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Birger Wernerfelt

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Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
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Working papers

  1. Wernerfelt, Birger, 2004. "Robust Incentive Contracts," Working papers 4448-03, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
  2. Wernerfelt, Birger, 2003. "Indirect Adjustment-Costs Under Alternative Coordination Regimes," Working papers 4336-01, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
  3. Wernerfelt, Birger, 2003. "Governance of Adjustments," Working papers 4412-03, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
  4. Wernerfelt, Birger, 2003. "Organizational Languages," Working papers 4278-03, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
  5. Wernerfelt, Birger, 2003. "Resources, Adjustments, and Diversification: Evidence from Production Functions," Working papers 4277-03, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
  6. Bertrand Munier & Reinhard Selten & D. Bouyssou & P. P. Bourgine & R. Day & N. Harvey & D. Hilton & M. Machina & Ph. Parker & J. Sterman & E. Weber & B. Wernerfelt & R. Wensley, 1999. "Bounded rationality modeling," Post-Print hal-02361947, HAL.
  7. Hauser, John R. & Simester, Duncan I. & Wernerfelt, Birger., 1997. "Side payments in marketing," Working papers 161-97. Working paper (Sl, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
  8. Wernerfelt, Birger. & Simester, Duncan I. & Hauser, John R., 1997. "Influence transfers, performance, and performance ratings," Working papers 160-97. Working paper (Sl, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
  9. Simester, Duncan I. & Wernerfelt, Birger. & Hauser, John R., 1995. "Overcoming collusion : using a supervisor to costlessly resolve moral hazard," Working papers #117-95. Working paper (S, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
  10. Hauser, John R. & Simester, Duncan I. & Wernerfelt, Birger., 1995. "Internal customers and internal suppliers," Working papers 3759-95. WP (Internationa, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
  11. Birger Wernerfelt, 1988. "Market Frictions and Posted Prices," Discussion Papers 778, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science.
  12. Birger Wernerfelt, 1988. "Economic Organization of Trading Relationships: Hierarchies and Asset Ownership," Discussion Papers 824, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science.
  13. Birger Wernerfelt, 1988. "On Existence of a Nash Equilibrium Point in N-Person Nunzero Sum Stochastic Jump Differential Games," Discussion Papers 779, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science.
  14. Birger Wernerfelt, 1987. "Market Frictions and Hierarchical Trading Institutions," Discussion Papers 743, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science.
  15. Birger Wernerfelt, 1986. "Uniqueness of Nash Equilibrium for Linear-Convex Stochastic Differential Games," Discussion Papers 694, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science.
  16. Birger Wernerfelt, 1986. "Tacit Collusion and Product Differentiation," Discussion Papers 693, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science.

