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Working Papers

2008

1. 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)

2007

2. Transaction costs, trust, and the structuring of markets
   Working Papers, University of Tasmania, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
   Also in Discussion Papers Series, University of Queensland, School of Economics (2006) View citations (1)

2001

3. A New Taxonomy of Economic sectors With a View to Policy Implications
   Economics Working Papers, School of Economics, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia

1996

4. 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)

1994

5. 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)
6. Institutions, Inertia, and Changing Industrial Leadership
   Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (12)

Journal Articles

2018

1. APPLYING CONFIGURATIONAL THINKING TO IDENTIFY RECIPES FOR PRODUCING SERVICE INNOVATIONS IN THE SERVICE SECTOR
   International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2018, 22, (06), 1-23

2012

2. Globalization in World History – By Peter N. Stearns
   Australian Economic History Review, 2012, 52, (1), 97-98
3. Managing open incremental process innovation: Absorptive Capacity and distributed learning
   Research Policy, 2012, 41, (5), 822-832 View citations (55)
4. The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates – By Peter T. Leeson
   Australian Economic History Review, 2012, 52, (1), 96-97

2011

5. Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism – By George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller; Market Rebels: How Activists Make or Break Radical Innovations – By Hayagreeva Rao
   Australian Economic History Review, 2011, 51, (2), 203-206

2010

6. Buckley's! Ken Buckley; Historian, Author and Civil Libertarian. An Autobiography – By Ken Buckley
   Australian Economic History Review, 2010, 50, (1), 107-109

2009

7. Innovation in low- and medium-technology industries
   Research Policy, 2009, 38, (3), 441-446 View citations (52)

2007

8. New wine in old bottles: Technological diffusion in developed economies
   Research Policy, 2007, 36, (5), 708-721 View citations (51)

2006

9. POST‐CHANDLERIAN FIRMS: TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND FIRM BOUNDARIES
   Australian Economic History Review, 2006, 46, (1), 70-94 View citations (2)

2004

10. The Cadillac Story: The Postwar Years. By Thomas E. Bonsall. Stanford: Stanford, CA: General Books, 2004. Pp. x, 229. $39.95 The Lincoln Story: The Postwar Years. By Thomas E. Bonsall. Stanford, CA: Stanford General Books, 2004. Pp. x, 229. $39.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 2004, 64, (2), 626-627

2003

11. Introduction
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2003, 24, (4), 241-243
12. Receptive Capacity of Established Industries as a Limiting Factor in the Economy's Rate of Innovation¹
    Industry and Innovation, 2003, 10, (4), 457-474 View citations (12)
13. The future of management: does business history have anything to tell us?
    Australian Economic History Review, 2003, 43, (1), 1-21 View citations (4)
14. Why look for a mirage when you already have an oasis?
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2003, 24, (4), 325-334 View citations (1)

2002

15. A New Typology for Economic Sectors with a view to Policy Implications
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2002, 11, (1), 61-76 View citations (13)

2001

16. Business Institutions and Behaviour in Australia. By David Merrett, ed. London: Frank Cass, 2000. vi + 159 pp. Cloth, $57.50; paper, $24.50. ISBN: Cloth 0-714-64994-5; paper 0-714-68055-9
    Business History Review, 2001, 75, (1), 257-260
17. Firm strategy, innovation and consumer demand: a market process approach
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2001, 22, (4-5), 183-199 View citations (4)

1998

18. Book Reviews
    Business History, 1998, 40, (2), 159-160
19. Book Reviews
    Business History, 1998, 40, (1), 165-166
20. Information, Mediation and Institutional Development: The Rise of Large-scale Enterprise in British Shipping, 1870–1919. By Gordon Boyce. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1995. Pp. xii, 346. $79.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (1), 243-244
21. The Collapse of the American Management Mystique. By Robert R. Locke. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. xvi, 351. $35.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (2), 607-608

1997

22. Britain, Butter, and European Integration, 1957–1964
    Economic History Review, 1997, 50, (2), 327-347 View citations (1)

1996

23. Business Enterprise in Modern Britain from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century. Edited by Maurice W. Kirby and Mary B. Rose. London and New York: Routledge, 1994. Pp. xii, 378. $39.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1996, 56, (4), 938-939

1995

24. 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)
25. Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128. By Annalee Saxenian. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994. Pp. xiv, 226. $24.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1995, 55, (1), 198-199

1992

26. 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)
27. Technological choice and the organization of work in capitalist firms
    Economic History Review, 1992, 45, (2), 330-349 View citations (5)

1989

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

1984

29. A Business of National Importance: The Royal Mail Shipping Group, 1902–1937. By Edwin Green and Michael Moss. (London and New York: Methuen, 1982. xii + 291 pp. $32.00.)
    Business History Review, 1984, 58, (1), 146-148
30. The Scottish Country Miller, 1700–1900: A History of Water-powered Meal Milling in Scotland. By Enid Gauldie. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers, Ltd., 1981. Distributed in the United States by Humanities Press, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey. Pp. x, 254. $37.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1984, 44, (3), 852-853

1983

31. The Early Scottish Limited Companies 1856–1895. By Peter L. Payne. Edinburgh, Scottish Academic Press, 1980. Pp. xii + 140. £12.50
    Business History Review, 1983, 57, (3), 455-456

1981

32. Alexander Holley and the Makers of Steel. By Jeanne McHugh, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980. Pp. xiv, 402. $27.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1981, 41, (3), 694-695
33. In the Rapids of Revolution: Essays, Articles, and Letters, 1902–23. By John MacLean. Edited by Nan Milton. London: Allison and Busby, 1978. Pp. 256. $14.00 cloth, $7.95 paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1981, 41, (1), 222-223

1980

34. Colvilles and the Scottish Steel Industry. By Peter L. Payne. New York, Oxford University Press, 1979. Pp. xxii + 458. $69.00
    Business History Review, 1980, 54, (2), 236-237
35. Moral Revolution and Economic Science: The Demise of Laissez-Faire in Nineteenth-Century British Political Economy. By Ellen Frankel Paul. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1979. Pp. x, 310. $25.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1980, 40, (3), 672-673

1977

36. The Labour Aristocracy in Victorian Edinburgh. By Robert Q. Gray. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1976. Pp. x, 220. $17.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1977, 37, (3), 804-805

1975

37. The Development of the West of Scotland, 1750–1960. By Anthony Slaven. Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975. Pp. xvi, 272. $20.25
    The Journal of Economic History, 1975, 35, (4), 900-902

1974

38. Technical Education in the British Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Industries, 1863–1914
    Economic History Review, 1974, 27, (2), 222-235 View citations (3)

1969

39. Studies in Scottish Business History. Edited by Peter L. Payne. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd., 1967. Pp. xviii, 435. 5 gns. net (£ 5 5s). - Source Book of Scottish Economic and Social History. By R. H. Campbell and J. B. A. Dow. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1968. Pp. xxiv, 280. $8.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1969, 29, (3), 598-599

Edited books

2011

1. Knowledge Transfer and Technology Diffusion
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (16)

2002

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

Chapters

2011

1. Knowledge Transfer and Technology Diffusion: An Introduction
   Chapter 1 in Knowledge Transfer and Technology Diffusion, 2011 View citations (2)

2009

2. 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)

2008

3. Distributed Knowledge Bases in Low- and Medium-Technology Industries
   Chapter 6 in Innovation in Low-Tech Firms and Industries, 2008 View citations (10)