularity, identity, and the constitutional diagonal, Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC (2023) (2023)

2021

6. Disintermediation: the Rise of the Personal Computer and the Internet in the Late Twentieth Century
   Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics
7. “An Elephants’ Graveyard”: the Deregulation of American Industry in the Late Twentieth Century
   Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

2020

8. Identity, Religion, and the State: the Origin of Theocracy
   Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Identity, religion, and the state: The origin of theocracy, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
9. R&D and the American Corporation before World War II
   Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

2018

10. Hunting the Big Five: Twenty-first Century Antitrust in Historical Perspective
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (4)
11. The Fisher Body Case and Organizational Economics
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

2017

12. Fission, Forking, and Fine Tuning
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Fission, forking and fine tuning, Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press (2018) (2018)

2016

13. Antitrust: Where Did It Come from and What Did It Mean?
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics
14. The Corporation Is Not a Nexus of Contracts. It’s an iPhone
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2015

15. Institutions for Getting Out of the Way: A Comment on McCloskey
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

2014

16. The Institutional Approach to Economic History: Connecting the Two Strands
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

2013

17. The Institutional Revolution: A Review Essay
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The Institutional Revolution: A review essay, The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer (2013) View citations (2) (2013)

2012

18. Class Attendance, PowerPoint Slides and Learning Outcomes
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2010

19. Business Groups and the Natural State
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Business groups and the natural state, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2013) View citations (3) (2013)

2009

20. Economic Institutions and the Boundaries of the Firm: The Case of Business Groups
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2008

21. Innovation Processes and Industrial Districts
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    See also Chapter Innovation Processes and Industrial Districts, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2009) View citations (5) (2009)
22. Of Hackers and Hairdressers: Modularity and the Organizational Economics of Open-source Collaboration
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (32)
    See also Journal Article Of Hackers and Hairdressers: Modularity and the Organizational Economics of Open-source Collaboration, Industry and Innovation, Taylor & Francis Journals (2008) View citations (29) (2008)

2007

23. Organizing the Electronic Century
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (3)

2005

24. The Entrepreneurial Theory of the Firm and the Theory of the Entrepreneurial Firm
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article The Entrepreneurial Theory of the Firm and the Theory of the Entrepreneurial Firm*, Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell (2007) View citations (46) (2007)
25. The Secret Life of Mundane Transaction Costs
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (3)

2004

26. Chandler in a Larger Frame: Markets, Transaction Costs, and Organizational Form in History
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article Chandler in a Larger Frame: Markets, Transaction Costs, and Organizational Form in History, Enterprise & Society, Cambridge University Press (2004) View citations (18) (2004)
27. Competition through Institutional Form: the Case of Cluster Tool Standards
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (6)

2002

28. Cognitive Comparative Advantage and the Organization of Work: Lessons from Herbert Simon's Vision of the Future
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Cognitive comparative advantage and the organization of work: Lessons from Herbert Simon's vision of the future, Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier (2003) View citations (16) (2003)
29. Schumpeter and the Obsolescence of the Entrepreneur
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (17)
    See also Chapter SCHUMPETER AND THE OBSOLESCENCE OF THE ENTREPRENEUR, Advances in Austrian Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2003) (2003)
30. The Vanishing Hand: the Changing Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    Also in Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany (2001) View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article The vanishing hand: the changing dynamics of industrial capitalism, Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC (2003) View citations (169) (2003)

2000

31. Knowledge, Consumption, and Endogenous Growth
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (23)

1999

32. Modularity in Technology, Organization, and Society
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (2)
33. Strategy and Circumstance: the Response of American Firms to Japanese Competition in Semiconductors, 1980-1995
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Strategy and circumstance: the response of American firms to Japanese competition in semiconductors, 1980–1995, Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell (2000) View citations (4) (2000)
34. Technological Standards, Innovation, and Essential Facilities: Toward a Schumpeterian Post-Chicago Approach
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (4)

1997

35. Capabilities and Governance the Rebirth of Production in the Theory of Economic Organization
    DRUID Working Papers, DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy/Aalborg University, Department of Business Studies View citations (38)
    Also in Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics (1996) View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Capabilities and Governance: The Rebirth of Production in the Theory of Economic Organization, Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell (1999) View citations (88) (1999)