Articles

  1. Birger Wernerfelt, 2022. "When Does the Underdog Win?," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 7(1), pages 1-9, March.
  2. Birger Wernerfelt & Alvin Silk & Shuyi Yu, 2021. "Internalization of Advertising Services: Testing a Theory of the Firm," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 40(5), pages 946-963, September.
  3. Wernerfelt, Birger, 2020. "A Possible Micro-Foundation for the RBV and its Implications," Strategic Management Review, now publishers, vol. 1(1), pages 145-158, March.
  4. Cathy Cao & Xinyu Cao & Matthew Cashman & Madhav Kumar & Artem Timoshenko & Jeremy Yang & Shuyi Yu & Jerry Zhang & Yuting Zhu & Birger Wernerfelt, 2019. "How do successful scholars get their best research ideas? An exploration," Marketing Letters, Springer, vol. 30(3), pages 221-232, December.
  5. Birger Wernerfelt, 2015. "The Comparative Advantages of Firms, Markets and Contracts: a Unified Theory," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 82(326), pages 350-367, April.
  6. Birger Wernerfelt, 2013. "Small forces and large firms: Foundations of the RBV," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(6), pages 635-643, June.
  7. Sharon Novak & Birger Wernerfelt, 2012. "On the Grouping of Tasks into Firms: Make‐or‐Buy with Interdependent Parts," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 21(1), pages 53-77, March.
  8. Birger Wernerfelt, 2012. "Inefficient Prebargaining Search," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 168(2), pages 211-223, June.
  9. Maciejovsky, Boris & Wernerfelt, Birger, 2011. "Costs of implementation: Bargaining costs versus allocative efficiency," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 77(3), pages 318-325, March.
  10. Birger Wernerfelt, 2008. "Bargaining Before or After Communication?," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 164(2), pages 211-229, June.
  11. Birger Wernerfelt, 2008. "Class Pricing," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 27(5), pages 755-763, 09-10.
  12. Birger Wernerfelt, 2007. "Renegotiation Facilitates Contractual Incompleteness," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 16(4), pages 893-910, December.
  13. Birger Wernerfelt, 2007. "Delegation, Committees, and Managers," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 16(1), pages 35-51, March.
  14. Duncan I. Simester & Birger Wernerfelt, 2005. "Determinants of Asset Ownership: A Study of the Carpentry Trade," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 87(1), pages 50-58, February.
  15. Birger Wernerfelt, 2004. "Organizational Languages," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 13(3), pages 461-472, September.
  16. Birger Wernerfelt, 2002. "Why Should the Boss Own the Assets?," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 11(3), pages 473-485, September.
  17. Wernerfelt, Birger, 1997. "On the Nature and Scope of the Firm: An Adjustment-Cost Theory," The Journal of Business, University of Chicago Press, vol. 70(4), pages 489-514, October.
  18. Prelec, Drazen & Wernerfelt, Birger & Zettelmeyer, Florian, 1997. "The Role of Inference in Context Effects: Inferring What You Want from What Is Available," Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Research Inc., vol. 24(1), pages 118-125, June.
  19. John R. Hauser & Duncan I. Simester & Birger Wernerfelt, 1997. "Side Payments in Marketing," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 16(3), pages 246-255.
    • Hauser, John R. & Simester, Duncan I. & Wernerfelt, Birger., 1997. "Side payments in marketing," Working papers 161-97. Working paper (Sl, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
  20. Birger Wernerfelt, 1995. "The resource‐based view of the firm: Ten years after," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 16(3), pages 171-174.
  21. Wernerfelt, Birger, 1995. "A Rational Reconstruction of the Compromise Effect: Using Market Data to Infer Utilities," Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Research Inc., vol. 21(4), pages 627-633, March.
  22. Birger Wernerfelt, 1994. "Selling Formats for Search Goods," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 13(3), pages 298-309.
  23. John R. Hauser & Duncan I. Simester & Birger Wernerfelt, 1994. "Customer Satisfaction Incentives," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 13(4), pages 327-350.
  24. Birger Wernerfelt, 1994. "On the Function of Sales Assistance," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 13(1), pages 68-82.
  25. Montgomery, Cynthia A & Wernerfelt, Birger, 1992. "Risk Reduction and Umbrella Branding," The Journal of Business, University of Chicago Press, vol. 65(1), pages 31-50, January.
  26. Cynthia A. Montgomery & Birger Wernerfelt & Srinivasan Balakrishnan, 1991. "Strategy and the research process: A reply," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 12(1), pages 83-84, January.
  27. Birger Wernerfelt, 1991. "Brand Loyalty and Market Equilibrium," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 10(3), pages 229-245.
  28. Cynthia A. Montgomery & Birger Wernerfelt, 1991. "Sources of Superior Performance: Market Share Versus Industry Effects in the U.S. Brewing Industry," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 37(8), pages 954-959, August.
  29. Sayan Chatterjee & Birger Wernerfelt, 1991. "The link between resources and type of diversification: Theory and evidence," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 12(1), pages 33-48, January.
