Theory of the Firm

  1. “The Firm as a Subsociety: Purpose, Justice, and the Theory of the Firm”, Organization Science, 2022, 34(5): 1651-1996.

  2. “Oliver Williamson and the Strategic Theory of the Firm” (with Nick Argyres), Journal of Institutional Economics, (2022), 18(2): 209-217.

  3. “Open or Closed Innovation? Problem Solving and the Governance Choice” (with Teppo Felin), Research Policy, 2014, 43(5): 914-925.

  4. “The Organizational Economics of Organizational Capability and Heterogeneity: A Research Agenda” (with Nick Argyres, Teppo Felin and Nicolai Foss), Organization Science, 2012, 23(5): 1213-1226.

  5. “Capabilities, Transaction Costs, and Firm Boundaries: An Integrative Theory” (with Nick Argyres), Organization Science, 2012, 23(6): 1643-1657.

  6. “Information aggregation, matching and radical market-hierarchy hybrids: Implications for the theory of the firm” (with Teppo Felin), Strategic Organization, 2011, 9(2): 163-173.

  7. “Theories of the Firm-Market Boundary” (with Teppo Felin and Lyda Bigelow), Academy of Management Annals, 2011, 5(1): 89-133.

  8. “Envy, Comparison Costs, and the Economic Theory of the Firm” (with Jackson Nickerson), Strategic Management Journal, 2008, 29(13): 1371-1394. Recipient: Olin Award, Olin School Best Paper Award, 2008.

  9. “A Knowledge-based Theory of the Firm—The Problem Solving Perspective” (with Jack Nickerson), Organization Science, 2004, 15(6): 617-632 (lead article).

  10. “Informal and Formal Organization in New Institutional Economics,” (with Sergio Lazzarini and Laura Poppo) Advances in Strategic Management, 2002, 19: 277-306.

  11. “Testing Alternative Theories of the Firm: Transaction Cost, Knowledge-Based, and Measurement Explanations for Make-or-Buy Decisions in Information Services” (with Laura Poppo), Strategic Management Journal. 1998, 19: 853-877.