1996

36. Cognition, Redundancy, and Learning in Organizations
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Cognition, Redundancy, And Learning In Organizations, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals (1997) View citations (5) (1997)
37. Schumpeter and Personal Capitalism
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (3)
38. Stop Crying over Spilt Knowledge: A Critical Look at the Theory of Spillovers and Technical Change
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (14)
39. The Coevolution of Technology and Organization in the Transition to the Factory System
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany (1995) View citations (3)
40. The Organization of Consumption
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (16)

1995

41. Bursting Boilers and the Federal Power Redux: The Evolution of Safety on the Western Rivers
    Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany
    Also in Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics (1994) View citations (1)
42. Capabilities and the Theory of the Firm
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
43. Knowledge and Meliorism in the Evolutionary Theory of F. A. Hayek
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (2)
44. The Federal Government Role in the Development of the American Software Industry: An Assessment
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (5)
45. Transaction Costs, Production Costs, and the Passage of Time
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (4)

1994

46. Capabilities and Vertical Disintegration in Process Technology: The Case of Semiconductor Fabrication Equipment
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
47. Cognition and Capabilities: Opportunities Seized and Missed in the History of the Computer Industry
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (8)
48. Do Firms Plan?
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Do firms plan?, Constitutional Political Economy, Springer (1995) View citations (16) (1995)
49. Innovation, Networks, and Vertical Integration
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Innovation, networks, and vertical integration, Research Policy, Elsevier (1995) View citations (60) (1995)
50. Institutions, Inertia, and Changing Industrial Leadership
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (12)

1993

51. Capabilities and Coherence in Firms and Markets
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)

1983

52. Internal Organization In a Dynamic Context: Some Theoretical Considerations
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University View citations (6)

1982

53. Economics as a Process, Notes on the "New Institutional Economics"
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University View citations (1)
54. Entrepreneurship and Knowledge
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University
55. Subjective Probability and Subjective Economics
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University View citations (3)
56. Systems Theory, Knowledge and the Social Sciences and on the Reception of Noise: A Rejoiner
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University

1981

57. Why Are There Firms
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Modularity, identity, and the constitutional diagonal
   Industrial and Corporate Change, 2023, 32, (1), 262-276
   See also Working Paper Modularity, Identity, and the Constitutional Diagonal, Working papers (2022) (2022)

2022

2. Introduction to the Oliver E. Williamson memorial issue
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2022, 18, (2), 175-180

2020

3. Identity, religion, and the state: The origin of theocracy
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 179, (C), 608-622 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Identity, Religion, and the State: the Origin of Theocracy, Working papers (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2018

4. Fission, forking and fine tuning
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2018, 14, (6), 1049-1070
   See also Working Paper Fission, Forking, and Fine Tuning, Working papers (2017) View citations (1) (2017)

2016

5. Institutions for getting out of the way
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2016, 12, (1), 53-61 View citations (3)

2013

6. Business groups and the natural state
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 88, (C), 14-26 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Business Groups and the Natural State, Working papers (2010) View citations (1) (2010)
7. The Austrian theory of the firm: Retrospect and prospect
   The Review of Austrian Economics, 2013, 26, (3), 247-258 View citations (9)
8. The Institutional Revolution: A review essay
   The Review of Austrian Economics, 2013, 26, (4), 383-395 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper The Institutional Revolution: A Review Essay, Working papers (2013) View citations (3) (2013)

2008

9. Comment on 'Technological Revolutions and the Evolution of Industrial Structures' (by Giovanni Dosi, Alfonso Gambardella, Marco Grazzi, and Luigi Orsenigo)
   Capitalism and Society, 2008, 3, (2), 8 View citations (2)
10. Of Hackers and Hairdressers: Modularity and the Organizational Economics of Open-source Collaboration
    Industry and Innovation, 2008, 15, (2), 125-143 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper Of Hackers and Hairdressers: Modularity and the Organizational Economics of Open-source Collaboration, Working papers (2008) View citations (32) (2008)

