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BADM 545: Foundations of Strategy Research

Fall 2011


Course Syllabus
  

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Required Readings

Session 1

Mahoney, Joseph T. (2005). “The Behavioral Theory of the Firm” (Chapter 1) in Economic Foundations of Strategy. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications

Session 2

  1. Coase (1937)

  2. Mahoney, Joseph T. (2005). “Transaction Costs Theory” (Chapter 2) in Economic Foundations of Strategy. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Session 3

  1. Ouchi (1979); Slides

  2. Yao (1988); Slides

  3. Mahoney (1992); Slides

Session 4

  1. Hennart (1993); Slides

  2. Chi (1994); Slides

  3. Argyris and Liebeskind (1999); Slides

Session 5

  1. Monteverde and Teece (1982); Slides

  2. Anderson and Schmittlein (1984); Slides

  3. Walker and Weber (1984); Slides

Session 6

  1. Balakrishnan and Wernerfelt (1986) ; Slides

  2. Masten, Meehan and Snyder (1991); Slides

  3. Poppo and Zenger (1998); Slides

Session 7

  1. Mahoney, Joseph T. (2005). “Property Rights Theory” (Chapter 3) in Economic Foundations of Strategy. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

  2. Coase (1960); Slides

  3. Alchian and Demsetz (1972); Slides

Session 8

  1. Grossman and Hart (1986); Slides

  2. Kim and Mahoney (2002); Slides

  3. Foss and Foss (2005); Slides

 

Session 9

  1. Dierickx and Cool (1989); Slides

  2. Barney (1991); Slides

  3. Mahoney and Pandian (1992); Slides

 

Session 10

  1. Amit and Schoemaker (1993); Slides

  2. Peteraf (1993); Slides

  3. Teece, Pisano and Shuen (1997); Slides

 

Session 11

  1. Montgomery and Wernerfelt (1988); Slides

  2. Cohen and Levinthal (1990); Slides

  3. Leonard-Barton (1992); Slides

 

Session 12

  1. Henderson and Cockburn (1994); Slides

  2. Helfat (1997); Slides

  3. Farjoun (1998); Slides

 

Session 13

  1. Mahoney, Joseph T. (2005). “Resource-Based Theory, Dynamic Capabilities, and Real Options” in Economic Foundations of Strategy. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

  2. Kogut (1991); Slides

  3. Bowman and Hurry (1993); Slides

 

Session 14

  1. Sanchez and Mahoney (1996); Slides

  2. Folta and Miller (2002); Slides

  3. Li, James, Madhavan and Mahoney (2007); Slides

 

 

In-class Closed-book Exam #2

 

PowerPoint Slides 

  1. Set01:Economic Foundations of Strategy
  2. Set02:Behavioral Theory of the Firm
  3. Set03:Transaction Costs Theory
  4. Set04:Game Theory and Strategy
  5. Set05:Property Rights Theory
  6. Set06:Dynamic Resource-Based Theory - Resources
  7. Set07:Dynamic Resource-Based Theory - Capabilities
  8. Set08:Dynamic Resource-Based Theory - Real Options
 

Last Update: 10/12/2011