Showing papers by "Mie Augier published in 2005"

Notes on the Evolution of a Research Community: Organization Studies in Anglophone North America, 1945-2000

Abstract: Since the Second World War, the field of organizations studies has grown substantially in the number of researchers, number of publications, and amount of research produced. It has moved from being a combination of established disciplines to becoming a quasi-discipline of its own, with its own journals and professional associations. It has established a standardized set of ancestors, a stylized history. It has solidified an academic home in business schools. This history has implications for understanding both the future of organizations research and the social dynamics of the development of scholarly communities.

Chapter 1 – An Economics Perspective on Intellectual Capital

Abstract: The following sections are included:IntroductionOrganizing Research and Development and Knowledge Production ActivitiesThe Economics of Knowledge: Some Historical RootsAntecedentsInnovation and Economic GrowthFirm-Level DevelopmentsCentral Concepts in the Economics of Knowledge and Intellectual PropertyThe Nature of KnowledgeReplicability, Imitability, and Appropriability of KnowledgeCapturing Value from Intellectual CapitalMeasurement Issues: Accounting and Market Metrics (Tobin'Q)Stock Market ValuationsGross MarginsPatent and Patent Citation CountsInnovation CountsOrganizational CapitalConclusionReferences

Reflections on (Schumpeterian) Leadership: A Report on a Seminar on Leadership and Management Education

Abstract: This article is based on the proceedings of a leadership seminar held at University of California, Berkeley on November 17, 2003. As an introduction to the topic, this article first discusses some of the central issues in the field of leadership, some internal tensions in the field, and the relationship between leadership theory and practice. The seminar brought together four distinguished scholars and business leaders to converse about leadership, not only from the perspectives of the different experiences the participants have in business, foundation, and academic institutions, but also with respect to issues such as: What is laudable and what is despicable leadership? What is the role of leadership in business school research and curriculum? What is the relation between leaders and managers? How does governance temper leadership? The panelists were: John Reed, known for his long-term leadership role as CEO of CitiCorp (and most recently as interim chairman and CEO of NYSE); Eric Wanner, President of the Russell Sage Foundation; Professor James March, Stanford University; and Professor David Teece, University of California, Berkeley.

Why is Management an Evolutionary Science?: An Interview With Sidney G. Winter

Abstract: This article introduces some of the central ideas and contributions of Sidney G. Winter and some background for his work. The topics of the introduction, such as Winter’s early inspiration and work, and the more general evolution of his ideas, are discussed with Professor Winter in the interview.

Adventures in software archeology: seeking (abtof) theory in the code.

Abstract: A Behavioral Theory of the Firm by James March and Richard Cyert is one of the most influential works in organizational science. An interesting and important element of that work was a computational model of a duopoly, which was eliminated in the second edition of the book. We examine the structure of the model and illustrate how the theoretical constructs were implemented: organizational attention, organizational learning, organizational memory, routines and meta-routines, and computational experiments. We also explore the academic environment within which this theory and model grew. We suggest that an interesting question is why the theory had a distinctly greater impact than the method on organizational research and education.