2007

11. The Entrepreneurial Theory of the Firm and the Theory of the Entrepreneurial Firm*
    Journal of Management Studies, 2007, 44, (7), 1107-1124 View citations (46)
    See also Working Paper The Entrepreneurial Theory of the Firm and the Theory of the Entrepreneurial Firm, Working papers (2005) View citations (5) (2005)

2004

12. Chandler in a Larger Frame: Markets, Transaction Costs, and Organizational Form in History
    Enterprise & Society, 2004, 5, (3), 355-375 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Chandler in a Larger Frame: Markets, Transaction Costs, and Organizational Form in History, Working papers (2004) View citations (19) (2004)

2003

13. Cognitive comparative advantage and the organization of work: Lessons from Herbert Simon's vision of the future
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2003, 24, (2), 167-187 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Cognitive Comparative Advantage and the Organization of Work: Lessons from Herbert Simon's Vision of the Future, Working papers (2002) View citations (5) (2002)
14. Strategy as economics versus economics as strategy
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2003, 24, (4), 283-290 View citations (4)
15. The vanishing hand: the changing dynamics of industrial capitalism
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2003, 12, (2), 351-385 View citations (169)
    See also Working Paper The Vanishing Hand: the Changing Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism, Working papers (2002) View citations (5) (2002)

2002

16. Kirznerian Entrepreneurship and The Nature of The Firm
    Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, 2002, 12, (1), 11 View citations (2)
17. Modularity in technology and organization
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2002, 49, (1), 19-37 View citations (203)
    See also Chapter Modularity in Technology and Organization, Chapters, 2002 (2002) View citations (105) (2002)

2001

18. Organizations and Language Games
    Journal of Management & Governance, 2001, 5, (3), 287-305 View citations (8)
19. Strategy and the market process: introduction to the Special Issue
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2001, 22, (4-5), 163-168 View citations (2)
20. special issue: Knowledge, consumption, and endogenous growth
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2001, 11, (1), 77-93 View citations (18)

2000

21. Strategy and circumstance: the response of American firms to Japanese competition in semiconductors, 1980–1995
    Strategic Management Journal, 2000, 21, (10‐11), 1163-1173 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Strategy and Circumstance: the Response of American Firms to Japanese Competition in Semiconductors, 1980-1995, Working papers (1999) View citations (3) (1999)

1999

22. Capabilities and Governance: The Rebirth of Production in the Theory of Economic Organization
    Kyklos, 1999, 52, (2), 201-218 View citations (88)
    See also Working Paper Capabilities and Governance the Rebirth of Production in the Theory of Economic Organization, DRUID Working Papers (1997) View citations (38) (1997)

1998

23. Book Review: THE SOURCES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH, by Nelson, R.R., Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 1998, 19, (3), 199-200
24. Personal Capitalism as Charismatic Authority: The Organizational Economics of a Weberian Concept
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 1998, 7, (1), 195-213 View citations (30)

1997

25. Cognition, Redundancy, And Learning In Organizations
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 1997, 4, (4), 287-300 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Cognition, Redundancy, and Learning in Organizations, Working papers (1996) View citations (5) (1996)

1996

26. Spinning off and spinning on(?): the federal government role in the development of the US computer software industry
    Research Policy, 1996, 25, (6), 947-966 View citations (14)

1995

27. Do firms plan?
    Constitutional Political Economy, 1995, 6, (3), 247-261 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Do Firms Plan?, Industrial Organization (1994) View citations (5) (1994)
28. Innovation, networks, and vertical integration
    Research Policy, 1995, 24, (4), 543-562 View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper Innovation, Networks, and Vertical Integration, Industrial Organization (1994) View citations (11) (1994)

1994

29. Business organization and the myth of the market economy: William Lazonick, (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1991) pp. xiv + 372, $39.95 (cloth), $15.95 (paper)
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1994, 23, (2), 244-250

1993

30. Evolutionary Theories of Economic and Technological Change. Edited by P. Paolo Saviotti and J. Stanley Metcalfe. Chur, Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1991. Pp. ix, 277. $36.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1993, 53, (1), 203-204
31. Frank Knight on Risk, Uncertainty, and the Firm: A New Interpretation
    Economic Inquiry, 1993, 31, (3), 456-65 View citations (54)

