Required Readings

Session 1: Introduction

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

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

Session 2: Transaction Costs Theory

1. Coase (1937); Slides

2. Mahoney (1992); Slides
   
   
3. Chi (1994); Slides
   
   
4. Argyres and Liebeskind (1999); Slides
   
   
5. Mahoney and Qian (2013); Slides
   
   
6. Cuypers, Hennart, Silverman and Ertug (2021); Slides
   
   
   

Session 3: Transaction Costs Empirical Application: Vertical Integration

1. Anderson and Schmittlein (1984); Slides

2. Walker and Weber (1984); Slides

3. Balakrishnan and Wernerfelt (1986); Slides

4. Masten, Meehan and Snyder (1991); Slides
   
   
5. Poppo and Zenger (1998); Slides


6. Zhou and Wan (2017); Slides

Session 4: Property Rights Theory

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

2. Coase (1960); Slides

3. Alchian and Demsetz (1972); Slides

4. Grossman and Hart (1986); Slides

5. Klein, Mahoney, McGahan and Pitelis (2013); Slides
   

6. Odziemkowska and Dorobantu (2021); Slides

Session 5: Resource-Based View: Theory

1. Dierickx and Cool (1989); Slides

2. Barney (1991); Slides

3. Mahoney and Pandian (1992); Slides

4. Peteraf (1993); Slides

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

6. McGahan (2021); Slides

Session 6:Resource-Based View: Empirical Testing

1. Montgomery and Wernerfelt (1988); Slides

2. Cohen and Levinthal (1990); Slides

3. Helfat (1997); Slides
   
   
4. Farjoun (1998); Slides
   
   
5. Pacheco de Almeida, Henderson and Cool (2008); Slides
   
   
6. Vidal and Mitchell (2018); Slides