  30. Hauser, John R & Wernerfelt, Birger, 1990. "An Evaluation Cost Model of Consideration Sets," Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Research Inc., vol. 16(4), pages 393-408, March.
  31. Wernerfelt, Birger, 1990. "Advertising Content When Brand Choice Is a Signal," The Journal of Business, University of Chicago Press, vol. 63(1), pages 91-98, January.
  32. Gary S. Hansen & Birger Wernerfelt, 1989. "Determinants of firm performance: The relative importance of economic and organizational factors," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 10(5), pages 399-411, September.
  33. Anne T. Coughlan & Birger Wernerfelt, 1989. "On Credible Delegation by Oligopolists: A Discussion of Distribution Channel Management," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 35(2), pages 226-239, February.
  34. Cynthia A. Montgomery & Birger Wernerfelt & Srinivasan Balakrishnan, 1989. "Strategy content and the research process: A critique and commentary," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 10(2), pages 189-197, March.
  35. Wernerfelt, Birger, 1989. "Tacit collusion in differentiated cournot games," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 29(4), pages 303-306.
  36. Cynthia A. Montgomery & Birger Wernerfelt, 1988. "Diversification, Ricardian Rents, and Tobin's q," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 19(4), pages 623-632, Winter.
  37. Wernerfelt, Birger, 1988. "General Equilibrium with Real Time Search in Labor and Product Market s," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 96(4), pages 821-831, August.
  38. Birger Wernerfelt, 1988. "Umbrella Branding as a Signal of New Product Quality: An Example of Signalling by Posting a Bond," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 19(3), pages 458-466, Autumn.
  39. Wernerfelt, Birger, 1988. "Reputation, monitoring, and effort," Information Economics and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 3(3), pages 207-218.
  40. Wernerfelt, Birger & Montgomery, Cynthia A, 1988. "Tobin's q and the Importance of Focus in Firm Performance," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 78(1), pages 246-250, March.
  41. Claes Fornell & Birger Wernerfelt, 1988. "A Model for Customer Complaint Management," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 7(3), pages 287-298.
  42. John R. Hauser & Birger Wernerfelt, 1988. "Technical Note—Existence and Uniqueness of Price Equilibria in Defender," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 7(1), pages 92-93.
  43. Gerard J. Tellis & Birger Wernerfelt, 1987. "Competitive Price and Quality Under Asymmetric Information," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 6(3), pages 240-253.
  44. Birger Wernerfelt & Aneel Karnani, 1987. "Competitive strategy under uncertainty," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 8(2), pages 187-194, March.
  45. Birger Wernerfelt & Cynthia A. Montgomery, 1986. "What is an Attractive Industry?," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 32(10), pages 1223-1230, October.
  46. Birger Wernerfelt, 1986. "A Special Case of Dynamic Pricing Policy," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 32(12), pages 1562-1566, December.
  47. Wernerfelt, Birger, 1986. "Product Line Rivalry: Note," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 76(4), pages 842-844, September.
  48. Srinivasan Balakrishnan & Birger Wernerfelt, 1986. "Technical change, competition and vertical integration," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 7(4), pages 347-359, July.
  49. Claes Fornell & William T. Robinson & Birger Wernerfelt, 1985. "Consumption Experience and Sales Promotion Expenditure," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 31(9), pages 1084-1105, September.
  50. Birger Wernerfelt, 1985. "Note--The Capital Asset Pricing Model and Strategic Planning," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 31(4), pages 510-510, April.
  51. Birger Wernerfelt, 1985. "The Dynamics of Prices and Market Shares Over the Product Life Cycle," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 31(8), pages 928-939, August.
  52. Sappington, David E M & Wernerfelt, Birger, 1985. "To Brand or Not to Brand? A Theoretical and Empirical Question," The Journal of Business, University of Chicago Press, vol. 58(3), pages 279-293, July.
  53. Wernerfelt, Birger, 1985. "Brand loyalty and user skills," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 6(4), pages 381-385, December.
  54. Aneel Karnani & Birger Wernerfelt, 1985. "Multiple point competition," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 6(1), pages 87-96, January.
  55. Wernerfelt, Birger, 1984. "Consumers with differing reaction speeds, scale advantages and industry structure," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 24(2), pages 257-270, March.
  56. Wernerfelt, Birger, 1984. "Stagflation, new products, and speculation," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 6(3), pages 295-309.
  57. Birger Wernerfelt, 1984. "A resource‐based view of the firm," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 5(2), pages 171-180, April.

Books

  1. Wernerfelt,Birger, 2016. "Adaptation, Specialization, and the Theory of the Firm," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781107134409.

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