1992

32. External Economies and Economic Progress: The Case of the Microcomputer Industry
    Business History Review, 1992, 66, (1), 1-50 View citations (45)
33. Networks and innovation in a modular system: Lessons from the microcomputer and stereo component industries
    Research Policy, 1992, 21, (4), 297-313 View citations (182)

1991

34. IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems. ByEmerson W. Pugh, Lyle R. Johnson, and John H. Palmer. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1991. xx + 810 pp. Charts, illustrations, appendixes, notes, references, and index. $37.50
    Business History Review, 1991, 65, (4), 968-970

1990

35. Reviews
    Constitutional Political Economy, 1990, 1, (2), 83-109
36. The Fatal Conceit: The errors of socialism: F.A. Hayek, volume one of the collected works of F.A. Hayek, W.W. Bartley, III, editor (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, and Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1989) pp. xii + 180, $24.95 (cloth)
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1990, 13, (2), 259-262

1989

37. Explaining Vertical Integration: Lessons from the American Automobile Industry
    The Journal of Economic History, 1989, 49, (2), 361-375 View citations (52)

1988

38. The market as an economic process: Ludwig M. Lachmann, (Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1986) pp. xii + 173, $29.95
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1988, 9, (1), 112-113

1987

39. La Sémantique économique en question, Christian Schmidt, Paris: Calmann-Levy, 1985, 231 pages
    Economics and Philosophy, 1987, 3, (1), 168-171

1985

40. Knowledge and Rationality in the Austrian School: An Analytical Survey
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1985, 11, (4), 309-330 View citations (17)

1982

41. Cost-Benefit Analysis, Environmentalism, and Rights
    Cato Journal, 1982, 2, (1), 279-304 View citations (1)
42. Systems theory and the meaning of information
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1982, 33, (6), 395-399

Books

1989

1. Economics as a Process
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (35)

Edited books

2002

1. Alternative Theories of the Firm, vol Three volume set
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (5)

Chapters

2023

1. Journeying toward Institutionalism
   A chapter in Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: Including a Symposium on Religion, the Scottish Enlightenment, and the Rise of Liberalism, 2023, vol. 41A, pp 195-203
   Also in A chapter in Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: Including a Symposium on Religion, the Scottish Enlightenment, and the Rise of Liberalism, 2023, vol. 41A, pp 195-203 (2023)

2019

2. The corporation is not a nexus of contracts: it’s an iPhone
   Chapter 10 in Institutions and Evolution of Capitalism, 2019, pp 142-156 View citations (1)

2013

3. Insights from Joseph Schumpeter
   Chapter 6 in The Economic Crisis in Retrospect, 2013, pp 111-134

2009

4. Innovation Processes and Industrial Districts
   Chapter 21 in A Handbook of Industrial Districts, 2009 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Innovation Processes and Industrial Districts, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics (2008) View citations (5) (2008)

2006

5. Industrial economics
   Chapter 94 in The Elgar Companion to Alfred Marshall, 2006, pp 658-663

2005

6. COMMENT ON “GROUP SELECTION AND METHODOLOGICAL INDIVIDUALISM: COMPATIBLE AND COMPLEMENTARY” BY DOUGLAS GLEN WHITMAN
   A chapter in Evolutionary Psychology and Economic Theory, 2005, pp 261-265

2003

7. SCHUMPETER AND THE OBSOLESCENCE OF THE ENTREPRENEUR
   A chapter in Austrian Economics and Entrepreneurial Studies, 2003, pp 283-298
   See also Working Paper Schumpeter and the Obsolescence of the Entrepreneur, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics (2002) View citations (17) (2002)

2002

8. Modularity in Technology and Organization
   Chapter 2 in Entrepreneurship and the Firm, 2002 View citations (105)
   See also Journal Article Modularity in technology and organization, Elsevier (2002) View citations (203) (2002)

1994

9. Risk and uncertainty
   Chapter 17 in The Elgar Companion to Austrian Economics, 1994
10. The 'new' institutional economics
    Chapter 77 in The Elgar Companion to Austrian Economics, 1994
11. The boundaries of the firm
    Chapter 26 in The Elgar Companion to Austrian Economics, 1994